W.A. Mozart 9780300072235, 0300072236

Table of contents :
Childhood --
Travels of the childhood prodigy --
Works from the Grand Tour --
Studies in Salzburg --
First operas in Vienna --
Gesellschaftsmusik and church music in Salzburg --
First Italian journey --
Second and third Italian journeys --
Opera seria --
Early operas and the oratorio La Betulia liberata --
Church and instrumental works, 1769-1773 --
On the way to La finta giardiniera --
Opera buffa --
La finta giardiniera --
Mozart in Salzburg, 1775-1777 --
Munich and Augsburg --
Mannheim --
Arrival in Paris : tragédie lyrique --
Opéra comique --
The music dramas of Gluck --
Mozart in Paris --
Homecoming --
Service at the Salzburg court --
Sacred and instrumental works, 1779-1781 --
König Thamos and Zaide --
Idomeneo --
First steps in Vienna --
German singspiel --
Die Entführung aus dem Serail --
Engagement and marriage --
Mozart's personality --
Relations with Constanze, friends and colleagues, 1782-1786 --
Mozart and Freemasonry --
In the service of the aristocracy and society --
Plans for new operas --
Mozart's artistic creativity --
Profound changes in style : the influence of J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel and C.P.E. Bach --
Chamber and orchestral works between Die Entführung and Figaro --
The great keyboard concertos --
Choral works, lieder and arias --
Operatic fragments between Die Entführung and Figaro --
Le nozze di Figaro --
Between Figaro and Don Giovanni --
Mozart in Prague --
Don Giovanni --
The period of the three great symphonies --
Visit to north Germany --
Così fan tutte --
Increasing hardship and work --
Instrumental and vocal works of the final two years --
La clemenza di Tito --
Die Zauberflöte --
Illness and death --
The Requiem --
Beyond the grave.