In a comprehensive history of the changing reception of Mozart and his music over the last 200 years, Gruber (musicology, Hochschule fnr Musik, Munich) charts Mozart's evolution from forgotten composer to "a youth beloved of the gods." He considers Mozart's waning reputation during the decades preceding his death in 1791, and examines how Mozart was deified by the Romantics, sanitized by the Victorians, and commercialized during the 1980s and early 1990s. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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About the Author:
Gernot Gruber is Professor of Musicology at the Hochschule fur Musik in Munich.
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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