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1791 : Mozart's last year / H.C. Robbins Landon.

Title
1791 : Mozart's last year / H.C. Robbins Landon.
Author
Landon, H. C. Robbins (Howard Chandler Robbins), 1926-2009
Publication
New York : Schirmer Books, c1988.

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Irwin K. Carson Collection. mus
Description
240 p. : ill., facsims.; 24 cm.
Summary
Offers a detailed examination of Mozart's final months, discusses the cause of his death, and looks at his final compositions.
Alternative Title
  • Mozart's last year.
  • Seventeen ninety one, Mozart's last year
  • Mozart's last year
Subject
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 > Last years
  • Composers > Austria > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface -- Coronation in Frankfurt -- Mozart's Vienna -- Concert life in the Austrian capital -- Dance music for the imperial court -- New directions: a cathedral appointment? -- Midnight for the masons -- Requiem for a country house -- A journey to Prague -- Coronation diary -- The magic flute -- The final illnesss -- Myths and theories -- Constanze : a vindication.
ISBN
0028725921
LCCN
^^^88003169^/MN
OCLC
  • 17507608
  • SCSB-10253079
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library