Mozart

A vivid portrait of Mozart, combining a well-reserched account of his life with an introduction to his works: symphonic,chamber, sacred, and theatrical.

Julian Rushton is the Emeritus West Riding Professor of Music at the University of Leeds. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of the Royal Music Association, Music Analysis, and Eighteenth-Century Music. He is the general editor of the Cambridge Music Handbook series and is the former president of the Royal Musical Association. He has published widely, especially on Mozart and Berlioz.

Contents
1: Salzburg and the Grand Tour: 1756-69
2: Works by an 'almost supernatural talent'
3: Italy: 1769-73
4: Opera seria: 'Fitting the clothes to the figure'
5: Salzburg: 1774-7
6: Sacred music: 'I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth'
7: Mannheim and Paris: 1777-9
8: The 'Classical Style': Mozart and the keyboard
9: Salzburg and Munich: 1779-81
10: Orchestral music: 'the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes, and clarinets'
11: Vienna: 1781-5
12: Singspiel: 'music must never offend the ear'
13: Piano concertos and chamber music in 'the Land of the Clavier'
14: Vienna and Prague: 1786-8
15: Chamber music: 'The greatest composer known to me':
16: Opera buffa: 'Most important is that it must be really comic'
17: The last years: 1788-91
18: The last works: 'A rich possession, but even fairer hopes'
19: 'de morte transire ad vitam'
Appendices
A Calendar / B List of Works / C Personalia / D Select Bibliography /
Index