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Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : John A. Rice
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by John A. Rice and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story of Mozart's operas from concept to stage, this book outlines Mozart's achievements as an operatic composer.
Download or read book Mozart written by Konrad Küster and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there are many accounts of Mozart's life, and countless descriptions and analyses of his music, this is the first attempt to portray Mozart's creative life as a composer. K ster selects forty works or groups of works covering virtually every important stage in Mozart's career, from the first keyboard works of the young Wunderkind to Mozart's final days and the composition of the Requiem. Each chapter deals with the developments and events in the lives of the Mozarts as associated with or highlighted by a particular work or constellation of works. The bulk of the book--the is concerned with Mozart's life and compositions from his arrival in Vienna in 1781 to his death there some ten years later. Drawing on the tremendous advances in Mozart research over the last thirty years, and the publication of the New Mozart Edition, K ster's book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the creative development of the composer who represents for most musicians and music lovers the highest pinnacle of musical achievement.
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Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : János Liebner
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by János Liebner and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engrossing study of the operas of Mozart spans the whole of the composer's career, from the very early works composed while he was still a child to his last years and the extraordinarily creative period that produced The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and The Magic Flute. As Mozart's knowledge of the stage grew and as his musical talent developed, his operas became more subtle and sophisticated, revealing the composer's consummate mastery of the techniques of both opera seria and opera buffa, as well as of the many other forms of musical drama popular at the time. Liebner leads the reader through the various stages of Mozart's development as a composer for the stage and shows how Mozart moved beyond a sound knowledge of contemporary forms and technique to advance the evolution of operatic technique and achievement. MOZART ON THE STAGE opens with a brief discussion of Mozart's role as an artist in the latter half of the eighteenth century. An admirer of Jean Jacques Rousseau and a contemporary of Schiller, Mozart broke away from the traditional system of aristocratic patronage in the conviction that an artist should be free and independent, responsible only to himself for the content and form of his work. Although this cost Mozart a life of comparative comfort and security, Liebner argues that the effects of Mozart's revolutionary stance can be traced throughout the work written for the stage. In an early chapter, Liebner sets out Mozart's approach to opera and his belief that the libretto and staging were always subordinate to the music. This is illustrated by detailed analysis of the early works and by individual chapters devoted to discussion of each of the major works, including The Abduction from the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and The Magic Flute. The operas are examined with respect to both their musical and their dramatic content and are related to dominant social and dramatic conventions of the time. The author shows how Mozart utilized the entire range of musical means at hand to create, often from mediocre librettos, some of the most remarkable operas in musical history. In his approach to each opera, Liebner stresses the particular dramatic or musical technique that contributes to an understanding of Mozart's achievements in this genre, showing both how the young Mozart was influenced by contemporary musical trends and how he influenced and shaped eighteenth-century opera. In his fascinating chapters on The Magic Flute, the author compares Mozart's last opera to Shakespeare's The Tempest, pointing to similarities in concept and structure that illuminate and enrich our appreciation of Mozart's 'swan-song.' MOZART ON THE STAGE will be a welcome volume to music-lovers and students as well as opera-goers--to anyone, in brief, who is interested in Mozart's development as an opera-composer or in the operas themselves."--Dust jacket.
Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : Janos Liebner
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by Janos Liebner and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : Frederick Christopher Benn
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by Frederick Christopher Benn and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : Christopher Benn
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by Christopher Benn and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mozart on the Stage by : Frederick C. Benn
Download or read book Mozart on the Stage written by Frederick C. Benn and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding
Download or read book Amadeus written by Peter Shaffer and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn t recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant buffoon and suddenly aware of his own mediocrity, Salieri declares war and sets out to destroy the man he sees as God s instrument on earth. Peter Shaffer s award-winning play is a rich, exuberant portrayal of a God-like man among mortals, and lives destroyed by envy."
Download or read book Mozart's Operas written by Daniel Heartz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz brings his deep knowledge of social history, theater, and art to a study of the last and great decade of Mozart's operas. Mozart specialists will recognize some of Heartz's best-known essays here; but six pieces are new for the collection, and others have been revised and updated with little-known documents on the librettist's, composer's, and stage director's craft. All lovers of opera will value the elegance and wit of Professor Heartz's writing, enhanced by thirty-seven illustrations, many from his private collection. The volume includes Heartz's classic essay on Idomeneo (1781), the work that continued to inspire and sustain Mozart through his next, and final, six operas. Thomas Bauman brings his special expertise to a discussion of Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782). The ten central chapters are devoted to the three great operas composed to librettos by Lorenzo da Ponte—Le nozze di Figaro (l786), Don Giovanni (l787), and Così fan tutte (l790). The reader is treated to fresh insights on da Ponte's role as Mozart's astute and stage-wise collaborator, on the singers whose gifts helped shape each opera, and on the musical connections among the three works. Parallels are drawn with some of the greatest creative artists in other fields, such as Molière, Watteau, and Fragonard. The world of the dance, one of Heartz's specialties, lends an illuminating perspective as well. Finally, the essays discuss the deep spirituality of Mozart's last two operas, Die Zauberflöte and La Clemenza di Tito (both l79l). They also address the pertinence of opera outside Vienna at the end of the century, the fortunes and aspirations of Freemasonry in Austria, and the relation of Mozart's overtures to the dramaturgy of the operas.
Book Synopsis Mozart in the Jungle by : Blair Tindall
Download or read book Mozart in the Jungle written by Blair Tindall and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir that inspired the two-time Golden Globe Award–winning comedy series: “Funny . . . heartbreaking . . . [and] utterly absorbing” (Lee Smith, New York Times–bestselling author of Guests on Earth). Oboist Blair Tindall recounts her decades-long professional career as a classical musician—from the recitals and Broadway orchestra performances to the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth in the backbiting New York classical music scene, where musicians trade sexual favors for plum jobs and assignments in orchestras across the city. Tindall and her fellow journeymen musicians often play drunk, high, or hopelessly hungover, live in decrepit apartments, and perform in hazardous conditions—working-class musicians who schlep across the city between low-paying gigs, without health-care benefits or retirement plans, a stark contrast to the rarefied experiences of overpaid classical musician superstars. An incisive, no-holds-barred account, Mozart in the Jungle is the first true, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on backstage and in the orchestra pit. The book that inspired the Amazon Original series starring Gael García Bernal and Lola Kirke, this is “a fresh, highly readable and caustic perspective on an overglamorized world” (Publishers Weekly).
Book Synopsis Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart by : Ralph P. Locke
Download or read book Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart written by Ralph P. Locke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years 1500–1800, European performing arts reveled in a kaleidoscope of Otherness: Middle-Eastern harem women, fortune-telling Spanish 'Gypsies', Incan priests, Barbary pirates, moresca dancers, and more. In this prequel to his 2009 book Musical Exoticism, Ralph P. Locke explores how exotic locales and their inhabitants were characterized in musical genres ranging from instrumental pieces and popular songs to oratorios, ballets, and operas. Locke's study offers new insights into much-loved masterworks by composers such as Cavalli, Lully, Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Vivaldi, Gluck, and Mozart. In these works, evocations of ethnic and cultural Otherness often mingle attraction with envy or fear, and some pieces were understood at the time as commenting on conditions in Europe itself. Locke's accessible study, which includes numerous musical examples and rare illustrations, will be of interest to anyone who is intrigued by the relationship between music and cultural history, and by the challenges of cross-cultural (mis)understanding.
Book Synopsis Bach and Mozart by : Robert Lewis Marshall
Download or read book Bach and Mozart written by Robert Lewis Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretive and biographical essays by a major authority on Bach and Mozart probe for clues to the driving forces and experiences that shaped the character and the extraordinary artistic achievements of these iconic composers.
Download or read book Mozart written by Jan Swafford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was apparent that Wolfgang Mozart’s singular imagination was at work in every direction. He hated to be bored and hated to be idle, and through his life he responded to these threats with a repertoire of antidotes mental and physical. Whether in his rabidly obscene mode or not, Mozart was always hilarious. He went at every piece of his life, and perhaps most notably his social life, with tremendous gusto. His circle of friends and patrons was wide, encompassing anyone who appealed to his boundless appetites for music and all things pleasurable and fun. Mozart was known to be an inexplicable force of nature who could rise from a luminous improvisation at the keyboard to a leap over the furniture. He was forever drumming on things, tapping his feet, jabbering away, but who could grasp your hand and look at you with a profound, searching, and melancholy look in his blue eyes. Even in company there was often an air about Mozart of being not quite there. It was as if he lived onstage and off simultaneously, a character in life’s tragicomedy but also outside of it watching, studying, gathering material for the fabric of his art. Like Jan Swafford’s biographies Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, Mozart is the complete exhumation of a genius in his life and ours: a man who would enrich the world with his talent for centuries to come and who would immeasurably shape classical music. As Swafford reveals, it’s nearly impossible to understand classical music’s origins and indeed its evolutions, as well as the Baroque period, without studying the man himself.
Download or read book Mozart written by Paul Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminent historian Paul Johnson dazzles with a rich, succinct portrait of Mozart and his music As he’s done in Napoleon, Churchill, Jesus, and Darwin, acclaimed historian and author Paul Johnson here offers a concise, illuminating biography of Mozart. Johnson’s focus is on the music—Mozart’s wondrous output of composition and his uncanny gift for instrumentation. Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained copyist could write in a lifetime. Mozart’s gift and skill with instruments was also remarkable as he mastered all of them except the harp. For example, no sooner had the clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing and composing for it. In addition to his many insights into Mozart’s music, Johnson also challenges the many myths that have followed Mozart, including those about the composer’s health, wealth, religion, and relationships. Always engaging, Johnson offers readers and music lovers a superb examination of Mozart and his glorious music, which is still performed every day in concert halls and opera houses around the world.
Book Synopsis Mozart: The Musical Prodigy by : Nicky Huys
Download or read book Mozart: The Musical Prodigy written by Nicky Huys and published by Nicky Huys. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mozart: The Musical Prodigy" delves into the extraordinary life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, unravelling the story of a child prodigy who defied the conventions of his time to become one of the greatest composers in history. From his early years as a musical sensation in the courts of Europe to his prolific and influential compositions, this book offers a captivating exploration of Mozart's genius, his tumultuous personal life, and his enduring impact on classical music. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, readers are invited to witness the triumphs and tribulations of a musical virtuoso whose legacy continues to inspire and enchant audiences worldwide.
Book Synopsis Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart by : William Ferrara
Download or read book Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart written by William Ferrara and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Mozart: A Guide for Teachers and Singers, opera director William Ferrara offers the perfect resource for the dramatic preparation of opera scenes for directors and student performers. Topics include study and research, rehearsal planning, blocking, characterization, and costuming for four of Mozart’s most popular operas. He surveys basic concepts of opera acting and directing and provides a step-by-step guide to the rehearsal process. While much has appeared on the history and musical performance practice of the operas of Mozart, no guide to the directing and acting of his operas—with simple, concise staging instructions and practical information concerning casting, props, and costumes—has yet seen publication. Featuring over one hundred illustrations, including costume designs by Martha Ferrara, the author breaks new ground for student performers and directors alike, as he walks readers through the process of staging scenes from Mozart’s operas. The first part of the guide, which focuses on study and preparation, comprisess five chapters: ideas for organizing the opera class, a description of the job of the director, a step-by-step review of the rehearsal process, a set of five exercises for researching and analyzing the scenes, and a vocabulary for actors and directors. The next four sections of the book consist of detailed staging guides for a selection of scenes from Mozart’s most frequently performed operas: Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Die Zauberflöte. The introduction to each scene includes a brief discussion of the story and characters, suggestions for costuming, and minimal set and props. The heart of this guide is the text and translation of each scene, embedded with line-by-line acting notes, and blocking directions and diagrams. These are for use by the actors during speaking and blocking rehearsals and are especially valuable when rehearsing recitatives. Intended for college and university voice teachers seeking guidance for developing a scenes program or opera workshop class, this is also the perfect workbook for students studying opera stage direction, as well as graduate and undergraduate students performing opera scenes by Mozart.
