W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo

Klappentext This comprehensive guide charts the genesis of Idomeneo! based on the composer's own accounts in his letters home. Zusammenfassung Idomeneo! Mozart's greatest opera seria! was composed for the finest orchestra in Germany and some excellent singers. This comprehensive guide charts the genesis of the opera! based on the composer's own accounts in his letters home. Inhaltsverzeichnis General preface; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Synopsis; 2. Genesis of an operone; 3. 'Madame Dorothea Wendling is arcicontentissima': the singers of Idomeneo; 4. The genre of Idomeneo; 5. From myth to libretto; 6. Idomeneo after Mozart; 7. General structure of Idomeneo; 8. Two soliloquies; 9. 'Colorito': aspects of musical language; 10. Tonality and motive; 11. Elettra's first aria and the storm scene; 12. Critical conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Authors: Julian Rushton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 10.06.1993
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780521437417
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43741-7
• Pages: 200
• Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks