Bandy Dorian
Bandy Dorian - Mozart The Performer Variations On The Showman's Art - Hardcover
Bandy Dorian - Mozart The Performer Variations On The Showman's Art - Hardcover
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Description: 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.
Title: Mozart The Performer Variations On The Showman's Art
Author(s): Bandy Dorian
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226828558
Pages: 288 Pages, 2 Halftones, 49 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Category: History: Specific Events & Topics
Description: 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.
Title: Mozart The Performer Variations On The Showman's Art
Author(s): Bandy Dorian
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226828558
Pages: 288 Pages, 2 Halftones, 49 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 12/5/2023
Category: History: Specific Events & Topics
