Getting the Most Out of Mozart by David Hurwitz

Getting the Most Out of Mozart by David Hurwitz

Mozart was the first composer whose operas have never left the international repertoire, and for many he remains one of the finest vocal composers who ever lived. In a sense, all of his music is vocal music, depending as it does on arresting, singable melodies, but in his great operas, single arias and sacred works, Mozart put his melodic gift to work, revealing the subtleties and expressive potential of a wide range of texts in languages ranging from Italian to Latin to German. In every case, he created masterpieces, from operas such as The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute to the sacred choral motet Ave Verum Corpus and, of course, the unfinished Requiem, his final project. This second Getting the Most Out of Mozart volume in our Unlocking the Masters series focuses on Mozart's great operas and other vocal works, but also discusses numerous lesser-known compositions, from operas he wrote as a child to insertion arias for favorite singers or operas by other composers. In each case, David Hurwitz describes how the musical setting and choice of instruments supports the text. He takes readers through the seven major operas aria by aria, showing how Mozart uses vocal style and orchestration to create believable and moving characters that remain the standard for characterization in music to which all composers and dramatists aspire. The accompanying CD from Telarc Records includes 14 works.

David Hurwitz is the founder and executive editor of Classicstoday.com, the Internet's first classical music review magazine. He is a music critic, percussionist, and author. M.A. in hand Hurwitz holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University and has written books on Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Dvorák, Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and R. Strauss. Strauss, CPE Bach, Bernstein, Handel, and Mendelssohn are some of the most well-known composers. His musicological essays have appeared in prestigious publications as Music & Letters, Nineteenth-Century Music Review, and Ad Parnassum. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and now splits his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Milford, Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9781574671063
ISBN 10	1574671065
Title	Getting the Most Out of Mozart
Author	David Hurwitz
Series	Unlocking The Masters
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hal Leonard Corporation
Year published	2005-05-01
Number of pages	250
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.