Mozart, His Character, His WorkWritten by one of the world's outstanding music historians and critics, the late Alfred Einstein, this classic study of Mozart's character and works brings to light many new facts about his relationship with his family, his susceptibility to ambitious women, and his associations with musical contemporaries, as well as offering a penetrating analysis of his operas, piano music, chamber music, and symphonies. |
Contents
The Traveler | 3 |
Genius and Human Frailty | 24 |
Mozart and the Eternal Feminine | 61 |
Catholicism and Freemasonry | 77 |
Patriotism and Education | 87 |
Universality | 103 |
The Fragments and the Process of Creation | 135 |
Mozart and Counterpoint | 144 |
Chamber Music Including Clavier | 252 |
Concertante and Mechanical Elements | 267 |
The Clavier Concerto | 287 |
Church Music | 319 |
Aria and Song | 355 |
Mozart and Opera | 383 |
Opera Seria | 396 |
Opera Buffa | 412 |
Mozarts Choice of Keys | 157 |
Chamber Music for Strings | 167 |
Divertimento Cassation Serenade | 196 |
The Symphony | 215 |
The Clavier | 237 |
The German Opera | 448 |
Conclusion | 469 |
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