The Cambridge Companion to Mozart
The Cambridge Companion to Mozart
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USDThe Cambridge Companion to Mozart paints a rounded yet focussed picture of one of the most revered artists of all time. Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of the composer, enhancing the readers' appreciation of Mozart and his extraordinary output, regardless of their prior knowledge of the music. Part I situates Mozart in the context of late eighteenth-century musical environments and aesthetic trends that played a pivotal role in his artistic development and examines his methods of composition. Part II surveys Mozart's works in all of the genres in which he excelled and Part III looks at the reception of the composer and his music since his death. Part IV offers insight into Mozart's career as a performer as well as theoretical and practical perspectives on historically informed performances of his music.
- Comprehensive coverage of Mozart's works
- Written by the top international Mozart scholars
- The most recent scholarship presented in a user-friendly fashion
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"The Cambridge Companion to Mozart creates a multifaceted portrait of the composer's career and music that certainly will prove stimulating to students, scholars, and general music lovers. Editor Keefe should be applauded for assembling such a well-rounded collection of essays." NOTES
"The Cambridge Companion to Mozart creates a multifaceted portrait of the composer's career and music that certainly will prove stimulating to students, scholars, and general music lovers. Editor Keefe should be applauded for assembling such a well-rounded collection of essays." NOTES
Product details
June 2003Paperback
9780521001922
314 pages
248 × 175 × 28 mm
0.63kg
3 b/w illus. 8 tables 40 music examples
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Simon P. Keefe
- Chronology of Mozart's Life and Works Simon P. Keefe
- Part I. Mozart in Context:
- 1. Mozart and Salzburg Cliff Eisen
- 2. Mozart in Vienna Dorothea Link
- 3. Mozart's compositional methods: writing for his singers Ian Woodfield
- 4. Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics David Schroeder
- Part II. The Works:
- 5. The keyboard music W. Dean Sutcliffe
- 6. The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context Simon P. Keefe
- 7. The orchestral music Simon P. Keefe
- 8. Mozart's chamber music Cliff Eisen
- 9. Mozart as a vocal composer Paul Corneilson
- 10. The opere buffe Edmund J. Goehring
- 11. Mozart and opera seria Julian Rushton
- 12. Mozart's German operas David J. Buch
- Part III. Reception:
- 13. Mozart in the nineteenth century John Daverio
- 14. Mozart and the twentieth century Jan Smaczny
- 15. The Evolution of Mozartian biography William Stafford
- Part IV. Performance:
- 16. Mozart the performer Katalin Komlós
- 17. Performance practice in the music of Mozart Robert D. Levin.
