The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music)

The Cambridge Companion to Mozart paints a rounded yet focussed picture of one of the most revered artists of all time. Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of the composer, enhancing the readers' appreciation of Mozart and his extraordinary output, regardless of their prior knowledge of the music. Part I situates Mozart in the context of late eighteenth-century musical environments and aesthetic trends that played a pivotal role in his artistic development and examines his methods of composition. Part II surveys Mozart's works in all of the genres in which he excelled and Part III looks at the reception of the composer and his music since his death. Part IV offers insight into Mozart's career as a performer as well as theoretical and practical perspectives on historically informed performances of his music. Read more... Abstract: The Cambridge Companion to Mozart paints a rounded yet focussed picture of one of the most revered artists of all time. Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of the composer, enhancing the readers' appreciation of Mozart and his extraordinary output, regardless of their prior knowledge of the music. Part I situates Mozart in the context of late eighteenth-century musical environments and aesthetic trends that played a pivotal role in his artistic development and examines his methods of composition. Part II surveys Mozart's works in all of the genres in which he excelled and Part III looks at the reception of the composer and his music since his death. Part IV offers insight into Mozart's career as a performer as well as theoretical and practical perspectives on historically informed performances of his music Cover 1 Half-title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Contributors 9 Acknowledgements 12 Abbreviations 13 Books and editions 13 Journals 13 Chronology of Mozart’s life and works 14 Introduction 21 PART I Mozart in context 25 1 Mozart and Salzburg 27 2 Mozart in Vienna 42 The court 42 The church 46 Freelance teaching 48 Freelance performing 49 Freelance publishing 50 The nobility 52 The Tonkünstlersozietät 53 Conclusion 54 3 Mozart’s compositional methods: writing for his singers 55 4 Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics 68 Leopold Mozart 68 The Mozart correspondence 70 Mozart’s reading 71 Friends and acquaintances 72 Aesthetic approaches 74 Enlightenment issues 77 PART II The works 79 5 The keyboard music 81 Ensemble music with piano 82 The Quintet for Piano and Winds, piano quartets and piano trios 82 Piano duos and duets 86 Solo keyboard music 89 Variations 90 Miscellaneous pieces 92 Sonatas 93 6 The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context 98 Stylistic issues 104 Mozart's Piano Concertos, K.413 –91 104 Mozart’s final concertos 107 7 The orchestral music 112 The orchestral music: 1769–1779 114 Mozart’s Viennese symphonies, 1782–1788 121 8 Mozart’s chamber music 125 Early chamber music to 1780 127 Vienna 1781–1788 129 Vienna 1789–1791 133 9 Mozart as a vocal composer 138 Mozart as a provincial church musician 140 Mozart and operatic church music 144 Mozart as a Viennese Kapellmeister 147 Deutsche Arien or lieder? 148 10 The opere buffe 151 The early opere buffe 153 New stylistic paths in opera buffa 156 Moral ambiguity in the Da Ponte operas 161 11 Mozart and opera seria 167 The aria 168 Dramatic themes 170 Conclusion 175 12 Mozart’s German operas 176 Mozart’s early German opera 178 German operas for the Imperial Court 180 Die Zauberflöte and the Theater auf der Wieden 182 PART III Reception 189 13 Mozart in the nineteenth century 191 I 191 II 195 III 199 14 Mozart and the twentieth century 205 Mozart and musicology in the twentieth century 207 Mozart and the performer 211 The composer’s Mozart 214 The global Mozart 216 15 The evolution of Mozartian biography 220 The sources for Mozart’s biography 220 The first biographies and the standard lives 221 Themes and narrative patterns 224 Recent scholarship and future directions 229 PART IV Performance 233 16 Mozart the performer 235 Childhood and youth 235 Mozart at the keyboard 239 Concert career in Vienna 241 Artistic personality 245 17 Performance practice in the music of Mozart 247 Society, tempo and character 247 Rubato and tempo flexibility 248 Repeats 248 Dynamics 249 Articulation 249 Idiosyncrasies of notation and execution 251 Textual issues and conflicts 252 Ornaments and embellishments 253 Cadenzas, lead-ins (Eingänge ) and Fermaten 256 Instruments 258 Strings 258 Vibrato and portamento 259 Execution 259 Woodwind and brass 260 Keyboard 261 Voice 262 Orchestral size, make-up and seating arrangements 262 Continuo 263 Notes 266 Introduction 266 1 Mozart and Salzburg 266 2 Mozart in Vienna 268 3 Mozart’s compositional methods: writing for his singers 270 4 Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics 270 5 The keyboard music 271 6 The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context 272 7 The orchestral music 274 8 Mozart’s chamber music 275 9 Mozart as a vocal composer 277 10 The opere buffe 279 11 Mozart and opera seria 279 12 Mozart’s German operas 280 13 Mozart in the nineteenth century 280 14 Mozart and the twentieth century 283 15 The evolution of Mozartian biography 285 16 Mozart the performer 286 17 Performance practice in the music of Mozart 287 Selected further reading 290 Reference works 290 Secondary literature on specialized topics 291 Mozart in context 291 Mozart and Salzburg 291 Mozart in Vienna 291 Mozart’s compositional methods 292 Aesthetics 292 The works 293 Keyboard music 293 Concertos 294 Orchestral music 294 Chamber music 295 Vocal music 295 Opera (general) 296 Opera buffa 296 Opera seria 297 German opera 297 Reception 298 Nineteenth-century reception 298 Twentieth-century reception 299 Biographies and biographical literature 299 Performance 300 Mozart the performer 300 Mozart and performance practice 301 General index 302 Index of Mozart’s works 308 Content: Chronology of Mozart's life and works / Simon P. Keefe -- pt. 1. Mozart in context. Mozart and Salzburg / Cliff Eisen Mozart in Vienna / Dorothea Link Mozart's compositional methods : writing for his singers / Ian Woodfield Mozart and late eighteenth-century aesthetics / David Schroeder -- pt. 2. The works. The keyboard music / W. Dean Sutcliffe The concertos in aesthetic and stylistic context / Simon P. Keefe The orchestral music / Simon P. Keefe Mozart's chamber music / Cliff Eisen Mozart as a vocal composer / Paul Corneilson The opere buffe / Edmund J. Goehring Mozart and opera seria / Julian Rushton Mozart's German operas / David J. Buch -- pt. 3. Reception. Mozart in the nineteenth century / John Daverio Mozart and the twentieth century / Jan Smaczny The evolution of Mozartian biography / William Stafford -- pt. 4. Performance. Mozart the performer / Katalin Komlós Performance practice in the music of Mozart / Robert D. Levin. Bridging the gap between scholarly and popular images of Mozart, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of all of his important works; the reception of his music since his death; the contexts which inform his work and his significance as a performer. It paints a rounded yet focused picture of one of the most revered artists of all time and enhances readers' appreciation of his extraordinary output. Bringing the most recent scholarship into the public arena, this volume bridges the gap between scholarly and popular images of Mozart. It provides comprehensive coverage of all his important works, the reception of his music since his death, the contexts which inform his work and his significance as a performer. Bringing together the most recent scholarship on one of the most revered artists of all time, this companion provides a comprehensive examination of Mozart in the context of his times, of his work & of the reception of his works during & after his lifetime Chronology Of Mozart's Life And Works -- Mozart In Context -- The Works -- Reception -- Performance. Edited By Simon B. Keefe. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 270-281) And Indexes.