Mozart and his times / Erich Schenk ; edited and translated from the German by Richard & Clara Winston.
| Author/creator |
Schenk, Erich, 1902-1974 |
| Other author/creator | Winston, Richard translator. |
| Other author/creator | Winston, Clara translator. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. |
| Description | 452 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, facsimiles ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Home & childhood. Times & society -- Salzburg family -- Student from Swabia -- Musician -- Princes -- Colleagues of the chapel -- Young household -- Friends -- Composer, theorist & pedagogue -- Awakening a genius -- On the highways of Europe. Departure for the great world -- At the court of the Empress -- Heavy cares -- Westward -- Autumn Rhine journey -- Paris -- Musical London -- Holland -- Grimm's prophecy -- Homeward journey -- Disappointment in Vienna -- Brief rest -- To Italy -- Impressions of Lombardy -- Rome -- Summer of good fortune -- Prophecy fulfilled -- Milan Festival Opera -- Plans, sacrifices, resignation. Duties in Salzburg -- Prospects in Vienna -- Munich carnival -- Salzburg -- Dismissal -- Departure -- Munich -- Augsburg impressions -- Mannheim -- The Webers -- Renunciation -- Paris -- Death -- Home to Salzburg -- Reluctant courtier. Organist in Salzburg -- Munich carnival opera -- Vienna & freedom -- Favourite of society. Free lance -- Disappointed hopes -- Marriage contract -- Lessons -- Amateur concerts -- Marriage -- Pianist & composer -- Darling of the public -- Killing season -- Opera -- Figaro. Intrigues & triumph -- Highways once more -- Solitude of genius. Lorenzo da Ponte -- Financial pinch & further travels -- Cares -- Highways again -- Die Zauberflöte -- Coronation Opera -- Premiere of Die Zauberflöte -- Death. |
| Abstract | This incomparable chronicle is not a musicological study. Indirectly, however, it comments on the transitions of musical style and manner, putting them into understandable context with the social trends of the period, with its political philosophies and shifting religious attitudes. The book includes revealing biographical sketches of the men and women whom Mozart knew, as well as intimate views of the cities and towns in which he lived and labored. Much that has always been unclear is here clarified; much that has always been no more than legend is here swept away. The author has documented his rich-textured book from correspondence--between Mozart and his librettists and patrons, his wife, and people he hoped would lend him a few ducats. Mozart's stays and visits as a boy and a young man in Salzburg, Vienna, Mannheim, the Italian courts, Prague, Paris, and London are enriched by many quotations from contemporary accounts. |
| General note | Originally published in German as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: eine Biographie. Copyright 1955 by Amalthea-Verlag, Wien. |
| LCCN | 59009068 |
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