Wolfgang Amadé Mozart undeserved gift to humanity / Constantin Floros ; translated by Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch.

Author/creator Floros, Constantin
Other author Bernhardt-Kabisch, Ernest, 1934-
Format Electronic
EditionRevised and expanded edition.
Publication InfoBern : Peter Lang, [2020]
Description241 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
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Uniform titleMozart-Studien. English
Contents Basic theses -- Mirth and melancholy in Mozart -- Tragic and comic elements in the master operas -- Mozart's musical language : the phenomenon of cantability -- The last symphonies -- "As if I were the greatest violinist in Europe" : Mozart and the violin -- The "program" in Mozart's master overture -- Levels of style and stylistic : synthesis in Mozart's operas -- Don Juan in Kierkegaard's Interpretation -- Mozart and the Austiran traditions of church music -- Alban Berg and Mozart -- Epilogue: Mozart and we.
Summary Mozart?s ambivalent personality offers a key to a deeper understanding of his music. He could be merry, even boisterous, but from many of his works speaks a deep seriousness. Both mirth and melancholy stamp his being. His operatic music includes both the comic and the tragic. The present study treats the special character of his musical language and the relations between his personality and his multiform oeuvre. Its mission is to grasp the peculiarities of his operatic work, his opere serie, opere buffe and singspiels. The chapter "The Program in the Master Overtures" initiates the series of semantic analyses the author has pursued in other books. In the 19th century, it was fashionable to compare Mozart to Raffael. But the comparison is askew, as the graceful is only one side of his personality.0.
General noteOriginally published in German as "Mozart Studien" by Breitkopf und Härtel, 1979.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2019565594
ISBN3034338465 hardback
ISBN9783034338462 hardback

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