The New Grove Mozart

Author: Sadie, Stanley

Publication:New York : W W Norton & Co Inc, 1983

Binding: Paperback

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Description: No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; 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 traditions. He is widely regarded as the most universal composer in the history of Western music. This biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one in a new series of composer biographies, derived and adapted from the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians .

Ref#: 053017

Subject: Music

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