{"product_id":"mozarts-piano-sonatas-contexts-sources-style-paperback-9780521027410","title":"Mozart's Piano Sonatas; Contexts, Sources, Style (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521027410","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMozart's Piano Sonatas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContexts, Sources, Style\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of Mozart's piano sonatas, showing them to be a microcosm of the composer's changing style.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Irving (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521027410, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  35 music examples\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.372 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Irving's book functions in part as a ready reference guide. As well as a rundown on the sources for each sonata, particularly noteworthy for its attention to the evidence provided by ink shadings for Mozart's manner of compsoing, there is some interesting prefatory material that considers possible stylistic models for the Mozart sonatas.' W. Dean Sutcliffe, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output, and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the surviving autographs, which reveal important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the music is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric - a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music - and proceeds through an investigation of the nature of the musical ideas, followed by a discussion of formal design and finally a consideration of the style. The resulting picture affords a cross-section of Mozart's compositional strategies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts: 1. The solo sonata in context\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stylistic models for Mozart's sonatas\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sources: 3 Six sonatas, K.279–84\u003cbr\u003e 4. Three sonatas, K.309–11\u003cbr\u003e 5. Four sonatas, K.330–2, K.333\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fantasia and Sonata in C minor, K.475 and 457\u003cbr\u003e 7. Later Viennese sonatas: K.533 and 494, K.545, K.570, K.576\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fragments: Part III. Style: 9. Eighteenth-century views of sonata form\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pre-compositional choices - the rhetorical inventio\u003cbr\u003e 11. Dispositio: rhetoric and design\u003cbr\u003e 12. The rhetorical elocutio\u003cbr\u003e Notes, Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004593361176,"sku":"9780521027410","price":45.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521027410i_0389462f-b365-4bae-a259-b3d510fe33ff.jpg?v=1694964743","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mozarts-piano-sonatas-contexts-sources-style-paperback-9780521027410","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}