Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198162863 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 660 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and fascinating to read, this is a welcome addition to the growing number of high-quality studies of classical composers.- Timothy J. Zaslaw studies the music in terms of its performance, and in the process of sorting out Mozart's works from those of several other composers, explains the variety of purposes for which symphonies were written and traces the gradual evolution of the symphonic form during the Classical period. Both Mozart and the symphony are shown in an interesting new light. From Library Journal This book begins as a detailed consideration of all facts and conjectures regarding 98 symphonies attributed to Mozart. of TorontoCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. McGee, Univ
. Neal Zaslaw is at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Essential; but certainly not "Exhaustive" (as C. Wolff would have it) Neal Zaslaw is well known in the musicology field as a Mozart scholar who often concerns himself with wind instruments. Accordingly, this book is written with a certain level of musical knowledge required. If you are a casual music lover, this is perhaps not the best book for you.The book looks at all known Mozart symphonies, including those which cannot be authenticated, in chronological order, d. Mozart and the Art of Changing a Gear Box This is not a cheap acquisition by any means and I'm not sure it is worth the price.Zaslaw is no mean academic and his scholarship cannot be impugned easily. Everything you wanted to know about the nuts and bolts of Mozart's symphonies is here in clear, precise language. His approach is systematic and thorough. The real tour de force here is Zaslaw's demolition of K 16a, the so-called Odense Symph
In doing so, he has created an invaluable contribution to Mozart scholarship that will long stand as the definitive treatment of its subject.. Published in paperback to coincide with the bicentennial of Mozart's death, this book identifies and evaluates every symphony that has ever been associated with the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, nearly 100 in all. Zaslaw, who served as the musicological supervisor for the complete recordings of Mozart's symphonies by Jaap Schröder, Christopher Hogwood, and the Academy of Ancient Music, draws on exhaustive research and his own experience in presenting this comprehensive study. He places each symphony in its musical and cultural context, explores the role each played in Mozart's creative life, and reveals what is known about how Mozart's symphonies, and those of his contemporaries, were performed