Mozart: Studies of the Autograph Scores

by Alan Tyson

Book Overview

The results and implications of Alan Tyson's work on Mozart have had a profound impact on virtually every aspect of research on this composer: biography, chronology of compositions, working methods, stylistic analysis. Central, perhaps, are Tyson's discoveries on chronology: time and again he has proved that datings, often of large, well-known works, that have been accepted for generations are not only erroneous but based on little more than speculation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674588312
• ISBN13: 9780674588318
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"