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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, - 1756-1791

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Jean-Victor Hocquard propose ici moins une biographie linéaire qu'une approche amoureuse et personnelle de l'oeuvre immense de Mozart (17561791). Reparcourant la jeunesse, la maturité, la décantation de ses compositions, il montre en quoi Mozart fut unique dans l'histoire de la musique classique européenne, par la précocité de son génie, son art de réinventer tous les genres musicaux sous les formes les plus variées (menuet, concerto, symphonie, opéra...), l'influence de sa vie privée et sociale sur ses créations. Cet essai, richement documenté, souligne l'aspiration constante de Mozart à capturer la beauté et la vérité dans chacune de ses oeuvres.

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Anyone who has ever seen an inspired production of any of Mozart's great operas will know that it is not merely a museum piece peopled by cardboard cut-outs, but a vital musical drama that reflects the thoughts and actions, faults and virtues of human beings. In this original companion to the operas, Joachim Kaiser, a leading music critic in Germany and a considerable Mozart scholar, leaves aside the familiar debates about Mozart's work and concentrates on his characters, treating them as if they were real people. Joachim has devised a "Who's Who", arranged alphabetically, in which he gives us close and sensitive studies of the personalities in the seven major operas - Idomeneo, The Abduction, Figaro, Don Gionvanni, Così, The Magic Flute and La Clemenza - who have something to sing or say. What are they like, what do they feel, how do they behave, what do they disclose about themselves and what do they hide ? Kaiser seeks the answers to questions like these by examining the text as closely as the musical expression, with which Mozart so richly endowed his characters. From Don Alfonso to Zerlina, the fifty-six portraits are presented with wit and sympathy. Kaiser deals not only with "stars" like Don Giovanni, Donna Anna, The Queen of the Night, Tamino or Susanna, but also lesser-known characters such as Blondie, Marcellina and Despina.

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