"Shotwell lyrically navigates her protagonist through love affairs, heartache and dazzling high-stakes performances. This is an exquisite read for history fans, classical-music lovers and romance aficionados alike." --Chatelaine Vienna Nocturne recounts the turbulent life and brilliantly successful career of young British opera singer Anna Storace, a child prodigy who is taken by her parents to Italy at age thirteen to advance her career. In love with life and wildly ambitious, Anna wants everything--to be famous, to be loved--and this leads her to make some fatal choices. We watch her turn from a carefree young girl to a passionate young woman, and it is during this transformation that her affair with Mozart blossoms. The story of their love, no less powerful for being forbidden, is reminiscent of the passionate thwarted romances described in Loving Frank and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Written in melodious prose by a young author studying opera at Yale, Vienna Nocturne is dramatic story of a woman's battle to find love and fame in an 18th-century world that controls and limits her at every turn.

A sweeping story of love between Mozart and an extraordinary young soprano, Anna Storace.

In the tradition of Paula McLain's The Paris Wife and Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone comes a sweeping historical love story and a portrait of an age. Vienna Nocturne is a deeply moving debut novel that brings to life two extraordinary figures--a thirty-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a young English soprano, Anna Storace, who was his muse--in prose as spirited, timeless, and touching as Mozart's greatest compositions ...

"Vienna Nocturne" unfolds a tale of intrigue and redemption in the heart of Vienna, where Daniel Ritter, a talented pianist haunted by past failures, returns to reclaim his lost music career. Drawn into a web of mystery by the enigmatic Klaus Bauer, Daniel navigates a labyrinth of secrets and deceit, where every note played uncovers layers of deception. With the help of Anna, a woman with her own haunting past, Daniel confronts Bauer's manipulative schemes, risking everything to break free from his influence. As Vienna's nocturnal symphony of shadows and whispers envelops them, Daniel and Anna forge an unlikely alliance, discovering resilience and hope amidst the city's timeless beauty and hidden dangers. "Vienna Nocturne" is a riveting literary fiction that delves into the power of music, the complexity of human connections, and the relentless pursuit of truth in a world where darkness lurks beneath the surface.

Popular songs by a Tin Pan Alley composer include -Ho Hum!, - -You Ought a Be in Pictures, - -The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful.- Her piano works include Jazz Nocturne and others.

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that reveal a "spectacular story!" With creative characters, humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's Christmas musical your kids will love performing.