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245 10 a| Mozart :b| a musical biography /c| Konrad Küster ; translated by Mary Whittall.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-395) and indexes.;

505 00 t| The minuet as a teaching medium: Mozart's earliest compositions (to c. 1763) --t| 'Over the Maxglan brook': the First Violin Sonata, the First Symphony, the first aria --t| From opera to concerto: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 (1773) --t| 'Three-quarters of an hour at the most': The Masses of 1774-1777 --t| Mastering the concerto: the Violin Concerto of 1775 --t| The Salzburg symphonies: especially K. 183 in G minor and K. 201 in A major --t| Music for Salzburg's patrician families: serenades and Finalmusiken --g| Visiting-cards: who was Mozart in 1777? --g| Down to Earth with the dillettante:t| the Flute Quartet, K. 285, and the Flute Concerto, K. 313 --t| The 'Little cousin' and the Weber girl: the 'Cannabich' Sonata, K. 309, and how Mozart became a singing teacher --t| The concert spirituel, and a fatal illness: the 'Paris' Symphony, K. 297 --t| Easter masses and Coronation masses: 'Coronation' Mass, K. 317, and Missa Solemnis, K. 337.;

520 a| Although there are many account of Mozart's life, and countless descriptions and analyses of his music, this is the first attempt to portray Mozart's creative life as a composer. The author selects forty works or groups of working covering virtually every important stage of Mozart's career, from the first keyboard works of the young Wunderkind to Mozart's final days and the composition of the Requiem. Each chapter deals with the developments and events in the lives of the Mozarts as associated with or highlighted by a particular work or constellation of works. The bulk of the book--the last 25 out of 40 chapters--is concerned with Mozart's life and compositions from his arrival in Vienna in 1781 to his death there some ten years later.;

546 a| Translated from the German.;

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Mozart : a musical biography / Konrad Küster ; translated by Mary Whittall.

Author/creator	Küster, Konrad
Other author	Whittall, Mary, translator.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Description	xviii, 409 pages : illustrations, music (some color) ; 23 cm
Subjects	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791--Criticism and interpretation.

Uniform title	Mozart. English
Contents	The minuet as a teaching medium: Mozart's earliest compositions (to c. 1763) -- 'Over the Maxglan brook': the First Violin Sonata, the First Symphony, the first aria -- From opera to concerto: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 (1773) -- 'Three-quarters of an hour at the most': The Masses of 1774-1777 -- Mastering the concerto: the Violin Concerto of 1775 -- The Salzburg symphonies: especially K. 183 in G minor and K. 201 in A major -- Music for Salzburg's patrician families: serenades and Finalmusiken -- Visiting-cards: who was Mozart in 1777? -- Down to Earth with the dillettante: the Flute Quartet, K. 285, and the Flute Concerto, K. 313 -- The 'Little cousin' and the Weber girl: the 'Cannabich' Sonata, K. 309, and how Mozart became a singing teacher -- The concert spirituel, and a fatal illness: the 'Paris' Symphony, K. 297 -- Easter masses and Coronation masses: 'Coronation' Mass, K. 317, and Missa Solemnis, K. 337.
Abstract	Although there are many account of Mozart's life, and countless descriptions and analyses of his music, this is the first attempt to portray Mozart's creative life as a composer. The author selects forty works or groups of working covering virtually every important stage of Mozart's career, from the first keyboard works of the young Wunderkind to Mozart's final days and the composition of the Requiem. Each chapter deals with the developments and events in the lives of the Mozarts as associated with or highlighted by a particular work or constellation of works. The bulk of the book--the last 25 out of 40 chapters--is concerned with Mozart's life and compositions from his arrival in Vienna in 1781 to his death there some ten years later.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-395) and indexes.
Language	Translated from the German.
LCCN	95035042
ISBN	0198163398

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