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245 10 a| Mozart and the Enlightenment :b| truth, virtue, and beauty in Mozart's operas /c| Nicholas Till.;

250 a| 1st American edition.;

260 a| New York :b| W.W. Norton,c| 1993.;

300 a| xi, 371 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| This study of Mozart's operas shows that the composer was not a "divine idiot" but an artist whose work was informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. Examining the dramatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws on such famous writers and thinkers of the time as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to reappraise the history and meaning of the Enlightenment, and of Mozart's role within it. He evokes for us the Vienna of the 1780s, a world of intense intellectual argument, political debate, and religious inquiry, which deeply influenced the philosophical content of Mozart's operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, designed to support the political aims of Emperor Joseph II; from Le nozze di Figaro, a profound exploration of marriage as a human and social institution, to the post-Enlightenment Zauberflote, the operas bear witness to the era's changing views and to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.;

520 a| Divine idiot or journeyman tunesmith? In this inspired re-evaluation of Mozart, the author shows that Mozart was neither of these popular fictions but an artist of his era whose work was clearly informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. The author casts his net wide. Examining the traumatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws in writers and thinkers such as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to offer a radical reappraisal of the history and meaning of the Enlightenment, and of Mozart's role within it. The Vienna of the 1780s under the revolutionary Emperor Joseph II, where Mozart lived for ten years, until his death in 1791, is vividly evoked--a world in which coffee houses, literary salons and Masonic lodges created a forum for intense intellectual argument, political debate and religious inquiry. Startling new evidence of Mozart's own involvement in these activities--in particular, the central decision of his life to join a Catholic lodge at a time when the Freemasonry was banned by the Pope--throws exciting light on his own political and religious beliefs, and on the meaning of the operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, a blatant example of Josephine propaganda; from Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart's vision of a Christian society, to Die Zauberflote, a spiritual drama of the post-Enlightenment, Mozart's operas are revealed as the culminating artistic expression of the eighteenth century, and a powerful testament to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.;

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Mozart and the Enlightenment : truth, virtue, and beauty in Mozart's operas / Nicholas Till.

Author/creator	Till, Nicholas, 1955-
Format	Book
Edition	1st American edition.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton, 1993.
Description	xi, 371 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Subjects	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas. Opera--Austria. --18th century. Enlightenment--Austria.

Contents	Introduction: Enlightenment and the eighteenth century -- Salzburg and the years of travel: 1756-1781. The education of a bourgeois artist -- La finta giardiniera -- Opera and the Enlightenment -- The German artist -- Zaide -- Idomeneo -- Vienna -- The years of optimism: 1781-1786 -- Vienna and the Enlightenment -- Mozart's arrival in Vienna -- Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail -- Freemasonry and the Catholic Enlightenment -- The return to Italian opera -- Le nozze di Figaro -- The meaning of classicism -- The years of retreat: 1786-1791 -- The collapse of Josephinism -- Don Giovanni -- Cosi fan tutte -- La clemenza di Tito -- Die Zauberflote.
Abstract	This study of Mozart's operas shows that the composer was not a "divine idiot" but an artist whose work was informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. Examining the dramatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws on such famous writers and thinkers of the time as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to reappraise the history and meaning of the Enlightenment, and of Mozart's role within it. He evokes for us the Vienna of the 1780s, a world of intense intellectual argument, political debate, and religious inquiry, which deeply influenced the philosophical content of Mozart's operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, designed to support the political aims of Emperor Joseph II; from Le nozze di Figaro, a profound exploration of marriage as a human and social institution, to the post-Enlightenment Zauberflote, the operas bear witness to the era's changing views and to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.
Abstract	Divine idiot or journeyman tunesmith? In this inspired re-evaluation of Mozart, the author shows that Mozart was neither of these popular fictions but an artist of his era whose work was clearly informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. The author casts his net wide. Examining the traumatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws in writers and thinkers such as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to offer a radical reappraisal of the history and meaning of the Enlightenment, and of Mozart's role within it. The Vienna of the 1780s under the revolutionary Emperor Joseph II, where Mozart lived for ten years, until his death in 1791, is vividly evoked--a world in which coffee houses, literary salons and Masonic lodges created a forum for intense intellectual argument, political debate and religious inquiry. Startling new evidence of Mozart's own involvement in these activities--in particular, the central decision of his life to join a Catholic lodge at a time when the Freemasonry was banned by the Pope--throws exciting light on his own political and religious beliefs, and on the meaning of the operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, a blatant example of Josephine propaganda; from Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart's vision of a Christian society, to Die Zauberflote, a spiritual drama of the post-Enlightenment, Mozart's operas are revealed as the culminating artistic expression of the eighteenth century, and a powerful testament to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	93000711
ISBN	039303495X

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