| Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony Contributor(s): Sisman, Elaine R. (Author), Rushton, Julian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521400694 ISBN-13: 9780521400695 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: This guide to Mozart's last and most celebrated symphony explores the historical background and aesthetic contexts of the work as well as the music itself. The early chapters examine the expectations of the symphony in Mozart's Vienna, Mozart's career in 1788 (the year of the three last symphonies), and the changing reception of the "Jupiter" over the subsequent two hundred years. A separate chapter is devoted to each movement of the symphony with musical discussion illuminated by a broad array of topics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 784.218 |
| LCCN: 92039074 |
| Series: London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.78" W x 8.8" (0.68 lbs) 132 pages |