Mozart the Performer: Variations on the Showman's Art

An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart's compositional style. We know Mozart as one of...
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Author: Dorian Bandy
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Mozart the Performer: Variations on the Showman's Art by Bandy, Dorian

Mozart the Performer: Variations on the Showman's Art

$121.68

Mozart the Performer: Variations on the Showman's Art

$121.68
Author: Dorian Bandy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart's compositional style.

We know Mozart as one of history's greatest composers. But his contemporaries revered him as a multi-instrumentalist, a dazzling improviser, and the foremost keyboard virtuoso of his time. When he composed, it was often with a single aim in mind: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. He wrote piano concertos not with an eye to posterity but to give himself a repertoire with which to flaunt his keyboard wizardry before an awestruck public. The same was true of his sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, and operas, all of which were painstakingly crafted to produce specific effects on those who played or heard them, amusing, stirring, and ravishing colleagues and consumers alike.

Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart's musicianship. Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart's style, showing through detailed analysis and imaginative historical investigation how he conceived his works as a series of dramatic scripts. Mozart the Performer is a book for anyone who wishes to engage more deeply with Mozart's artistry and legacy and understand why, centuries later, his music still captivates us.

Author: Dorian Bandy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/05/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780226828558

About the Author
Dorian Bandy is assistant professor of musicology and historical performance at McGill University's Schulich School of Music.

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