Idomeneo in Full Score Contributor(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486271080 ISBN-13: 9780486271088 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Considered to be the greatest of all opera seria, and one of the few Mozart works to portray heroic emotions seriously. Lavish with arias, it is also one of the most fully and elaborately scored of all of Mozart's operas. Reprinted from the full-score edition published by Breitkopf & Ha rtel of Leipzig. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Printed Music - Opera & Classical Scores - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
Dewey: 782.1 |
LCCN: 92750892 |
Series: Dover Music Scores |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.37" W x 12.27" (2.40 lbs) 384 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the summer of 1780, Mozart received a commission from Munich to write an opera seria -- a form of opera that catered to eighteenth-century tastes for stories with classical and mythological subjects and for musical scores that provided ample opportunities for bravura singing. Idomeneo, first performed at the Court Opera in Munich early in 1781, triumphantly reveals the young composer at the summit of his powers. Rather than the stereotypical score that was often little more than a thinly contrived excuse for exhibitionistic singing, Mozart's music was rich in dramatic force and heroic emotion, with a new emphasis on choral singing and exceptionally full and elaborate scoring -- qualities amply demonstrated in this authoritative full-score edition of the opera. |