Mozart's Chamber Music with Keyboard - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107534283 ISBN 13: 9781107534285

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Internationally renowned scholars and performers present a wide range of new analytical, historical and critical perspectives on some of Mozart's most popular chamber music: his sonatas with violin, keyboard trios and quartets and the quintet with wind instruments. The chapters trace a broad chronology, from the childhood works, to the Mannheim and Paris sonatas with keyboard and violin, and the mature compositions from his Vienna years. Drawing upon the most recent research, this study serves the reader, be they a performer, listener or scholar, with a collection of writings that demonstrate the composer's innovative developments to generic archetypes and which explore and assess Mozart's creative response to the opportunities afforded by new and diverse instrumental combinations. Manners of performance of this music far removed from our own are revealed, with concluding chapters considering historically informed practice and the challenges for modern performers and audiences.

About this title

Book Description:

Internationally renowned scholars draw upon the latest Mozart research to explore the astounding creative achievements in, and the performance and reception of, Mozart's sonatas with violin, keyboard trios and quartets, and quintet with winds. This is the first book in English devoted to Mozart's much-loved chamber music with keyboard.

About the Author:

Martin Harlow is Dean of Academic Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. His principal field of research is Classical period wind ensemble music and associated issues of historical performance practice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107534283
• ISBN 13: 9781107534285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Harlow Martin