Amadeo & Maladeo: A Musical Duet
by R. O. Blechman
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Drawn in Blechman's expressive, patented "wavy line" pen-and-ink style, Amadeo & Maladeo is the tale of two Mozart-esque half brothers. The aristocratic Amadeo begins his musical career playing violin for the King and Queen of Austria, while penurious, illegitimate Maladeo plays violin for pocket change on a street corner. Both face the trials and tribulations of fame as their stories intertwine and come full circle. Amadeo and Maladeo serves as an elegant and unvarnished metaphor for the show more hardships contemporary artists face, which appears to be a universal condition of civilization. show lessTags
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My favorite movie of all time is Amadeus, which sets this fictionalized biography of Mozart for a giant fail in comparison. Amadeo plays out Mozart's life in parallel to an unknown half-brother named Maladeo. The author tells us up front the story is his attempt to make a statement about fame, art, talent and culture, but frankly I didn't see much point to what actually landed on the page and was left with an overwhelming feeling of meh.
The art is a cartoony minimalist style with extremely shaky line work that actually worked fairly well. The same squiggly quality was applied to the lettering and that was less successful.
The art is a cartoony minimalist style with extremely shaky line work that actually worked fairly well. The same squiggly quality was applied to the lettering and that was less successful.
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Ro. O. Blechman's illustrations have appeared on 19 covers of The New Yorker and have been exhibited in New York, Paris, Berlin, and Munich. He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
Common Knowledge
- Alternate titles
- Amadeo and Maladeo: A Musical Duet
- Original publication date
- 2016-01
- People/Characters
- Wofram Amadeo Trotzdem; Nanette Trotzdem (sister of Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem); Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780; Gelthart Trotzdem (father of Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem); Maladeo (a/k/a Mel Adams, half-brother of Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem) (show all 12); Madadeo's mother; Costanza Weber (wife of Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem); Little Match Girl; Harley Wagnell; Margrave of Wolkenheim; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (fictionalized as "Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem")
- Important places
- Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria; Salzburg, Austria; Paris, France; Holland; London, England, UK; Brussels, Belgium (show all 12); Rome, Italy; Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Denmark; New York, New York, USA; Vienna, Austria; Traumberg-on-the-Elbe
- First words
- On October 2, 1756, the five year old Wolfram Amadeo Trotzdem traveled to Schonbrunn Palace to perform for the king and queen of Austria.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Everybody agreed that it was a splendid evening.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing and drawings Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PN6733 .B54 .A84 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
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