Music is a moral law
Thanks to Zonta International, the public in the Sala Puerari at Cremona’s Civic Museum had a truly thrilling experience: the writer Rita Charbonnier talking about her novel Mozart’s Sister, introduced by Enrico Pirondini, editor of the daily newspaper La Provincia. The book, brought out for Mozart Year, is of great literary interest and puts forward cum arte summa aspects of the life of Mozart’s sister Nannerl that are certainly new and sometimes unexpected, and some hidden elements of their life together.
Rita Charbonnier, a vivacious and distinguished writer, studious and diligent musician and skilful soprano and actress, gave us a stimulating hour, spurred on by Pirondini. Her erudition, in some part shaped in the civility of Mantua, showed great depth of thought and analysis. The only thing missing was a real concert but Charbonnier gave us a sense of it in her declaration of a true Mozartian passion. The clarity of her presentation was exceptional, as was her convincing and well-calibrated reading.
The novel is introduced by an appropriate quotation from Plato: “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to every thing.”
Gli amici della musica, Italy, April 2006
