Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791

by Christoph Wolff

Book Overview

"I now stand at the gateway to my fortune," Mozart wrote in a letter of 1790. He had entered into the service of Emperor Joseph II of Austria two years earlier as Imperial-Royal Chamber Composer--a salaried appointment with a distinguished title and few obligations. His extraordinary subsequent output, beginning with the three final great symphonies from the summer of 1788, invites a reassessment of this entire period of his life. Readers will gain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039305070X
• ISBN13: 9780393050707
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"