Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521409247)

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.

Author: Elaine R. Sisman
ISBN-10: 0521409241
ISBN-13: 9780521409247
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/30/1993
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.46w x 0.38d