Mozart
By: Julian Rushton.
Series: The master musicians; Master musicians series.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780195182644
Subjects: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- Chronology; Composers -- Austria -- Biography
Genres: Chronology.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Salzburg and the grand tour : 1756-69; title: Works by an "almost supernatural talent"; title: Italy : 1769-73; title: Opera seria : "fitting the clothes to the figure"; title: Salzburg : 1774-7; title: Sacred music : "I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth"; title: Mannheim and Paris : 1777-9; title: The "classical style" : Mozart and the keyboard; title: Salzburg and Munich : 1779-81; title: Orchestral music : "the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes, and clarinets"; title: Vienna : 1781-5; title: Singspiel : "music must never offend the ear"; title: Piano concertos and chamber music in "the land of the clavier"; title: Vienna and Prague : 1786-8; title: Chamber music : "the greatest composer known to me"; title: Opera buffa : "most important is that it must be really comic"; title: The last years : 1788-91; title: The last works : "a rich possession, but even fairer hopes"; title: "; title: de morte transire ad vitam".