| Contents |
Prologue: Mozart, 1788 to 1791: an inevitable end or a new beginning? -- Imperial appointments: Mozart and Salieri. Time for change ; Prolific under discouraging conditions ; Toward spirited partnership -- Explorations outside of Vienna. Traveling again ; Frankfurt, 1790: the self-styled ambassador ; Leipzig and Berlin, 1789 ; Bach circles at home and abroad -- Grand ambitions: expanding compositional horizons. A musical announcement ; A garden apartment for a bold start ; The notion of "imperial style" -- "Vera opera" and The Magic Flute. What's in a name? ; More than an Egyptian opera ; The language of "grand opera" -- "The higher pathetic style of church music" and the Requiem. An auspicious prospect ; A timely commission ; Envisioning a new kind of sacred music -- "Composed just not yet written": music never to be heard. A self-assured prodigy ; Work in progress: the fragments ; Windows ajar: fleeting sounds of chamber music ; Epilogue -- Appendix: Currency and monetary values. |
| Abstract |
The author discusses the major biographical and musical implications of the royal appointment and explores Mozart's "imperial style" on the basis of his major compositions--keyboard, chamber, orchestral, operatic, and sacred--and focuses on the large, unfamiliar works he left incomplete. This new perspective points to an energetic, fresh beginning for the composer and a promising creative and financial future |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012002027 |
| ISBN | 9780393050707 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 039305070X (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# |
40020875671 |
