Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Zaslaw, Neal

ISBN 10: 0198162863 / ISBN 13: 9780198162865

Published by Oxford University Press, 1995

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A very good paperback copy with no discernible faults to book bar a small fold to the rear cover. The book does not appear to have been opened or read, the spine has not been cracked, but it is a little grubby so doesn t quite make like new . Clarendon Press Oxford, 1991. 1st paperback edition. Originally published in hardback in 1989 to coincide with the bicentenary of Mozart's death, Mozart's Symphonies is the first serious attempt in any language to survey the entire panorama of Mozart's symphonic works. Accounting for every symphony associated with Mozart involved the identification and evaluation of nearly a hundred symphonies. Professor Zaslaw placed each symphony in its musical and cultural context, and addressed such questions as how and why the symphonies were written, how they were disseminated, who paid for them, who played them, who listened to them, and what those involved thought of them. The role of the symphony in Mozart's creative life and his contribution to the genre was also examined. The result is a classic of Mozart scholarship, which offers an outstanding contribution to Mozart literature in this generation. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception (Clarendon Paperbacks)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198162863
• ISBN 13: 9780198162865
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Published in paperback to coincide with the bicentennial of Mozart's death, 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 exhaustive 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.

About the Author

Neal Zaslaw is at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.