The New Grove Mozart - Softcover

Sadie, Stanley.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333341996 ISBN 13: 9780333341995

Publisher: Papermac, 1984

Synopsis

Depicts the life of the Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, describes his musical career, and examines the development of his music

About this title

Review:

When the publishers of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians set out to revise their monumental reference work in the 1970s, they commissioned new biographies of many composers. They then extracted some of those biographies from the finished product, added some details to make them a more interesting sit-down read, and issued them as separate volumes. Unlike the complete Grove, this biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is both portable and affordable. Nearly one third of its length is devoted to a listing of his works, arranged by type (opera, sacred) and date. There are many biographies of Mozart on the market; this one makes a good starting place and handy reference.

About the Author:

Cliff Eisen is reader in historical musicology at King's College, London. His research has focused on the Classical period, particularly on Mozart, performing practice and 18th and 19th century chamber music. He is currently working on the Mozart String Quintets and is associate editor of the forthcoming revision of the Kochel Catalogue. Stanley Sadie has been editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians since 1970. He was editor of The Musical Times (1967-87) and a music critic for The Times (1964-81). He was President of the International Musicological Society 1992-7 and is author of several studies of Mozart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Papermac
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0333341996
• ISBN 13: 9780333341995
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 258