This analytical study explains how Mozart's music for Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cos1/4 fan tutte 'sounds' the intentions of Da Ponte's characters and their relationships with one another. Mozart did not merely interpret Da Ponte's characterisations but lent them temporal, musical forms. Charles Ford's analysis presents a new method by which to relate the music of the operas to the thinking of the European Enlightenment, involving close readings of late eighteenth-century understandings of 'man' and nature, self ...
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This analytical study explains how Mozart's music for Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cos1/4 fan tutte 'sounds' the intentions of Da Ponte's characters and their relationships with one another. Mozart did not merely interpret Da Ponte's characterisations but lent them temporal, musical forms. Charles Ford's analysis presents a new method by which to relate the music of the operas to the thinking of the European Enlightenment, involving close readings of late eighteenth-century understandings of 'man' and nature, self and other, morality and transgression, and gendered identities and sexuality.
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New. Explains how Mozart's music for Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte 'sounds' the intentions of Da Ponte's characters and their relationships with one another. Num Pages: 350 pages, Includes 7 b&w illustrations and 134 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 814. 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 9780754668893.
