Mozart by Robert Gutman
Mozart: A Cultural Biography is a fresh interpretation of a musical genius, meticulously researched and gracefully written. It places Mozart's life and music in the context of the intellectual, political, and artistic currents of eighteenth-century Europe. Even as he delves into philosophic and aesthetic questions, Robert Gutman keeps in sight, clearly and firmly, the composer and his works. He discusses the major genres in which Mozart worked - chamber music; liturgical, theatre, and keyboard compositions; concerto; symphony; opera; and oratorio. All of these riches unfold within the framework of the composer's brief but remarkable life.With Gutman's informed and sensitive handling, Mozart emerges in a light more luminous than in previous renderings. The composer was an affectionate and generous man to family and friends, self-deprecating, witty, winsome, but also an austere moralist, incisive and purposeful.Mozart is both an extraordinary portrait of a man in his time and a brilliant distillation of musical thought.
'A work of rigorous investigation and historical accuracy..an excellent biography, perhaps definitive of its kind.' Henry Sheen, New Statesman
Robert W. Gutman is the author of the critically acclaimed biography Richard Wagner. Gutman was one of the founders and directors of the Master Classes at Bayreuth Festival, where he lectured on Wagner. He was a member of the faculty of State University of New York, and has taught at The City College of New York, The New School for Social Research, Bard College, and Duchesne College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712664837 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712664831 |
| Title | Mozart |
| Author | Robert Gutman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2001-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 864 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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