The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart de Carl A. Vigeland

The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart

Carl A. Vigeland

Jane Moss

Louis Langree

Under the imprimatur of Lincoln Center′s acclaimed Mostly Mozart Festival, a fresh, accessible guide to the life and works of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the world′s most popular and accessible classical composers and the focus of Lincoln Center′s annual Mostly Mozart Festival. The Festival, often broadcast on PBS′s Live from Lincoln Center series, has brought Mozart′s music to a national audience for more than 40 years. This book, which is the first in a series of Lincoln Center guides to major composers and genres, is the ideal introduction to Mozart′s fascinating life and music. It combines biographical information with an exploration of some of his most important orchestral, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral pieces, including guidance on what to listen for, a discography, and suggestions for building a CD collection. Carl Vigeland (Amherst, MA) has written several books about music, including In Concert: Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (978–0–595–28430–6). He has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Downbeat, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and Boston magazine, for which he was the classical music columnist.

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A fresh, accessible guide to Mozart′s life and works Over a period of roughly twenty years, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 finished pieces of music. If you were the director of a major symphony orchestra, you could program only works by Mozart for an entire year—and still you would barely have scratched the surface of the composer′s immense, and immensely moving, body of work. The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart is an accessible, insightful, and entertaining resource for music lovers looking for a deeper understanding of the genius of Mozart. It combines a brief and revealing account of his life and times with a comprehensive survey of his major compositions. You′ll also discover accounts of major performances, fascinating anecdotes about Mozart and his works, comments from artists past and present, and tips on what to listen for when you listen to Mozart. And, a selected discography will help you develop a fantastic collection of recordings by the finest modern musicians playing Mozart′s greatest music. Filled with insightful quotes from fellow composers, critics, and Mozart admirers, as well as informative illustrations, The Mostly Mozart Guide to Mozart answers all of your questions about this transcendent genius and his music, and probably some you never thought to ask.

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PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. THE HISTORY OF THE MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL. INTRODUCTION by Jane Moss and Louis Langrée. PART ONE Mozart′s Biography: A Hero′s Life. On the Road. Home in Salzburg. Vienna and the World. Chronology. PART TWO Mozart′s Works: Let There Be Music. Symphonies and Orchestral Works. Concertante. Concertos for Strings and Winds. Chamber Music. Vocal Music. Piano Music. Opera. CONCLUSION: MOZART AND MORTALITY. A PERSONAL NOTE. READING MOZART. NOTES TO PAGES XV–XXI. CREDITS. INDEX.

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Carl Vigeland , author of several books, including In Concert: Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and, with Wynton Marsalis, Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life , has written about music and other subjects for many magazines, including the Atlantic , Downbeat , the New York Times Magazine , and Boston magazine, for which he was the classical music columnist. He lives in Massachusetts.