Author: Volkmar Braunbehrens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780233985596
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Mozart in Vienna, 1781-1791
Author: Volkmar Braunbehrens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780233985596
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780233985596
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Mozart
Author: Howard Chandler Robbins Landon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500512968
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the author of 1791: Mozarts Last Year and general editor of The Mozart Compendium, this international bestseller has received widespread critical acclaim. Entertainingly and authoritatively written, and richly illustrated with contemporary paintings and engravings, it provides a vivid account of the last decade of Mozarts short but amazingly prolific career one of the most remarkable periods in the entire history of Western music.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500512968
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the author of 1791: Mozarts Last Year and general editor of The Mozart Compendium, this international bestseller has received widespread critical acclaim. Entertainingly and authoritatively written, and richly illustrated with contemporary paintings and engravings, it provides a vivid account of the last decade of Mozarts short but amazingly prolific career one of the most remarkable periods in the entire history of Western music.
Mozart in Vienna
Author: Simon P. Keefe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107116716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Comprehensive and engaging exploration of Mozart's greatest works, focussing on his dual roles as performer and composer in Vienna.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107116716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
Comprehensive and engaging exploration of Mozart's greatest works, focussing on his dual roles as performer and composer in Vienna.
Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven, 1781-1802
Author: Daniel Heartz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393066340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
A vivid portrait of Mozart and Haydn's greatest achievements and young Beethoven's works under their influence.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393066340
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
A vivid portrait of Mozart and Haydn's greatest achievements and young Beethoven's works under their influence.
1791, Mozart's Last Year
Author: H. C. Robbins Landon
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500281079
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The premature death of Mozart is the subject of 1791, a study based upon Professor Landon's unrivalled understanding of source material relating to Mozart, his music and the events that became an enigma, a tragedy and a source of great controversy.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500281079
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The premature death of Mozart is the subject of 1791, a study based upon Professor Landon's unrivalled understanding of source material relating to Mozart, his music and the events that became an enigma, a tragedy and a source of great controversy.
Mozart's Viennese Instrumental Music
Author: Simon P. Keefe
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833190
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A study of stylistic re-invention, a practically - and empirically-based theory that explains how innovative, putatively inspired ideas take shape in Mozart's works and lead to stylistic re-formulation. From close examination of a variety of works, this work shows that stylistic re-invention is a consistent manifestation of stylistic development.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833190
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A study of stylistic re-invention, a practically - and empirically-based theory that explains how innovative, putatively inspired ideas take shape in Mozart's works and lead to stylistic re-formulation. From close examination of a variety of works, this work shows that stylistic re-invention is a consistent manifestation of stylistic development.
Mozart in Context
Author: Simon P. Keefe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316850838
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. This book focuses on Mozart the man and musician as he responds to different aspects of that world. It reveals his views on music, aesthetics and other matters; on places in Austria and across Europe that shaped his life; on career contexts and environments, including patronage, activities as an impresario, publishing, theatrical culture and financial matters; on engagement with performers and performance, focusing on Mozart's experiences as a practicing musician; and on reception and legacy from his own time through to the present day. Probing diverse Mozartian contexts in a variety of ways, the contributors reflect the vitality of existing scholarship and point towards areas primed for further study. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of late eighteenth-century music and for Mozart aficionados and music lovers in general.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316850838
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. This book focuses on Mozart the man and musician as he responds to different aspects of that world. It reveals his views on music, aesthetics and other matters; on places in Austria and across Europe that shaped his life; on career contexts and environments, including patronage, activities as an impresario, publishing, theatrical culture and financial matters; on engagement with performers and performance, focusing on Mozart's experiences as a practicing musician; and on reception and legacy from his own time through to the present day. Probing diverse Mozartian contexts in a variety of ways, the contributors reflect the vitality of existing scholarship and point towards areas primed for further study. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of late eighteenth-century music and for Mozart aficionados and music lovers in general.
Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life
Author: Robert Spaethling
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393247961
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"A wonderful collection that gives Mozart a voice as a son, husband, brother and friend." —New York Times Book Review "Mozart's honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters."—Sunday Times (London). " In Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life, Robert Spaethling presents "Mozart in all the rawness of his driving energies" (Spectator), preserved in the "zany, often angry effervescence" of his writing (Observer). Where other translators have ignored Mozart's atrocious spelling and tempered his foul language, "Robert Spaethling's new translations are lively and racy, and do justice to Mozart's restlessly inventive mind" (Daily Mail). Carefully selected and meticulously annotated, this collection of letters "should be on the shelves of every music lover" (BBC Music Magazine).
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393247961
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"A wonderful collection that gives Mozart a voice as a son, husband, brother and friend." —New York Times Book Review "Mozart's honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters."—Sunday Times (London). " In Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life, Robert Spaethling presents "Mozart in all the rawness of his driving energies" (Spectator), preserved in the "zany, often angry effervescence" of his writing (Observer). Where other translators have ignored Mozart's atrocious spelling and tempered his foul language, "Robert Spaethling's new translations are lively and racy, and do justice to Mozart's restlessly inventive mind" (Daily Mail). Carefully selected and meticulously annotated, this collection of letters "should be on the shelves of every music lover" (BBC Music Magazine).
Wolfgang Amadè Mozart
Author: Stanley Sadie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198164432
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This volume is a collection based on the Royal Musical Association's Mozart Conference of 1991, the principal scholarly event in the English-speaking world in commemoration of the bicentenary. It includes essays placing Mozart in the context, in Salzburg and Vienna, in which he worked, explaining aspects of his life and work hitherto obscure; essays interpreting his instrumental music; and a substantial series of studies on different aspects of his operas, from Lucio Silla to La clemenza di Tito, with particular stress on the creative processes in the Da Ponte operas.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198164432
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This volume is a collection based on the Royal Musical Association's Mozart Conference of 1991, the principal scholarly event in the English-speaking world in commemoration of the bicentenary. It includes essays placing Mozart in the context, in Salzburg and Vienna, in which he worked, explaining aspects of his life and work hitherto obscure; essays interpreting his instrumental music; and a substantial series of studies on different aspects of his operas, from Lucio Silla to La clemenza di Tito, with particular stress on the creative processes in the Da Ponte operas.
Mozart
Author: SimonP. Keefe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351557920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
This volume of essays on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reflects scholarly advances made over the last thirty years. The studies are broad and focused, demonstrating a large number of viewpoints, methodologies and orientations and the material spans a wide range of subject areas, including biography, vocal music, instrumental music and performance. Written by leading researchers from Europe and North America, these previously published articles and book chapters are representative of both the most frequently discussed and debated issues in Mozart studies and the challenging, exciting nature of Mozart scholarship in general. The volume is essential reading for researchers, students and scholars of Mozart's music.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351557920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
This volume of essays on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reflects scholarly advances made over the last thirty years. The studies are broad and focused, demonstrating a large number of viewpoints, methodologies and orientations and the material spans a wide range of subject areas, including biography, vocal music, instrumental music and performance. Written by leading researchers from Europe and North America, these previously published articles and book chapters are representative of both the most frequently discussed and debated issues in Mozart studies and the challenging, exciting nature of Mozart scholarship in general. The volume is essential reading for researchers, students and scholars of Mozart's music.