Bach and Mozart - (Eastman Studies in Music) by Robert L Marshall & Robert L Robert L Marshal (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Interpretive and biographical essays by a major authority on Bach and Mozart probe for clues to the driving forces and experiences that shaped the character and the extraordinary artistic achievements of these iconic composers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner<br/><br/>The essays in this volume, by one of America's leading authorities on Bach and Mozart, serve a single objective: to promote a deeper understanding of those two great composers both as supremely gifted creators and as human beings. Author Robert L. Marshall draws on a diverse range of interpretive strategies including both textual and musical criticism. Life and work are treated together, just as they were intermingled for the composers.<br/><br/>After a preliminary historiographical contemplation of the "Century of Bach and Mozart," fifteen numbered chapters follow in roughly chronological succession. Among the issues addressed: the artistic consequences of Bach's orphanhood, his relationship to Martin Luther, his attitude toward Jews, his relationship to his sons, the stages of his stylistic development, and his position in the history of music; and, moving to Mozart, the composer's portrayal in <i>Amadeus</i>, his wit, his indebtedness to J. S. Bach, and aspects of his compositional process.<br/><br/>The volume concludes with a factually informed speculation about what Mozart is likely to have done and to have composed, had he lived on for another decade or more.<br/><br/>ROBERT L. MARSHALL is Sachar Professor of Music emeritus, Brandeis University.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"What is a genius? What makes a composer great? In this captivating and erudite collection of essays, Robert Marshall approaches some of the biggest questions about the two greatest composers of the eighteenth century, Bach and Mozart. In a fascinating polyphony of methodological approaches, from biography to style criticism to cultural studies, Marshall paints a new, sometimes provocative image of the two composers and their works. The book provides a fresh perspective for musicologists and performers and for admirers of Bach and Mozart." --Markus Rathey, Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Music History, Yale University</p><p>"What a delightful, stimulating, brilliant collection of essays! Sometimes playful and humorous, often profound, always intelligent, with many surprising insights into the personalities of two great composers and wonderfully evocative descriptions of some of their finest music. Robert Marshall writes beautifully, with crystal-clear, jargon-free prose throughout." --John A. Rice, independent scholar and member of the Akademie für Mozart-Forschung in Salzburg<br /> </p><br>
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