Mozart the Performer - Variations on the Showman's Art

An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart's compositional style.We know Mozart as one of history's greatest composers. But his contemporaries revered him as a multi-instrumentalist, a dazzling improviser, and the foremost keyboard virtuoso of his time. When he composed, it was often with a single aim in mind: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. He wrote piano concertos not with an eye to posterity but to give himself a repertoire with which to flaunt his keyboard wizardry before an awestruck public. The same was true of his sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, and operas, all of which were painstakingly crafted to produce specific effects on those who played or heard them, amusing, stirring, and ravishing colleagues and consumers alike.Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart's musicianship. Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart's style, showing through detailed analysis and imaginative historical investigation how he conceived his works as a series of dramatic scripts. Mozart the Performer is a book for anyone who wishes to engage more deeply with Mozart's artistry and legacy and understand why, centuries later, his music still captivates us.

A propos de l'auteur

Dorian Bandy is associate professor of musicology and historical performance at McGill University's Schulich School of Music.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dorian Bandy
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 05.12.2023
• EAN: 9780226828558
• ISBN: 978-0-226-82855-8
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Monographies; Music, History: specific events & topics, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, History of Music, Composers and songwriters, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres