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Mozart, the golden years, 1781-1791 / by H.C. Robbins Landon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Schirmer Books, 1989.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 271 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0028720253 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780/.92/4 B 19
LOC classification:
  • ML410.M9 L245 1989
Contents:
Introduction -- I. Prelude -- II. The musical scene in Vienna, 1781-82 -- III. Vienna, the social scene -- IV. The two Constanzes -- V. Concerts in Vienna; interlude in Salzburg -- VI. Patronage and subscription concerts of 1784; Mozart joins the Freemasons -- VII. Leopold Mozart's visit to Vienna; the Haydn-Mozart friendship -- VIII. The string quartets dedicated to Haydn; Mozart and the piano concerto -- DA Ponte operas -- X. The end of Mozart's subscription concerts; Austria's folly and Mozart's misery -- XI. Two trips to Germany; the decline and fall of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- XII. A Freemasons' conspiracy in 1791? -- Notes on the text -- Appendices.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Music Pocket Library Books & Scores ML410.M9L245 1989 1 Available 33710000065487

"First published in Great Britain by Thames and Hudson Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 247.

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Introduction -- I. Prelude -- II. The musical scene in Vienna, 1781-82 -- III. Vienna, the social scene -- IV. The two Constanzes -- V. Concerts in Vienna; interlude in Salzburg -- VI. Patronage and subscription concerts of 1784; Mozart joins the Freemasons -- VII. Leopold Mozart's visit to Vienna; the Haydn-Mozart friendship -- VIII. The string quartets dedicated to Haydn; Mozart and the piano concerto -- DA Ponte operas -- X. The end of Mozart's subscription concerts; Austria's folly and Mozart's misery -- XI. Two trips to Germany; the decline and fall of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- XII. A Freemasons' conspiracy in 1791? -- Notes on the text -- Appendices.