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In the first comprehensive history of the changing reception of Mozart and his music over the last two hundred years, Gernot Gruber skillfully charts Mozart's evolution from forgotten composer to "a youth beloved of the gods." He considers Mozart's waning reputation during the decade preceding his death in 1791, and thoroughly examines how Mozart was deified by the Romantics, sanitized by the Victorians, and commercialized in the 1980s and early 1990s. This insightful volume probes beyond the sphere of music into literature, philosophy, the fine arts, and theology to provide a refreshing discussion of the shifting ideas, images, interpretations, and questions surrounding Mozart over the last two centuries. With profound knowledge of the relevant literature, Gruber shows how figures such as Goethe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Felix Mendelssohn, Soren Kierkegaard, George Bernard Shaw, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Hermann Hesse, Marc Chagall, Ingmar Bergman, and Peter Shaffer attempted to define the elusive nature of the composer's genius in their quest to discover the "true" Mozart. The volume includes provocative perspectives on the impact of Milos Forman's highly successful film Amadeus and on the commercial packaging of Mozart for mass consumption. Gruber's compelling account of the evolving perceptions of Mozart's music reveals as much about the changes in European ideology and culture as it does about the composer of his music.
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- PublisherQuartet Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0704370034
- ISBN 13 9780704370036
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages280
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Quartet, 1991. First published in Germany in 1985, this is the first English language edition, a UK edition. Gruber presents a critical analysis of the great composer's cultural impact over the past two hundred years. 277 pages with Index and References, 6-1/4" X 9-1/2". The dust jacket has been price clipped at the lower corner of the front flap. Sturdy red cloth covered boards, sewn binding. The cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn, no edge wear. The binding is tight and square. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. This is not a remainder copy, not a library discard copy. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory. Seller Inventory # 23-04355
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MOZART AND POSTERITY. Translated by R.S. Furness.
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