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Mozart, the golden years, 1781-1791 / by H.C. Robbins Landon.

By: Publication details: New York : Schirmer Books, 1989.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 271 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0028720253
  • 9780028720258
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 780/.92/4 B 19
LOC classification:
  • ML410.M9 L245 1989
Contents:
Introduction -- I. Prelude -- II. The musical scene in Vienna, 1781-82 -- III. Vienna, the social scene -- IV. The two Constanzes -- V. Concerts in Vienna; interlude in Salzburg -- VI. Patronage and subscription concerts of 1784; Mozart joins the Freemasons -- VII. Leopold Mozart's visit to Vienna; the Haydn-Mozart friendship -- VIII. The string quartets dedicated to Haydn; Mozart and the piano concerto -- DA Ponte operas -- X. The end of Mozart's subscription concerts; Austria's folly and Mozart's misery -- XI. Two trips to Germany; the decline and fall of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- XII. A Freemasons' conspiracy in 1791? -- Notes on the text -- Appendices.
Summary: Robbins Landon, one of America's most eminent musicologists, examines the last decade of Mozart's life. This musician, who may have suffered from manic depression, used this condition to compose his most emotionally satisfying and artistically brilliant works.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) ML 410 .M9 L25 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 90730

"First published in Great Britain by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 247) and index.

Introduction -- I. Prelude -- II. The musical scene in Vienna, 1781-82 -- III. Vienna, the social scene -- IV. The two Constanzes -- V. Concerts in Vienna; interlude in Salzburg -- VI. Patronage and subscription concerts of 1784; Mozart joins the Freemasons -- VII. Leopold Mozart's visit to Vienna; the Haydn-Mozart friendship -- VIII. The string quartets dedicated to Haydn; Mozart and the piano concerto -- DA Ponte operas -- X. The end of Mozart's subscription concerts; Austria's folly and Mozart's misery -- XI. Two trips to Germany; the decline and fall of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- XII. A Freemasons' conspiracy in 1791? -- Notes on the text -- Appendices.

Robbins Landon, one of America's most eminent musicologists, examines the last decade of Mozart's life. This musician, who may have suffered from manic depression, used this condition to compose his most emotionally satisfying and artistically brilliant works.

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