The Cambridge Companion To Mozart

Edited by Simon P. Keefe

 

The Cambridge Companion to Mozart paints a rounded yet focussed picture of one of the most revered artists of all time. Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of the composer, enhancing the readers’ appreciation of Mozart and his extraordinary output, regardless of their prior knowledge of the music. Part I situates Mozart in the context of late eighteenth-century musical environments and aesthetic trends that played a pivotal role in his artistic development and examines his methods of composition. Part II surveys Mozart’s works in all of the genres in which he excelled and Part III looks at the reception of the composer and his music since his death. Part IV offers insight into Mozart’s career as a performer as well as theoretical and practical perspectives on historically informed performances of his music.

 

Bibliographic Details

 

3 b/w illus. 8 tables 40 music examples

 

Contents

• Introduction Simon P. Keefe
• Chronology of Mozarts Life and Works Simon P. Keefe
• Part I. Mozart in Context: 1. Mozart and Salzburg Cliff Eisen
• 2. Mozart in Vienna Dorothea Link
• 3. Mozarts compositional methods: writing for his singers Ian Woodfield
• 4. Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics David Schroeder
• Part II. The Works: 5. The keyboard music W. Dean Sutcliffe
• 6. The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context Simon P. Keefe
• 7. The orchestral music Simon P. Keefe
• 8. Mozarts chamber music Cliff Eisen
• 9. Mozart as a vocal composer Paul Corneilson
• 10. The opere buffe Edmund J. Goehring
• 11. Mozart and opera seria Julian Rushton
• 12. Mozarts German operas David J. Buch
• Part III. Reception: 13. Mozart in the nineteenth century John Daverio
• 14. Mozart and the twentieth century Jan Smaczny
• 15. The Evolution of Mozartian biography William Stafford
• Part IV. Performance: 16. Mozart the performer Katalin Komlós
• 17. Performance practice in the music of Mozart Robert D. Levin.

Language	English
Editor	Simon P. Keefe
ISBN	9780521001922 (0521001927)