Author
Rushton, Julian.
Title
Mozart / Julian Rushton.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Format
Book
Description
306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., music ; 25 cm.
Series
( The master musicians)
Link
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005021058.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0639/2005021058-d.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2005021058-b.html
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index.
Contents
Salzburg and the grand tour : 1756-1769 -- Works by an "almost supernatural talent" -- Italy and Salzburg : 1769-1773 -- Opera seria : "fitting the clothes to the figure" -- Salzburg : 1773-1777 -- Sacred music : "I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth" -- Mannheim and Paris : 1777-1779 -- The "classical style" : Mozart and the keyboard -- Salzburg and Munich : 1779-1781 -- Orchestral music : "the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes, and clarinets" -- Vienna : 1781-1785 -- Singspiel : "music must never offend the ear" -- "Land of the clavier": piano concertos and piano chamber music -- Vienna and Prague : 1785-1788 -- Chamber music : "the greatest composer I know" -- Opera buffa : "most important is that it must be really comic" -- The last years : 1788-1791 -- The last works : "a rich possession, but even fairer hopes" -- Aftermath: "--de morte transire ad vitam".
ISBN
9780195182644
0195182642
Per.Sub.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- Chronology.
Subject
Composers -- Austria -- Biography.
Series Add.Entry
Master musicians series
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