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Author:   Simon P. Keefe (Queen's University Belfast)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511998706

ISBN 10:   0511998708
Publication Date:   28 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

Introduction Simon P. Keefe; Chronology of Mozart's Life and Works Simon P. Keefe; Part I. Mozart in Context: 1. Mozart and Salzburg Cliff Eisen; 2. Mozart in Vienna Dorothea Link; 3. Mozart's 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. Mozart's 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. Mozart's 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.

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'For anyone interested in the composer's sublime music this collection must become essential reading.' Contemporary Review '... material here to appeal to people approaching Mozart from a wide variety of angles ...'. Gramophone 'Keeping abreast of the burgeoning Mozart literature is an impossible task at the best of times, and this volume serves both as a timely reminder of the problem and as a reliable and up-to-date guide that navigates debates old and new with clarity and authority.' Eighteenth-Century Music

'For anyone interested in the composer's sublime music this collection must become essential reading.' Contemporary Review '... material here to appeal to people approaching Mozart from a wide variety of angles ...'. Gramophone 'Keeping abreast of the burgeoning Mozart literature is an impossible task at the best of times, and this volume serves both as a timely reminder of the problem and as a reliable and up-to-date guide that navigates debates old and new with clarity and authority.' Eighteenth-Century Music The Cambridge Companion to Mozart creates a multifaceted portrait of the composer's career and music that certainly will prove stimulating to students, scholars, and general music lovers. Editor Keefe should be applauded for assembling such a well-rounded collection of essays. NOTES The Cambridge Companion to Mozart creates a multifaceted portrait of the composer's career and music that certainly will prove stimulating to students, scholars, and general music lovers. Editor Keefe should be applauded for assembling such a well-rounded collection of essays. NOTES

Author Information

Simon P. Keefe is Lecturer in Music at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of Mozart's Piano Concertos: Dramatic Dialogue in the Age of Enlightenment (2001).

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