Mozart in Vienna
The Final Decade
- Author: Keefe, Simon P.
Simon P Keefe's mammoth study of Mozart's creative achievements during the last ten years of his life is an engrossing read ... The book has impeccable scholarly credentials, boasting a huge... — More…
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Contents
- Part I . Beginnings, 1781-1782:
- 1. Settling in Vienna: exploiting opportunities for instrumental performance and composition;
- 2. Singers and effects: seeking operatic success in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail;
- Part II . Instrumental and Vocal Music, 1782-1786:
- 3. Consolidating experiences and expanding horizons: the instrumental music, 1782-83;
- 4. 'You can easily imagine that I must inevitably play some new things': Mozart's piano concertos and other instrumental works for concerts, 1784-1786;
- 5. Composing, performing and publishing: the 'Haydn' string quartets and other chamber music for publication, 1784-86;
- 6. Operas, arias, ensembles, songs and a mass: vocal and dramatic music, 1782-86;
- Part III . The Da Ponte Operas, 1786-1790:
- 7. Le nozze di Figaro;
- 8. In Prague and Vienna: Don Giovanni, 1787-88;
- 9. The Figaro revival and Cosi fan tutte;
- Part IV . Instrumental Music, 1786-90:
- 10. For publication and performance: solo and chamber music;
- 11. Orchestral music and concert activities;
- Part V . Mozart in 1791:
- 12. New beginnings, continuations and endings: Mozart's last year.
