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Mozart at the gateway to his fortune : serving the Emperor, 1788-1791
- Title
- Mozart at the gateway to his fortune : serving the Emperor, 1788-1791 / Christoph Wolff.
- Author
- Wolff, Christoph.
- Publication
- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 244 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Describes the composer's life after entering into the service of Emperor Joseph II of Austria, discussing the influence of imperial style on his major compositions from this time as well as unfamiliar, incomplete works.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Imperial appointments: Mozart and Salieri -- Explorations outside of Vienna -- Grand ambitions: expanding compositional horizons -- "Vera opera" and The Magic Flute -- "The higher pathetic style of church music" and the requiem -- "Composed just not yet written" -- music never to be heard.
- Call Number
- JMD 12-306
- ISBN
- 9780393050707 (hardcover)
- 039305070X (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2012002027
- 40020875671
- OCLC
- 755705003
- Author
- Wolff, Christoph.
- Title
- Mozart at the gateway to his fortune : serving the Emperor, 1788-1791 / Christoph Wolff.
- Imprint
- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40020875671
- Research Call Number
- JMD 12-306