Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy --he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills-- he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. J...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rushton, Julian (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press 2006
Colección:The master musicians
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Acceso en línea:Sumario
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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"