Mozart in retrospect : studies in criticism and bibliography / by A. Hyatt King.

Author/creator King, A. Hyatt
Format Book
Edition3rd impression, revised.
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1976.
Descriptionxxiii, 278 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Contents Mozart in retrospect. Introduction. 1756-91. Repute and publication -- 1792-1830. Publication and performance ; Biography and opinion -- 1830-1900. Performance and opinion ; Publication and research -- The twentieth century. Research and documentation ; Biography and criticism ; Performance ; Popularity -- Kochel, Breitkopf, and the complete edition -- Jahn and the future of Mozart biography -- A census of Mozart's musical autographs in Great Britain -- An unrecorded English edition of the Clavier duet K. 19d -- Mozart and Cramer: a facsimile of the lost autograph of K. 236 -- Joseph Mainzer and the Mozart family: a postscript to the Clavier duet K. 381 -- A Swiss account of Mozart in 1766 -- The melodic sources and affinities of Die Zauberflote -- The growth and significance of Mozart's counterpoint -- Creative contrast in Mozart -- The nature of Mozart's genius: some analogies and reflections -- Mozart's compositions for mechanical organ -- Mozart's lost and fragmentary compositions -- Mozart and the organ -- The Clavier in Mozart's life -- Appendix I. A subscription list to Cosi fan tutte -- Appendix II. The figure as used by Mozart and by earlier and later composers -- Appendix III. The origin of the title 'The "Jupiter" symphony'.
Local noteLittle-316938--305131017065W
General noteReprint of the 1970 edition published by Oxford University Press, London, New York.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 76001016
ISBN0837187605

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