[Mobile library] The Mozart-Da Ponte Operas: The Cultural and Musical Background to Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte (Clarendon Paperbacks)
✿ Andrew Steptoe ✿
| #364548 in Books | 1990-11-08 | 1990-11-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.25 x.66 x9.25l,1.07 | File Name: 0198162219 | 304 pages
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent Mozart study|By consumer of goods|I echo the 5 star review already given to this book. I learned much about why Mozart wrote what he did; the musical,social and economic pressures that shaped his output, and the personal and social context in which he lived.
The 3 final chapters given to each one of the operas contains the clearest explanation of how tonal|||"The most illuminating exploration of the territory to appear in English since Edward Dent's historic study of 1913."--Observer||"Steptoe's clarification of the enigmatic interplay and the consequent cross-fertilization between composer and libretti
Mozart's collaborations with the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte led to the composition of three of the great masterpieces of opera. This book, designed to guide the reader to a deeper understanding and appreciation of these enigmatic works, charts the musical, cultural, and social context in which they were written--the tastes and expectations of the contemporary opera audience, Mozart's intentions and aspirations in a period of rapid intellectual and political change, D...
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