{"product_id":"the-century-of-bach-and-mozart-9780964031753","title":"The Century of Bach and Mozart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBach and Mozart stand as towering representatives of European music of the 18th century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesthetic trends of the period. This collection of essays by leading authorities offers new perspectives on the two composers, as well as some of their important contemporaries, Haydn in particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery reader will have his or her own favorite essays in this exemplary collection… [It] makes a major contribution to l8th-century studies as well as music. -- J. P. Ambrose * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteenth-Century Music in its Intellectual Contexts   The German Eighteenth Century: Marking Time David Blackbourn, Harvard University   Fundamenta Partiturae:  Thorough-Bass and Foundations of Eighteenth-Century Composition Pedagogy Thomas Christensen, University of Chicago   Mishmash or Synthesis? On the Psychagogic Form of The Creation Hermann Danuser, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin   Six of One: The Opus Concept in the Eighteenth Century Elaine Sisman, Columbia University    Composing and Hearing Music in the Eighteenth Century   Bach's Passions and the Textures of Time John Butt, University of Glasgow   Bach and Hypocrisy: Appearance and Truth in Cantatas 136 and 179 Eric Chafe, Brandeis University   Tartini and his Texts Sergio Durate, Universita di Padova    Sources and Transmission   The Evolution of \"Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel war\" BWV 80\/5 Daniel R. Melamed, Indiana University   Bach and Mozart: From the Perspective of Different Documentary Evidence Hans-Joachim Schulze, Bach-Archiv Leipzig   On Johann Sebastian Bach's Creative Process: Observations from His Drafts and Sketches Peter Wollny, Bach-Archiv Leipzig   One More Time: Mozart and His Cadenzas Neal Zaslaw, Cornell University    Issues in Historiography   On Ancient Languages: The Historical Idiom in the Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ulrich Konrad, Institut fur Musikwissenschaft der Universitat Wurzburg   Eighteenth-Century Music as a Socio-Political Metaphor? Reinhard Strohm, University of Oxford   The Century of Handel and Haydn James Webster, Cornell University   Mozart's Fantasy, Haydn's Caprice: What's in a Name? Gretchen Wheelock, Eastman School of Music    Interpreting Eighteenth-Century Music   The Clavier Speaks Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music   Ten Years of Bach Cantatas Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir   Mozart's Working Methods in the Piano Concertos Robert Levin, Harvard University","brand":"Harvard University, Department of Music,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406574231895,"sku":"9780964031753","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780964031753.jpg?v=1730496343","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-century-of-bach-and-mozart-9780964031753","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}