The Mozart handbook; a guide to the man and his music
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cleveland,
World Pub. Co
[1954]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.] |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1 Mozart in his life
- Prelude. The birth place: Salzburg
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Child prodigy and the grand tour
- Leopold Mozart
- The women in Mozart's life
- The letters
- A close up of Mozart. Baron Friedrich Melchoir von Grimm ; Leopold Mozart ; Michael Kelly ; Lorenzo da Ponte ; Franz Němetschek ; Johann Andreas Schachtner ; Adolph Heinrich von Schlichtegroll
- Part 2. Mozart in his music. The music
- The operas: General ; Idomeneo, Rè di Creta ; Le Nozze di Figaro ; Don Giovanni. The literary genealogy of Don Juan ; Don Juan operas before and after Mozart ; Così fan tutte ; La Clemenza di Tito ; Die Zauberflöte ; Postscript: Lorenzo da Ponte
- The symphonies. Symphony in G minor, no. 25 (K. 183) ; Symphony in A major, no. 29 (K. 201) ; Symphony in D major, no. 31 "Paris" (K. 297) ; Symphony in C major, no. 34 (K. 338) ; Symphony in D major, no. 35 "Haffner" (K. 385) ; Symphony in C major, no. 36 "Linz" (K. 425) ; Symphony in D major, no. 38 "Prague" (K. 504)
- The great trilogy. Symphony in E flat major, no. 39 (K. 543) ; Symphony in G minor, no. 40 (K. 550) ; Symphony in C major "Jupiter" (K. 551)
- The concertos
- Miscellaneous concert music
- The chamber music
- Music for the piano
- Music for violin and piano
- Church music. The requiem
- Mozart and the critics
- Part 3. Mozart in his death. Sophie Haibel ; Joseph Deiner ; Mozart's illness
- Appendices. The Köchel catalogue ; Classified list of Mozart's works ; Chronology.