Commissioned with an anonymous letter delivered by an unknown messenger, Mozart's "Requiem" has haunted audiences and fueled myths for centuries. Legends recount the composer's premonitions of his untimely death amid his feverish attempts to complete the "Requiem." A work of emotional power and dark[...]
The Magic Flute In Full Score was created at the peak of the Enlightenment, Mozart's divine and enduring milestone of Opera is both a light-hearted fairy tale and an epic story of the struggle between good and evil.
The Magic Flute met instant acclaim at its 1791 premiere, and it remains amon[...]
A biography of the child prodigy who wrote more than 800 pieces of music before his untimely death at thirty-five[...]
With his last opera Mozart created a piece of theatre which defies categorization. In theory it is a Singspiel, a mixture of songs and dialogue, in which the spectacular effects and comedy fit naturally: they appeal today as much as they did when it first opened in popular Viennese theatre two hundr[...]
'It was a treat so truly intellectual that every ear and every breast, susceptible of harmony and of impression, was gratified to a degree beyond our power to describe.' Thus one of the first London reviews in 1811 of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte. Its enigmatic mixture of a detached experiment in h[...]
Mozart's four sonatas for one piano, four hands, are the first important works in the piano duet literature. This carefully researched edition contains historical information, in-depth notes on performing Mozart's piano music, editorial fingering and metronome marks, as well as realizations of many [...]
Have a passion for Mozart? With fingerings clearly marked and designed for easy reading, these books are the ideal resource for any piano or keyboard player. Suited to every ability and helpfully grouped by level of difficulty each book contains pieces to delight lovers of the classical masterpieces[...]
(Piano Collection). Contents: Sonata K.300d * Sonata K.457 * Sonata K.547a * Sonata K.576 * Sonata in A K.300i * Sonata in B Flat K.498a * Sonata in C K.300h * Sonata in D K.284c * Sonata in D K.475 * Sonata in E Flat K.189g.[...]
PianoThree of Mozart's most famous piano concertos available in one value-priced volume. Includes No. 20 in D minor, No. 21 in C Major, and No. 23 in A Major. Need two copies of the book to perform.[...]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most astonishing child prodigy in the history of music, is felt by many people to be the greatest composer who ever lived. Dominated and shaped by a highly intelligent but frustrated and ambitious father, his story sees the development of a unique genius, from precocious[...]
"Don Giovanni" is one of Mozart's most significant and popular operas. This edition begins with a discussion of the comic elements of this unusual comic opera by Michael F. Robinson. An overall view of the score is given by David Wyn Jones, showing how Mozart maintained dramatic momentum over two lo[...]
"Wie oft kann man nicht z. B. das Gerede hören, der Text der Zauberflöte sei gar zu jämmerlich, und doch gehört dieses Machwerk zu den lobenswerten Opernbüchern. Das Reich der Nacht, die Königin, das Sonnenreich, die Mysterien, Einweihungen, die Weisheit, Liebe, die Prüfungen und dabei die Ar[...]
Diese umfassende Einführung in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts "Zauberflöte" enthält das vollständige Libretto mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen. Kurt Pahlen kommentiert das Werk durch musikbezogene Hinweise sowie Erläuterungen zur inneren und äußeren Handlung. Eine das Geschehen zusammenfassende Inha[...]
Gernot Gruber beschreibt kompetent, lebendig und faktenreich die wichtigsten Stationen in Mozarts Leben - das Wunderkind, die frühen Kompositionen, die Bedeutung des Vaters, das politische, soziale und künstlerische Umfeld, sein Verhältnis zu Kirche und Freimaurertum, seine Erfolge, sein lege[...]
(Piano). Includes a composer biography, historical notes on the piece, and color drawings.