Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony

by Elaine R. Sisman

Book Overview

This guide to Mozart's last and most celebrated symphony explores the historical background and aesthetic contexts of the work as well as the music itself. The early chapters examine the expectations of the symphony in Mozart's Vienna, Mozart's career in 1788 (the year of the three last symphonies), and the changing reception of the Jupiter over the subsequent two hundred years. A separate chapter is devoted to each movement of the symphony with musical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521409241
• ISBN13: 9780521409247
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"