Landon, H. C. Robbins 1926-

The Mozart essays / H.C. Robbins Landon. - New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1995. - 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-236) and index.

Salzburg in 1756 : the world into which Mozart was born -- Idomeneo, rae di Creta (K. 366) -- Mozart's incidental music to Thamos, Khonig in hAgypten (K. 345) -- Die Zauberflhote (K. 620) -- Mozart and Paris -- The symphonies : a survey -- Mozart's masonic music : a survey -- J.M. Haydn, Mozart and the duos (duets) for violin and viola (K. 423, 424) -- The piano quartets in G minor (K. 478) and E flat (K. 493) -- The Haydn brothers (Michael and Joseph) and Mozart's string quintets -- Sacred vocal works : oratorios and Latin church music -- The Requiem : its history and textual problems -- A document detailing Mozart's income and expenses (1786 or 1787?) -- Some recently discovered documents concerning Mozart's last year.

0500016534

94061396 /MN


Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 --Criticism and interpretation.

ML410.M9 / L2443 1995

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