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# **ARIA AND SONG (I) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** In this chapter—which is something like an **intermezzo**—we approach the final part of our investigation, the chapter devoted to…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (V)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## The C-minor Mass in Context: Between Bach and Beethoven It has been said—entirely rightly—that this unfinished Mass stands **midway between…

# **THE PIANO CONCERTO (III)(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## I. The Culmination of the Winter of 1784: The G-major Piano Concerto, K. 453 The remarkable series of keyboard concertos…

# **CHURCH MUSIC (IV)** **(Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## A Necessary “Revolution” in Mozart’s Inner and Professional Life So what, then, actually happened? A revolution had to occur simultaneously…

# **The Orchestral Concert as Tournament: From Concerto Grosso to Sinfonia Concertante (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) We are now entirely in the realm of concert music when to the…

# **Four-Hand Works and the Highest Form of Concertante Dialogue (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) The most striking examples of concert style we find in Mozart’s four-hand works for one…

# **Concert and Mechanical Principles (Book:** Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein) Let us begin with a simple, almost trivial observation: **for a pianist, broken chords and arpeggios are the most natural…

# **Mozart’s works for Piano trio, Piano Quartets - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) The transition from the keyboard-and-violin sonatas to the trio for keyboard, violin, and cello occurred in…

# **Mozart’s works for violin and piano - (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) Mozart began to write works for **keyboard and violin** in earnest only in **Mannheim**, when he was…

# **Opera, A History - Christopher Headington ** [https://classicalarchive.org/opera-a-history-christopher-headington/](https://classicalarchive.org/opera-a-history-christopher-headington/) Opera, A History by **Christopher Headington** is a **clear, cultivated, and quietly authoritative survey** of opera’s development, written by a scholar who understood that opera…

# **Concert Halls and Opera Houses – Music, Acoustics, and Architecture – Leo Beranek ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/concert-halls-and-opera-houses-music-acoustics-and-architecture-leo-beranek/](https://classicalarchive.org/concert-halls-and-opera-houses-music-acoustics-and-architecture-leo-beranek/) Concert Halls and Opera Houses – Music, Acoustics, and Architecture by **Leo Beranek** is universally…

# **Great Operas – A Guide to Twenty-Five of the World’s Finest Musical Experiences – Michael Steen** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/great-operas-a-guide-to-twenty-five-of-the-worlds-finest-musical-experiences-michael-steen/](https://classicalarchive.org/great-operas-a-guide-to-twenty-five-of-the-worlds-finest-musical-experiences-michael-steen/) Great Operas – A Guide to Twenty-Five of the World’s Finest Musical Experiences…

# **A Night at the Opera – An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings – Sir Denis Forman** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/a-night-at-the-opera-an-irreverent-guide-to-the-plots-the-singers-the-composers-the-recordings-sir-denis-forman/](https://classicalarchive.org/a-night-at-the-opera-an-irreverent-guide-to-the-plots-the-singers-the-composers-the-recordings-sir-denis-forman/) A Night at the Opera – An…

# **100 Great Operas and Their Stories – Henry W. Simon ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/100-great-operas-and-their-stories-henry-w-simon/](https://classicalarchive.org/100-great-operas-and-their-stories-henry-w-simon/)** ** ## **100 Great Operas and Their Stories – Henry W. Simon** 100 Great Operas and Their Stories…

# **A History of opera – Milestones and Metamorphoses by Burton D. Fisher (Music Art Ebook) ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/a-history-of-opera-milestones-and-metamorphoses-by-burton-d-fisher-music-art-ebook/](https://classicalarchive.org/a-history-of-opera-milestones-and-metamorphoses-by-burton-d-fisher-music-art-ebook/)** ** A History of Opera – Milestones and Metamorphoses presents opera not as…

# **The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-hector-berlioz-as-written-by-himself/](https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-hector-berlioz-as-written-by-himself/) **Publication & Textual History** * **Original French:** *Mémoires* (completed in the 1860s; published **1870**) * **English editions:** Multiple 19th-century translations;…

# **The Life of Mozart including his Correspondence - Edward Holmes ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-mozart-including-his-correespondence-edward-holmes/](https://classicalarchive.org/the-life-of-mozart-including-his-correespondence-edward-holmes/) The Life of Mozart, Including His Correspondence, written by Edward Holmes, is **one of the earliest substantial English-language…

# **Bizet, His life and his Works by Hugh MacDonald ** **Complete Book: ** [https://classicalarchive.org/bizet-his-life-and-his-works-by-hugh-macdonald/](https://classicalarchive.org/bizet-his-life-and-his-works-by-hugh-macdonald/) **Bizet: His Life and His Works** is one of the **most authoritative modern studies of Georges Bizet**, written by…

# **Hiroshi Wakasugi (1935–2009): A Life in 20 Chapters ** Hiroshi Wakasugi occupies a unique and austere place in the history of Japanese conducting. Less publicly celebrated than Seiji Ozawa and far less mythologized…

# **Takashi Asahina (1908–2001): Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life of Absolute Musical Integrity ** Takashi Asahina was not a man of public charm, wit, or theatrical gesture. His life offers no flamboyant scandals…

# **Takashi Asahina (1908–2001): A Life in 20 Chapters ** Takashi Asahina stands as **the patriarch of Japanese symphonic conducting** and one of the most uncompromising interpreters of the Austro-German tradition of the 20th…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 5 ** **ARPCD0616** **Shostakovich** – 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 (Excerpts) – **Dmitri Shostakovich** **ARPCD0617** **Richard Strauss** – Der Rosenkavalier – **George Szell** **ARPCD0619** **Leopold Stokowski** in Italy 1955…

# **PIANO WORKS - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** ## Mozart as Pianist and “Virtuoso” in His Own Sense Mozart was, as we know, a **great pianist**, one of the…

# **Archipel Digital Remastered 4 ** **ARPCD0476** David Oistrakh plays **Brahms, Bach & Chausson** **ARPCD0477** **Chopin** – 24 Preludes & Piano Sonata No. 2 – Alfred Cortot **ARPCD0479** **Bruckner** – Symphony No. 7 –…