Mozart speaks : views on music, musicians, and the world : drawn from the letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other early accounts / selected and with commentary by Robert L. Marshall.
| Author/creator |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 |
| Other author/creator | Marshall, Robert Lewis, editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Schrimer Books ; Don Mills, Ont. : Collier Macmillan Canada, ©1991. |
| Description | xxxi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Mozart's life: an outline -- Part one: self portrait with landscape -- The musician. Natural talent ; Keyboard player ; String player ; Conductor ; Composer -- The career. Plans and ambitions ; Daily routines ; Recognition and reputation -- The profession. Employment and commerce ; Concert life ; The opera world ; Audiences -- The world. The other arts ; Current events ; A musician's guide to Europe -- Personal affairs. Amusements and pastimes ; Confessions ; Personal philosophy -- Part two: On music -- A short introduction. Aesthetic premises ; The craft of composition -- Performance. Fundamentals ; Singing ; Keyboard performance ; Violin playing -- Opera: the principal categories. Dramatic genre: serious or comic ; National styles ; Auteur or hauteur?: composer's opera versus singer's opera -- Opera as drama. The search for libretti--and librettists ; Dramaturgy -- Opera and dramatic music: individual compositions. Operas ; Arias and songs ; Lost and unfinished works -- Church music. The current state: decline and fall? ; Individual compositions ; Lost and unfinished compositions -- Instrumental music. The concerto ; Keyboard music ; Orchestral music ; Forms of fashion ; Individual compositions ; Lost and unfinished compositions -- Part three: On musicians -- Composers. The good ; The bad ; The indifferent -- Performers. Singers ; Orchestras and conductors ; Keyboard players ; String players ; Wind players -- Appendix I: Biographical glossary -- Appendix II: Original German texts. |
| Abstract | This is a tapestry of letters, documents, contemporary accounts, and insightful commentary--a guide to Mozart's thoughts on almost every subject. Topically organized excerpts from Mozart's writings convey his daily preoccupations and pleasures, his experience of the musician's life, and his observations as he traveled throughout Europe. At the heart of the book are Mozart's ideas about music: his artistic code, his teaching methods, and his views on the art and craft of composition. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-422) and index. |
| LCCN | 91003250 |
| ISBN | 0028713850 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M9 A285 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |