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.
目錄:
Notes on the contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chronology of Mozart''s Life and Works
Introduction Simon
Part I. Mozart in Context
1. Mozart and Salzburg
2. Mozart in Vienna
3. Mozart''s compositional methods: writing for his singers
4. Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics
Part II. The Works
5. The keyboard music
6. The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context
7. The orchestral music
8. Mozart''s chamber music
9. Mozart as a vocal composer
10. The opere buffe
11. Mozart and opera seria
12. Mozart''s German operas
Part III. Reception
13. Mozart in the nineteenth century
14. Mozart and the twentieth century
15. The Evolution of Mozartian biography
Part IV. Performance
16. Mozart the performer
17. Performance practice in the music of Mozart
Notes
Selected further reading
General index
Index of Mozart''s works