Clearance: Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony
Elaine R Sisman
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.
- The 'Jupiter' was Mozart's last and possibly most famous symphony
- This is the first full-length guide to the work
- Full background is provided to the symphony in Mozart's Vienna plus a lively account of each individual movement
Elaine R Sisman
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.
- The 'Jupiter' was Mozart's last and possibly most famous symphony
- This is the first full-length guide to the work
- Full background is provided to the symphony in Mozart's Vienna plus a lively account of each individual movement
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Elaine R Sisman
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.
- The 'Jupiter' was Mozart's last and possibly most famous symphony
- This is the first full-length guide to the work
- Full background is provided to the symphony in Mozart's Vienna plus a lively account of each individual movement
