Mozart : His Life and Music

by Siepmann, Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9781402207525
• ISBN10: 1402207522
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life is inexorably tied to his music. What better way to experience the composer than through his own voice and his own compositions?

Table of Contents

On CD One	iv
On CD Two	v
About the Website	vi
About the Life & Music Series	vi
About Sourcebooks MediaFusion	vi
Preface	vii
Prologue: Mozart in His Time	ix
Chapter 1: A Miracle in Salzburg	1	(12)
Interlude I: The Prodigy Phenomenon	13	(6)
Chapter 2: The Grand Tour	19	(17)
Interlude II: The Music of the Child	36	(7)
Chapter 3: The Eternal Child	43	(12)
Interlude III: The Keyboard Music	55	(8)
Chapter 4: Mozart Marooned	63	(27)
Interlude IV: Symphonies and Concertos	90	(13)
Chapter 5: Marriage, Money, and Paternity	103	(12)
Interlude V: Mozart in the Theater	115	(4)
Chapter 6: A Friend in Need	119	(11)
Interlude VI: Mozart and Chamber Music	130	(5)
Chapter 7: The Road to the Requiem	135	(11)
Interlude VII: The Choral Music	146	(5)
Chapter 8: Mozart the Immortal	151	(11)
The Eighteenth-Century Background	162	(9)
Personalities	171	(10)
Selected Bibliography	181	(1)
Glossary	182	(8)
Annotations of CD Tracks	190	(11)
Index	201	(8)
Acknowledgments	209	(1)
About the Author	210