Bach and Mozart : connections, patterns, and pathways

"Most people today think of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the only Bach and Mozart of classical music. This volume in the Bach Perspectives series offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary c...

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Main Author Corneilson, Paul E. (Paul Edward)
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana University of Illinois Press 2022
SeriesBach Perspectives
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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788 > Criticism and interpretation
Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782 > Criticism and interpretation
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 > Criticism and interpretation
Mozart, Leopold, 1719-1787 > Criticism and interpretation
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 > Criticism and interpretation
Music
Music > 18th century > History and criticism
Walther, Johann Gottfried, 1684-1748 > Criticism and interpretation
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Summary:"Most people today think of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the only Bach and Mozart of classical music. This volume in the Bach Perspectives series offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary composers themselves. Topics include the keyboard transcriptions of J. S. Bach and Johann Gottfried Walther; J. S. Bach and W. A. Mozart's freelance work; the sonatas of C. P. E. Bach and Leopold Mozart; the early musical training given J. C. Bach by his father and half-brother; the surprising musical similarities between J. C. Bach and W. A. Mozart; and the latest documentary research on Mozart's 1789 visit to the Thomasschule in Leipzig. An official publication of the American Bach Society, Bach Perspectives, Volume 14 draws on a variety of approaches and a broad range of subject matter in presenting a new wave of innovative classical musical sch
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Summary: "Most people today think of Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the only Bach and Mozart of classical music. This volume in the Bach Perspectives series offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary composers themselves. Topics include the keyboard transcriptions of J. S. Bach and Johann Gottfried Walther; J. S. Bach and W. A. Mozart's freelance work; the sonatas of C. P. E. Bach and Leopold Mozart; the early musical training given J. C. Bach by his father and half-brother; the surprising musical similarities between J. C. Bach and W. A. Mozart; and the latest documentary research on Mozart's 1789 visit to the Thomasschule in Leipzig. An official publication of the American Bach Society, Bach Perspectives, Volume 14 draws on a variety of approaches and a broad range of subject matter in presenting a new wave of innovative classical musical scholarship"-- Provided by publisher
ISBN:9780252044663
0252044665