Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception

Zaslaw, Neal

ISBN 10: 0193152401 / ISBN 13: 9780193152403

Published by Oxford University Press, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0193152401
• ISBN 13: 9780193152403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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 haustive 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. In doing so, he has created an invaluable contribution to Mozart scholarship that will long stand as the definitive treatment of its subject.

Reviews

This book begins as a detailed consideration of all facts and conjectures regarding 98 symphonies attributed to Mozart. 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. 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. McGee, Univ. of Toronto
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