Pimlico, UK, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 839 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pimlico, UK, 2001. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Astonishing not only in itself and for what was achieved in its tragically short span, Mozart's life was lived in the years that were central in forming the cultural composition of the modern era. Gutman sees the 18th century as beginning and ending with two great but fundamentally different musical dynasties in place, bridged by Mozart's phenomenal genius. This biography has at its core the premise that to illuminate the life and its works, one must understand first and foremost its cultural context. Accordingly, Gutman acts as our guide on a grand tour of the political, religious, social, economic and musical elements that define the 18th century, all the while at pains to keep the intimate story of Mozart's life firmly in sight. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0712664831. ISBN/EAN: 9780712664837. Inventory No: 24030261.. 9780712664837

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This major work places Mozart's life and music in the context of the intellectual, political, and artistic currents of eighteenth-century Europe. Even as he delves into philosophic and aesthetic questions, Robert Gutman keeps in sight, clearly and firmly, the composer and his works. He discusses the major genres in which Mozart worked-chamber music; liturgical, theater, and keyboard compositions; concerto; symphony; opera; and oratorio. All of these riches unfold within the framework of the composer's brief but remarkable life. With Gutman's informed and sensitive handling, Mozart emerges in a light more luminous than in previous renderings. The composer was an affectionate and generous man to family and friends, self-deprecating, witty, winsome, but also an austere moralist, incisive and purposeful. Mozart is both an extraordinary portrait of a man in his time and a brilliant distillation of musical thought.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24030261
Title: Mozart : A Cultural Biography
Author: Robert W. Gutman
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0712664831
ISBN 13: 9780712664837
Publisher: Pimlico
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; Mozart : A Cultural Biography
Bookseller catalogs: Biography & Autobiography;

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