Mozart by Konrad Kster
This study attempts to portray Mozart's creative life as a composer. Each chapter deals with the developments and events in Mozart's life as associated with or highlighted by a particular work or constellation of works. The bulk of the text describes the compositions written in Vienna.
A warm welcome to the elegant volume that Oxford University Press has produced, in Mary Whittall's stylish translationIt reads very well ... This will for many readers prove to be the ideal single-volume study of Mozart's life and works: reliable, stimulating, easily handled, uncantankerous ... This is a valuable publication, very different from, yet in its own way quite as useful as, Agnes Ziffer's Kleinmeister zur Zeit der Wiener Klassik (Tutzing, 1984). * Peter Branscombe, Austrian Studies *
Kuster's approach is refreshingly new. A study of the artist, not the man, it keeps the music in the forefront...a wealth of insights that have eluded previous commentators...a study as widely researched and deeply considered as this one has much to offer * Opera *
It's good to observe that Konrad Kuster in his new book pays tribute to the most important original work done on the Mozart archive in years. * The Guardian *
there is some method in the apparently erratic approach, and in a kaleidoscopic way the book builds up a varied picture that may be more effective than a more apparently systematic one ... it is a stimulating one * Early Music Review - 21 - June 1996 *
this English translation is very welcome ... a fascinating set of essays that throw new light on many aspects of Mozart's life and works ... it can be highly recommended ... It more than lives up to its title and is innovative in its approach and illuminating in its observations.
Kuster's approach is refreshingly new. A study of the artist, not the man, it keeps the music in the forefront...a wealth of insights that have eluded previous commentators...a study as widely researched and deeply considered as this one has much to offer * Opera *
It's good to observe that Konrad Kuster in his new book pays tribute to the most important original work done on the Mozart archive in years. * The Guardian *
there is some method in the apparently erratic approach, and in a kaleidoscopic way the book builds up a varied picture that may be more effective than a more apparently systematic one ... it is a stimulating one * Early Music Review - 21 - June 1996 *
this English translation is very welcome ... a fascinating set of essays that throw new light on many aspects of Mozart's life and works ... it can be highly recommended ... It more than lives up to its title and is innovative in its approach and illuminating in its observations.
Konrad Küster is Lecturer in Music at the University of Freiburg in Germany. He is a contributor to the forthcoming Wolfgang Amade Mozart: Essays on his Life and Music (OUP, 1995), ed. Stanley Sadie, and author of Beethoven (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1994).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198163398 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198163398 |
| Title | Mozart |
| Author | Konrad Kster |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1996-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 428 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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