The New Grove Mozart

by Stanley Sadie and Cliff Eisen

Book Overview

A child prodigy who performed throughout Europe in his early years, Mozart excelled in every medium of his time, including chamber music for strings, the piano and concerto and opera. Along with his contemporaries Haydn and Beethoven, he is one of the composers who brought the Viennese Classical style to its height. His mature music, distinguished by its melodic beauty, formal perfection and richness of harmony is rooted in both Austrian and German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393300846
• ISBN13: 9780393300840
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Very useful overview of Mozart's life and work

This is the first book I reach for when I want basic information on Mozart. It is compact enough to read straight through in a few hours; it is also well-organized for reference by subject. There is succinct coverage of everything you'd want in a composer's biography: dates, events, family, colleagues, works; there is a good amount of musical analysis, a few pages of autograph manuscript, portraits of the composer, a lengthy bibliography, and a work list. This includes dates, key, forces required, title where applicable, and Koechel number(s). There is no mental analysis or minute examination of the Baesle letters or anything of the sort here, just the "hard facts" on Mozart--and plentiful guidance on where to look next if you need more information on a great composer.