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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521496314

ISBN-139780521496315

eBay Product ID (ePID)476325

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Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameMozart's Piano Sonatas : Contexts, Sources, Style

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectGenres & Styles / Classical, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn Irving

Subject AreaMusic

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-014259

Dewey Edition20

Reviews'Irving's book functions in part as a ready reference guide. As well as a rundown on the sources for each sonata, particularly noteworthy for its attention to the evidence provided by ink shadings for Mozart's manner of compsoing, there is some interesting prefatory material that considers possible stylistic models for the Mozart sonatas.' W. Dean Sutcliffe, Times Literary Supplement, 'Irving's book functions in part as a ready reference guide. As well as a rundown on the sources for each sonata, particularly noteworthy for its attention to the evidence provided by ink shadings for Mozart's manner of compsoing, there is some interesting prefatory material that considers possible stylistic models for the Mozart sonatas.'W. Dean Sutcliffe, Times Literary Supplement, ‘Irving’s book functions in part as a ready reference guide. As well as a rundown on the sources for each sonata, particularly noteworthy for its attention to the evidence provided by ink shadings for Mozart’s manner of compsoing, there is some interesting prefatory material that considers possible stylistic models for the Mozart sonatas.’W. Dean Sutcliffe, Times Literary Supplement, "Performers and scholars who have spent years in the companionship of these sonatas will find Irving's study a useful entry point into their sources and recent critical literature." Michelle Fillion, Notes

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal786.2/183/092

Table Of ContentPreface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I. Contexts: 1. The solo sonata in context; 2. Stylistic models for Mozart's sonatas; Part II. Sources: 3 Six sonatas, K.279-84; 4. Three sonatas, K.309-11; 5. Four sonatas, K.330-2, K.333; 6. Fantasia and Sonata in C minor, K.475 and 457; 7. Later Viennese sonatas: K.533 and 494, K.545, K.570, K.576; 8. Fragments: Part III. Style: 9. Eighteenth-century views of sonata form; 10. Pre-compositional choices - the rhetorical inventio; 11. Dispositio: rhetoric and design; 12. The rhetorical elocutio; Notes, Select bibliography; Index.

SynopsisMozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output, and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the surviving autographs, which reveal important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the music is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric - a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music - and proceeds through an investigation of the nature of the musical ideas, followed by a discussion of formal design and finally a consideration of the style. The resulting picture affords a cross-section of Mozart's compositional strategies., Mozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the sources, which reveals important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the musical style is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric--a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music., Mozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Issues such as the conflicts of the works, their genesis and rhetoric are examined, resulting in a comprehensive cross-section of Mozart's comprehensive strategies., An examination of Mozart’s piano sonatas, showing them to be a microcosm of the composer’s changing style.

LC Classification NumberML410.M9 I74 1997