Description
Book SynopsisThis work traces KÃchel's life and professional career. It aims to introduce the general music lover to Kochel and to demonstrate that his achievements in musicology are worthy of recognition, with or without his extensive Mozart collection. This volume is an English expansion upon Konrad's earlier work on KÃchel's life.
Trade ReviewThe work is recommended for music libraries, general humanities programs, and undergraduates. * Music Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2005) *
...unique and interesting....Konrad has done admirable work in bringing the obscure details of Köchel's life to light, and he thoroughly documents the creation of the Mozart catalog and Köchel's other work as educator, botanist, and mineralogist....a good read. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Part I: His Life Chapter 3 1 Köchel's Destiny Chapter 4 2 The Day of Decision Chapter 5 3 Köchel's Ancestry Chapter 6 4 The Three Stages of Köchel's Life Chapter 7 5 Learning and Teaching Chapter 8 6 Köchel's Romance Chapter 9 7 In the Service of Archduke Karl Chapter 10 8 Reward for Services Rendered Chapter 11 9 Köchel in Great Britain Chapter 12 10 Scientific Activities Chapter 13 11 Final Journey Chapter 14 12 Last Will and Testament Chapter 15 13 The Memorial Plaque on the Wrong House Chapter 16 14 Köchel and Mozart Chapter 17 15 Köchel as Others Saw Him Chapter 18 16 Nineteenth-Century Man Chapter 19 17 Remaining Mysteries Surrounding Köchel's Life Part 20 Part II: His Work Chapter 21 18 The Writer Chapter 22 19 The Poet Chapter 23 20 The Composer Chapter 24 21 The Botanist Chapter 25 22 The Mineralogist Chapter 26 23 Köchel and the Beethoven Letters Chapter 27 24 Johann Joseph Fux: The Second "Köchel Register" Chapter 28 25 Music at the Imperial Court Part 29 Part III: The Köchelverzeichnis Chapter 30 26 The Starting Point Chapter 31 27 Köchel's Detective Work in Tracing and Authenticating Mozart's Compositions Chapter 32 28 The Thematic Order of Mozart's Works Chapter 33 29 The Chronological Order of Mozart's Works Chapter 34 30 The "Wiegenlied" and Other "Spurious" Compositions Chapter 35 31 The Appendix Chapter 36 32 The Mystery Surrounding Mozart's Requiem Chapter 37 33 Köchel as Motivator of the First "Complete Mozart Edition" Chapter 38 34 The Köchelverzeichnis after Köchel's Death Part 39 Appendix A: Chronological List of Books and Articles by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel Part 40 Appendix B: Mozart's Compositions as First Published in Köchel's Register in 1862 Chapter 41 Bibliography Chapter 42 Index Chapter 43 About the Author
