The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department of Music, For many ong>toong>day Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as ong>toong>wering representatives of European music of ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends of ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways ong>toong> shape our broader understanding of eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection of ong>essaysong> by leading authorities in ong>theong> field offers a variety of new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some of ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing ong>toong>pics as diverse as ong>theong> hisong>toong>riography of eighteenth-century music, concepts of time and musical form, ong>theong> idea of ong>theong> musical work and its relation ong>toong> publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> ong>toong>geong>theong>r constitute a major contribution ong>toong> eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that ong>toong>ok place at ong>theong> Music Department of Harvard University on September , ong>toong> honor Professor Chrisong>toong>ph Wolff, Adams University Professor at Harvard University.