Experiencing Mozart
Subtitle: a listener's companion
By: David Schroeder
Series: Listener's companion; Listener's companion
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780810884281
Subjects: Music appreciation; Criticism and interpretation
Description: Titles in the Listener's companion series provide readers with a deeper understanding of key musical genres and the work of major artists and composers. Aimed at nonspecialists, each volume explains how to listen to works and examines both the context in which the music appeared and its form.
Notes: "Timeline": pages xvii-xix; "Glossary": pages 195-201.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206), discography (pages 207-208), and index.
Table of contents: title: Marching bands, church music, and escape from Salzburg; title: The shadow of Haydn : symphonies; title: The friendship with Haydn : chamber music; title: In the realm of Joseph II : The abduction from the seraglio; title: Virtuoso performer : concertos; title: Salons : solo keyboard works; title: Revolutionary thoughts about women and power : Figaro and Così; title: Carnival versus Lent : Don Giovanni; title: A fellow prankster and a strange commission : The magic flute and Requiem; title: Coda. From then to now.