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Calendar of Mozart's life, works and related events / Else Radant -- A Mozart-Weber family tree / Malcolm Boyd -- Who's who / Malcolm Boyd -- Historical background. Church and states / Otto Biba -- Currency ; Economics ; Enlightenment and revolution ; Patronage and the place of the musician in society / Andrew Steptoe -- Musical background. The origins of Mozart's style. Opera / Michael F. Robinson ; Instrumental / David Wyn Jones ; Sacred / David Humphreys -- Musical life in Europe. Salzburg (1756-83) / Clemens Hoslinger ; France (1764-6 and 1778) / Julian Rushton ; England and the Netherlands (1746-6) / Julian Rushton ; Germany (1763-81) / Otto Biba ; Italy (1770-74) / Julian Rushton ; Vienna and the Habsburg domains (1762-91) / Otto Biba -- Mozart's patrons / Malcom Boyd -- Mozart as an individual. Family background ; Mozart's appearance and character ; Marriage with Constanze ; Mozart's social world / Andrew Steptoe ; Mozart's income and finances ; Mozart as a performer / Andrew Steptoe -- Mozart's opinions and outlook. Religion and politics ; Sexual morality ; Ultimate beliefs ; Reading matters ; Attitude to environment ; Composers and compositions ; Opera / John Stone -- Sources for Mozart's life and works. Family letters ; Documents ; Autographs ; Manuscript copies ; First and early editions ; Dissemination of Mozart's music / Cliff Eisen -- A conspectus of Mozart's music. 1762-74: apprenticeship and assimilation ; 1775-80: compositional refinement ; 1781-8: productivity and popularity ; 1789-91: the path to a new style / Esther Cavett-Dunsby -- The music. Operas. Mozart's contribution to the genre / John Stone ; List of works / Amanda Holden ; Symphonies / Cliff Eisen ; Concertos / Robert Levin ; Miscellaneous instrumental / David Wyn Jones ; Dance and ballet / David Wyn Jones -- Chamber music. Harmoniemusik and other works for multiple wind instruments / Roger Hellyer ; Piano and strings / Derek Carew ; Strings alone / Alec Hyatt King and John Arthur ; Piano sonatas and other works / Patrick Gale ; Mechanical organ and armonica / Patrick Gale -- Sacred music. Masses ; Requiem ; Miscellaneous sacred music / David Humphreys ; Oratorios, sacred dramas and cantatas ; Voice and orchestra ; Songs, vocal ensembles and canons ; Arrangements and additions, transcriptions of works by other composers / David Humphreys ; Miscellaneous ; Fragments and sketches / John Arthur ; Doubtful and spurious / H.C. Robbins Landon ; Lost / H.C. Robbins Landon -- Mozart and the theatre of his time / Peter Branscombe -- Performance practice / Robin Stowell -- Reception. Contemporary assessments ; Posthumous assessments ; Myths and legends ; The Mozartian topic in literature ; Mozart's influence on later composers and on the history of music / John Stone -- Mozart literature. Biography and biographers ; Analytical and critical studies ; Other Mozart literature ; Bibliography / Alec Hyatt King -- Collected editions / Wolfgang Rehm. |
