Title: Ornamentation and improvisation in Mozart /
Authors: Neumann, Frederick.
Date: 1986
Publisher: Princeton University Press,
Physical description: x, 301 p. : music ; 29 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: M
Contents: Part I : The ornaments -- Introduction -- The Vorschlag : types, terms, symbols, sources -- The vocal appoggiatura -- The instrumental appoggiatura -- The grace note -- Ambiguities and special cases -- The Zwischenschlag -- The slide -- The trill : theory -- The trill : practice -- The turn -- The arpeggio -- Part II : Improvisations -- Introduction -- The appoggiatura in recitative -- The appoggitatura in closed numbers -- Vocal cadenzas (fermata embellishments) -- Diminutions in arias -- The special case of the piano concertos -- Instrumental cadenzas -- Eingã̈nge -- Embellishments in repeats -- Appendix : [list of Köchel numbers and dates for works cited]
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Embellishment (Music); Improvisation (Music); Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791--Criticism and interpretation.