The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the SymphoniesGiving special attention to contemporary recordings and performances which show Mozart's symphonies in their best light, this study explains how his individual sound is achieved, considers problems of eighteenth-century instrumentation, and advances new theories on the composer's life. |
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| Title | The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Symphonies The Great Composers Series |
| Author | Robert Dearling |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0838623352, 9780838623350 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Music / Genres & Styles / Classical Music / Individual Composer & Musician |
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