Bibliograph

Mozart, Julian Rushton

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Label

Mozart, Julian Rushton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index

Illustrations

portraitsmusicplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mozart

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

61162200

Responsibility statement

Julian Rushton

Series statement

The Master musicians

Table Of 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"

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