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The Authentic "Magic Flute" Libretto. Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-score Edition?.
Michael Freyhan
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Description for The Authentic "Magic Flute" Libretto. Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-score Edition?.
Hardback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
Shortly after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death, his widow Constanze sent a manuscript copy of one of his most beloved operas, Die Zauberflöte, to the court of the Elector of Cologne. It was eventually published by Nicolaus Simrock in 1814 as the first full-score edition. However, the question still remains as to why this early copy in her possession diverges from Mozart's autograph in so many libretto details. The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto: Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition? investigates the origin and claim to authenticity of the first full-score edition of Die Zauberflöte, drawing attention to the close bond ... Read more
Shortly after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death, his widow Constanze sent a manuscript copy of one of his most beloved operas, Die Zauberflöte, to the court of the Elector of Cologne. It was eventually published by Nicolaus Simrock in 1814 as the first full-score edition. However, the question still remains as to why this early copy in her possession diverges from Mozart's autograph in so many libretto details. The Authentic Magic Flute Libretto: Mozart's Autograph or the First Full-Score Edition? investigates the origin and claim to authenticity of the first full-score edition of Die Zauberflöte, drawing attention to the close bond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810866577
SKU
V9780810866577
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Freyhan
Michael Freyhan has taught at the Royal Academy of Music in London, as well as at Reading University and Birmingham Conservatoire. He is a pianist, harpsichordist, violinist, and violist, and he has published articles in the Journal of the American Musicological Society and Mozart-Jahrbuch.
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