The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
- Editor: Eisen, Cliff
- Editor: Keefe, Simon P.
with this work Mozart the man ... reads as real as we're going to get him, outside of his own letters. ... you're also not likely to avoid reaching for the book again and again ... This large...
The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia
- Editor: Eisen, Cliff
- Editor: Keefe, Simon P.
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with this work Mozart the man ... reads as real as we're going to get him, outside of his own letters. ... you're also not likely to avoid reaching for the book again and again ... This large...
About
Mozart's enduring popularity, among music lovers as a composer and among music historians as a subject for continued study, lies at the heart of The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. This reference book functions both as a starting point for information on specific works, people, places and concepts as well as a summation of current thinking about Mozart. The extended articles on genres reflect the latest in scholarship and new ways of thinking about the works while the articles on people and places provide historical framework, as well as interpretation. It also includes a series of thematic articles that cast a wide net over the eighteenth century and Mozart's relationship to it: these include Austria, Germany, aesthetics, travel, Enlightenment, Mozart as a reader and contemporaneous medicine, among others. The worklist provides the most up-to-date account in English of the authenticity and chronology of Mozart's compositions.
Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Headword list
- A-Z general entries
- Appendix 1. Worklist
- Appendix 2. Mozart movies (theatrical releases)
- Appendix 3. Mozart institutions
- Appendix 4. Mozart organizations
- Appendix 5. Mozart websites.
Awards and reviews
with this work Mozart the man ... reads as real as we're going to get him, outside of his own letters. ... you're also not likely to avoid reaching for the book again and again ... This large assembly of writers/critics/scholars gets into it and gets at it, and thoughts long considered, reworked, and finally spun out on these pages come across with nothing less than true force
concise and well written articles are provided by a who's who of modern Mozart scholars. ... a tremendously useful quick reference tool
heavyweight and comprehensive book ... Most of what ... I have seen is unreservedly recommendable. ... The book's shorter pieces are also excellent, being informative and succinct. ... Unimprovable! A group of substantial appendices occupies the last 100 pages. Four of them cover films, DVDs and videos, Mozart organizations, and websites. Three others are of special interest: a detailed worklist, annotated, dated as far as is possible, and with the keys and Koechel numbers indicated; an index of works ordered by Koechel number; and an index of works by genre. ... The first two of these constitute the last word on updating Koechel - an important addition to Mozart studies and yet another reason for buying the book
a handsome, lavishly produced volume which offers easy access to all the information most music lovers will need about a favourite composer
a goldmine of insights and sidelights
