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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2011
Print publication year:
2003
Online ISBN:
9780511998706
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521807340
Subjects:
Music, Eighteenth-Century Music, Music: General Interest
Collection:
The Cambridge Companions to Music
Series:
Cambridge Companions to Music
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Book description

The 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.

Reviews

‘For anyone interested in the composer’s sublime music this collection must become essential reading.’

Source: Contemporary Review

‘… material here to appeal to people approaching Mozart from a wide variety of angles …’.

Source: Gramophone

'Keeping abreast of the burgeoning Mozart literature is an impossible task at the best of times, and this volume serves both as a timely reminder of the problem and as a reliable and up-to-date guide that navigates debates old and new with clarity and authority.'

Source: Eighteenth-Century Music

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