Mozart in Context

Brings into focus the vibrant musical, cultural and historical currents of eighteenth-century Europe and how they shaped Mozart's career.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Simon P. Keefe is James Rossiter Hoyle Chair of Music at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of four books on Mozart, including Mozart in Vienna: the Final Decade (Cambridge, 2017) and Mozart's Requiem: Reception, Work, Completion (Cambridge, 2012), which won the Marjorie Weston Emerson Award from the Mozart Society of America. He is also the editor of six volumes for Cambridge, including Mozart Studies (Cambridge, 2006) and Mozart Studies 2 (Cambridge, 2015). In 2005, he was elected a life member of the Academy for Mozart Research at the International Mozart Foundation in Salzburg.

Zusammenfassung

This comprehensive and accessible book focuses on the professional, cultural and historical environments in which Mozart operated, and how they influenced his output. The concise, topic-based essays will appeal to students, researchers and music lovers wishing to deepen their understanding of this outstanding composer and his world.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Keefe Simon P. (Herausgeber), Simon Keefe (Herausgeber), Simon (University of Sheffield) Keefe (Herausgeber), Simon P. Keefe (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Simon P. (University of Sheffield) Keefe, Simon (University of Sheffield) Keefe
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2019
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Musikgeschichte
• EAN: 9781107181052
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18105-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 350
• Serie: Composers in Context; Composers in Context
• Themen: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music