La Clemenza Di Tito - (Dover Music Scores) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sheet music)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Based on the life of Roman emperor Titus, <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> was composed during the same period as <i>Requiem</i> and <i>The Magic Flute.</i> Authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Mozart was commissioned to write <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia. Working with libretto by Metastasio, he based the plot on incidents in the life of the Roman emperor Titus and composed the opera during the same climactic period in which he completed <i>Requiem</i> and <i>The Magic Flute</i>. <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> was first performed in Prague in 1791, a few weeks before the premiere of <i>The Magic Flute </i>in Vienna. Whatever enjoyment Mozart and Leopold II may have derived from the opera, it was short-lived; both composer and king were dead within a year of the debut.<br>Long neglected but now frequently performed and recorded, this Mozart masterpiece is once again a popular favorite of opera audiences worldwide. It is reprinted here from the authoritative edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Mozart was commissioned to write <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II as King of Bohemia. Working with libretto by Metastasio, he based the plot on incidents in the life of the Roman emperor Titus and composed the opera during the same climactic period in which he completed <i>Requiem</i> and <i>The Magic Flute</i>. <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> was first performed in Prague in 1791, a few weeks before the premiere of <i>The Magic Flute </i>in Vienna. Whatever enjoyment Mozart and Leopold II may have derived from the opera, it was short-lived; both composer and king were dead within a year of the debut.<br>Long neglected but now frequently performed and recorded, this Mozart masterpiece is once again a popular favorite of opera audiences worldwide. It is reprinted here from the authoritative edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.<br>Dover (2015) republication of the edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d. <br>See every Dover book in print at<br><b>www.doverpublications.com</b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A child prodigy who blossomed into the Classical era's most influential composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) wrote more than 600 works in his brief life. His oeuvre encompasses a wide variety of genres, including symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
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