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Overview2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner The essays in this volume, by one of America's leading authorities on Bach and Mozart, serve a single objective: to promote a deeper understanding of those two great composers both as supremely gifted creators and as human beings. Author Robert L. Marshall draws on a diverse range of interpretive strategies including both textual and musical criticism. Life and work are treated together, just as they were intermingled for the composers. After a preliminary historiographical contemplation of the ""Century of Bach and Mozart,"" fifteen numbered chapters follow in roughly chronological succession. Among the issues addressed: the artistic consequences of Bach's orphanhood, his relationship to Martin Luther, his attitude toward Jews, his relationship to his sons, the stages of his stylistic development, and his position in the history of music; and, moving to Mozart, the composer's portrayal in Amadeus, his wit, his indebtedness to J. S. Bach, and aspects of his compositional process. The volume concludes with a factually informed speculation about what Mozart is likely to have done and to have composed, had he lived on for another decade or more. ROBERT L. MARSHALL is Sachar Professor of Music emeritus, Brandeis University. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Emeritus Robert L. Robert L. Marshal (Customer)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Volume: v. 161 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781580469623ISBN 10: 1580469620 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 15 September 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPrologue: The Century of Bach and Mozart as a Music-Historical Epoch: A Different Argument for the Proposition Young Man Bach: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Bach Biography The Notebooks for Wilhelm Friedemann and Anna Magdalena Bach: Some Biographical Lessons Bach and Luther Redeeming the St. John Passion--and J. S. Bach Bach's Keyboard Music The Minimalist and Traditionalist Approaches to Performing Bach's Choral Music: Some Further Thoughts Truth and Beauty: J. S. Bach at the Crossroads of Cultural History Bach at Mid-Life: The Christmas Oratorio and the Search for New Paths Bach at the Boundaries of Music History: Preliminary Reflections on the B-Minor Mass and the Late-Style Paradigm Father and Sons: Confronting a Uniquely Daunting Paternal Legacy Johann Christian Bach and Eros Bach and Mozart: Styles of Musical Genius Mozart and Amadeus Bach and Mozart's Artistic Maturity Mozart's Unfinished: Some Lessons of the Fragments Epilogue (ossia Postmortem). Had Mozart Lived Longer: Some Cautious (and Incautious) Speculations Bibliography NotesReviewsWhat is a genius? What makes a composer great? In this captivating and erudite collection of essays, Robert Marshall approaches some of the biggest questions about the two greatest composers of the eighteenth century, Bach and Mozart. In a fascinating polyphony of methodological approaches, from biography to style criticism to cultural studies, Marshall paints a new, sometimes provocative image of the two composers and their works. The book provides a fresh perspective for musicologists and performers and for admirers of Bach and Mozart. --Markus Rathey, Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History, Yale University Robert Marshall's Bach and Mozart is the summation of a life spent in the service of these two giants of 18th century music. Prof. Marshall blends scrupulous scholarship with a keen sense of aesthetics, shedding light on myriad aspects of both composers. Readers seeking enlightenment in hitherto unexplored directions will find this essential work stimulating and enlightening. --Robert Levin, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University What is a genius? What makes a composer great? In this captivating and erudite collection of essays, Robert Marshall approaches some of the biggest questions about the two greatest composers of the eighteenth century, Bach and Mozart. In a fascinating polyphony of methodological approaches, from biography to style criticism to cultural studies, Marshall paints a new, sometimes provocative image of the two composers and their works. The book provides a fresh perspective for musicologists and performers and for admirers of Bach and Mozart. --Markus Rathey, Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History, Yale University What a delightful, stimulating, brilliant collection of essays! Sometimes playful and humorous, often profound, always intelligent, with many surprising insights into the personalities of two great composers and wonderfully evocative descriptions of some of their finest music. Robert Marshall writes beautifully, with crystal-clear, jargon-free prose throughout. --John A. Rice, independent scholar and member of the Akademie fur Mozart-Forschung in Salzburg Author InformationROBERT L MARSHALL is the Louis, Frances, and Jeffery Sachar Professor Emeritus of Music at Brandeis University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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