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ISBN10: 0198165293, ISBN13: 9780198165293, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Hardcover Light wear to dust jacket and a few marks to the page edges. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.
[New Mills, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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UK: Oxford University Press, Date: 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this work the author draws on the wealth of new scholarship to create a magnificent critical study of the composer's early life and works. The D/J has light edge ware .. 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198165293 9780198165293 [GB]

ISBN10: 0198165293, ISBN13: 9780198165293, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Neuware - Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man and his works. In this new study of Mozart's early years, Stanley Sadie aims to fill this gap in the form of a traditional biography on a straightforward chronological basis. The volume covers the period up to 1781, the year of Idomeneo and Mozart's settling in Vienna. Individual works are discussed in sequence and related to the events of his life. Stanley Sadie draws substantially on the family correspondence, quoting the letters and discussing what they tell us about Mozart and his world and his relationships with his family and his professional colleagues. Also included is a discussion of all aspects of Mozart's life and his music, relating them to the environment in which he worked, social, economic and cultural as well as musical. Much new material connected with Mozart has come to light in recent years. There have been discoveries of musical sources and new ways of studying known ones. Such finds and methods have changed our view of the chronology of many works and they often have significant biographical ramifications. Understanding of the context for Mozart's music, and indeed his life, has broadened immensely. Stanley Sadie's biography digests and ...
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Oxford University Press, Date: 2006. Hardcover. New. 672 pages. 9.29x6.46x1.73 inches. 2006. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198165293 9780198165293 [GB]

ISBN10: 0198165293, ISBN13: 9780198165293, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Neuware - Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers. Yet there exists no substantial, up-to-date English-language study of the man and his works. In this new study of Mozart's early years, Stanley Sadie aims to fill this gap in the form of a traditional biography on a straightforward chronological basis. The volume covers the period up to 1781, the year of Idomeneo and Mozart's settling in Vienna. Individual works are discussed in sequence and related to the events of his life. Stanley Sadie draws substantially on the family correspondence, quoting the letters and discussing what they tell us about Mozart and his world and his relationships with his family and his professional colleagues. Also included is a discussion of all aspects of Mozart's life and his music, relating them to the environment in which he worked, social, economic and cultural as well as musical. Much new material connected with Mozart has come to light in recent years. There have been discoveries of musical sources and new ways of studying known ones. Such finds and methods have changed our view of the chronology of many works and they often have significant biographical ramifications. Understanding of the context for Mozart's music, and indeed his life, has broadened immensely. Stanley Sadie's biography digests and ...
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ISBN10: 0198165293, ISBN13: 9780198165293, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover 672 pages. 9.29x6.46x1.73 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0198165293, ISBN13: 9780198165293, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]