| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Series |
Music in context |
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Music in context.
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| Contents |
Cover; Mozart's Requiem; Series editors; Title; Copyright; Didection; Contents; Music examples; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Mozart's Requiem in context; 1: The Requiem legend in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; The legend of Mozart's Requiem in the nineteenth century; The Requiem in nineteenth-century fiction, drama and poetry; The Requiem legend in the twentieth century; Conclusion; 2: Criticism and scholarship from 1800 to the present day; Nineteenth-century critical discussion of the Requiem; Early criticism, to 1824; The years of the Requiem-Streit, 1825-1842; 1842-1900 |
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20th -and 21st-century criticism and scholarship1900-1950; From 1950 onwards; Conclusion; 3: The Requiem in performance; Nineteenth-century editions; Nineteenth-century performances; 20th- and 21st-century performances and recordings; Conclusion; 4: Mozart's work on the Requiem: sounds and strategies; Sounds and strategies in the Requiem; Introit; Kyrie; The Sequence: Dies irae; The Sequence: Tuba mirum; The Sequence: Rex tremendae; The Sequence: Recordare; The Sequence: Confutatis; The Sequence: Lacrymosa; The Offertory: Domine Jesu; The Offertory: Hostias |
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Requiem sounds and strategies in contextConclusion; 5: After Mozart: the Requiem completion, 1791-1792; The orchestration of the Sequence and the Offertory; The Sequence: Dies irae; The Sequence: Tuba mirum; The Sequence: Rex tremendae; The Sequence: Recordare; The Sequence: Confutatis; The Sequence: Lacrymosa; The Offertory: Domine Jesu and Hostias; The Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei and Communio; Süssmayr's completion in context; Conclusion; 6: Modern completions of the Requiem; Levin, Beyer and Maunder completions; Conclusion; Epilogue: a Requiem for the future |
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Appendix: original text of Franz Xaver Süssmayr's letter to Breitkopf & amp; Härtel (1800)Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A fresh evaluation of Mozart's Requiem which focuses on historical and current understandings in fiction, drama, film, criticism and performance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Requiem, K. 626, D minor.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 Requiem KV 626 |
| SUBJECT |
Requiem (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) fast |
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RELIGION -- Christian Rituals & Practice -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139525503 |
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1139525506 |
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9781139027021 |
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1139027026 |
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9781139527897 |
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1139527894 |
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1139530178 |
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9781139530170 |
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1283521830 |
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9781283521833 |
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9786613834287 |
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6613834289 |
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1139526707 |
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9781139526708 |
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1139531360 |
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9781139531368 |
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9781107532953 |
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1107532957 |
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