MozartOxford University Press, 01.02.2006 - 320 Seiten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the entire European tradition. Julian Rushton offers a concise and up-to-date biography of this musical genius, combining a well-researched life of the composer with an introduction to the works--symphonic, chamber, sacred, and theatrical--of one of the few musicians in history to have written undisputed masterpieces across every genre of his time. Rushton offers a vivid portrait of the composer, ranging from Mozart the Wunderkind--travelling with his family from Salzburg to Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, and Milan--to the mature author of such classic works as "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni", and "The Magic Flute". During the past half-century, scholars have thoroughly explored Mozart's life and music, offering new interpretations of his compositions based on their historical context and providing a factual basis for confirming or, more often, debunking fanciful accounts of the man and his work. Rushton takes full advantage of these biographical and musical studies as well as the definitive New Mozart Edition to provide an accurate account of Mozart's life and, equally important, an insightful look at the music itself, complete with musical examples. An engaging biography for general readers that will also be an informative resource for scholars, this new addition to the prestigious Master Musicians series offers an authoritative portrait of one of the defining figures of European culture. |
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I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth | |
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Mozart and the Keyboard | |
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music must never offend the ear | clxv |
Piano Concertos and Piano Chamber | clxxix |
Music | ccxxvi |
most important is that it must be really | cclii |
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a rich possession but even fairer hopes | ccxcv |
de morte transire ad vitam | cccxvi |
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the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes oboes and clarinets | cxxii |
A Calendar | cccxxxv |
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Mozart West Riding Professor of Music Julian Rushton,Julian Rushton,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2006 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adagio Adamberger Allegro Aloysia andante Anna Anton archbishop aria bass basset-horn Burgtheater cello chamber music clarinet clemenza di Tito commission composition Constanze Così fan tutte Count counterpoint Die Zauberflöte Divertimento Don Giovanni dramatic duet ensembles Entführung Figaro finale Finalmusik flute Franz fugue G minor German Gluck Handel Haydn horns Idomeneo instrumental Italian J. C. Bach Johann Joseph keyboard Kyrie later Leopold Mozart letters libretto London Mannheim Maria Mass melody Michael Haydn Milan minuet modulation Mozart composed Mozart wrote Mozart’s death Munich musicians Nannerl oboes opera buffa opera seria orchestral overture Paris performed perhaps piano concertos piano sonata piece played Ponte Prague quintet recitative Requiem ritornello role rondo Salieri Salzburg scena Serenade Sinfonia concertante singers Singspiel slow movement solo soprano Storace string quartets style symphonies tenor texture theatre theme trio variation Vienna Viennese viola violin Weber wind Wolfgang writing written Zauberflöte