Author: Brigid Brophy
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571304729
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Brigid Brophy first published her passionate, profoundly original Mozart the Dramatist in 1964, revisiting it subsequently in 1988. Organised by theme, the text offers brilliant readings of Mozart's five most famous operas - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte - while a 1988 preface reconsiders Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito. Brophy's analysis is richly informed by her readings and interests in psychoanalysis, myth, and relations between the sexes, but her stress above all is on Mozart's 'unique excellence', his 'double supremacy' both as a 'classical' and 'psychological' artist. 'An illuminating, invigorating, thought-provoking and profoundly human book, of immense value to any lover of Mozart.' Jane Glover
Mozart the Dramatist
Author: Brigid Brophy
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571304729
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Brigid Brophy first published her passionate, profoundly original Mozart the Dramatist in 1964, revisiting it subsequently in 1988. Organised by theme, the text offers brilliant readings of Mozart's five most famous operas - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte - while a 1988 preface reconsiders Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito. Brophy's analysis is richly informed by her readings and interests in psychoanalysis, myth, and relations between the sexes, but her stress above all is on Mozart's 'unique excellence', his 'double supremacy' both as a 'classical' and 'psychological' artist. 'An illuminating, invigorating, thought-provoking and profoundly human book, of immense value to any lover of Mozart.' Jane Glover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571304729
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Brigid Brophy first published her passionate, profoundly original Mozart the Dramatist in 1964, revisiting it subsequently in 1988. Organised by theme, the text offers brilliant readings of Mozart's five most famous operas - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte - while a 1988 preface reconsiders Idomeneo and La Clemenza di Tito. Brophy's analysis is richly informed by her readings and interests in psychoanalysis, myth, and relations between the sexes, but her stress above all is on Mozart's 'unique excellence', his 'double supremacy' both as a 'classical' and 'psychological' artist. 'An illuminating, invigorating, thought-provoking and profoundly human book, of immense value to any lover of Mozart.' Jane Glover
Mozart and His Operas
Author: David Cairns
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520228986
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A noted music critic weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520228986
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A noted music critic weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole.
Recognition in Mozart's Operas
Author: Jessica Waldoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195348532
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In Recognition in Mozart's Operas, musicologist Jessica Waldoff draws on a broad base of critical thought on recognition from Aristotle to Terence Cave to explore the essential role it plays in Mozart's operas. The result is a fresh approach to the familiar question of opera as drama and a persuasive new reading of Mozart's operas.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195348532
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In Recognition in Mozart's Operas, musicologist Jessica Waldoff draws on a broad base of critical thought on recognition from Aristotle to Terence Cave to explore the essential role it plays in Mozart's operas. The result is a fresh approach to the familiar question of opera as drama and a persuasive new reading of Mozart's operas.
Papageno
Author: Kurt Honolka
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780931340215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
(Amadeus). Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) is known today only as the librettist of Mozart's The Magic Flute , yet he was also the most important theater director of his time, an actor, singer, producer, and a prolific dramatist.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780931340215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
(Amadeus). Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) is known today only as the librettist of Mozart's The Magic Flute , yet he was also the most important theater director of his time, an actor, singer, producer, and a prolific dramatist.
Mozart the Dramatist
Author: Brigid Brophy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fine arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fine arts
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Brigid Brophy
Author: Richard Canning
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474462685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book explores all aspects of Brophy's literary career, alongside contributions on animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminism and sexual politics, not only celebrating Brophy's eclectic achievements but fully reflecting them.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474462685
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book explores all aspects of Brophy's literary career, alongside contributions on animal rights, vegetarianism, anti-vivisectionism, humanism, feminism and sexual politics, not only celebrating Brophy's eclectic achievements but fully reflecting them.
Mozart the Performer
Author: Dorian Bandy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226828565
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart’s compositional style. We know Mozart as one of history’s greatest composers. But his contemporaries revered him as a multi-instrumentalist, a dazzling improviser, and the foremost keyboard virtuoso of his time. When he composed, it was often with a single aim in mind: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. He wrote piano concertos not with an eye to posterity but to give himself a repertoire with which to flaunt his keyboard wizardry before an awestruck public. The same was true of his sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, and operas, all of which were painstakingly crafted to produce specific effects on those who played or heard them, amusing, stirring, and ravishing colleagues and consumers alike. Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart’s musicianship. Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart’s style, showing through detailed analysis and imaginative historical investigation how he conceived his works as a series of dramatic scripts. Mozart the Performer is a book for anyone who wishes to engage more deeply with Mozart’s artistry and legacy and understand why, centuries later, his music still captivates us.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226828565
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart’s compositional style. We know Mozart as one of history’s greatest composers. But his contemporaries revered him as a multi-instrumentalist, a dazzling improviser, and the foremost keyboard virtuoso of his time. When he composed, it was often with a single aim in mind: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. He wrote piano concertos not with an eye to posterity but to give himself a repertoire with which to flaunt his keyboard wizardry before an awestruck public. The same was true of his sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, and operas, all of which were painstakingly crafted to produce specific effects on those who played or heard them, amusing, stirring, and ravishing colleagues and consumers alike. Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart’s musicianship. Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart’s style, showing through detailed analysis and imaginative historical investigation how he conceived his works as a series of dramatic scripts. Mozart the Performer is a book for anyone who wishes to engage more deeply with Mozart’s artistry and legacy and understand why, centuries later, his music still captivates us.
School of Music Programs
Author: University of Michigan. School of Music
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concert programs
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concert programs
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Mozart, His Character, His Work
Author: Alfred Einstein
Publisher: Galaxy Books
ISBN: 0195007328
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musicalcontemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies.
Publisher: Galaxy Books
ISBN: 0195007328
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Written by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musicalcontemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies.
The Cambridge Companion to Mozart
Author: Simon P. Keefe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521001922
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521001922
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Table of contents