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- catalog abstract "In this fascinating study of Mozart's operas, Nicholas Till shows that the composer was not a "divine idiot" but an artist whose work was informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. Examining the dramatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws on such famous writers and thinkers of the time as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to reappraise the history and meaning of the Enlightenment. And of Mozart's role within it. He evokes for us the Vienna of the 1780s, a world of intense intellectual argument, political debate, and religious inquiry, which deeply influenced the philosophical content of Mozart's operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, designed to support the political aims of Emperor Joseph II; from Le nozze di Figaro, a profound exploration of marriage as a human and social. Institution, to the post-Enlightenment Zauberflote, the operas bear witness to the era's changing views and to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.".
- catalog contributor b4251863.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "And of Mozart's role within it. He evokes for us the Vienna of the 1780s, a world of intense intellectual argument, political debate, and religious inquiry, which deeply influenced the philosophical content of Mozart's operas. From the early La Finta Giardiniera, based on Richardson's Pamela, to Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, designed to support the political aims of Emperor Joseph II; from Le nozze di Figaro, a profound exploration of marriage as a human and social.".
- catalog description "In this fascinating study of Mozart's operas, Nicholas Till shows that the composer was not a "divine idiot" but an artist whose work was informed by the ideas and discoveries of the Enlightenment. Examining the dramatic emergence of a modern society in eighteenth-century Austria, the author draws on such famous writers and thinkers of the time as Richardson, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Goethe, Schiller, and Blake to reappraise the history and meaning of the Enlightenment.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Institution, to the post-Enlightenment Zauberflote, the operas bear witness to the era's changing views and to Mozart's own quest for personal and artistic identity.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Enlightenment and the eighteenth century -- pt. 1. Salzburg and the Years of Travel: 1756-1781. I. The education of a bourgeois artist. II. La finta giardiniera. III. Opera and the Enlightenment. IV. The German artist. V. Zaide. VI. Idomeneo -- pt. 2. Vienna -- The Years of Optimism: 1781-1786. VII. Vienna and the Enlightenment. VIII. Mozart's arrival in Vienna. IX. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. X. Freemasonry and the Catholic Enlightenment. XI. The return to Italian opera. XII. Le nozze di Figaro. XIII. The meaning of classicism -- pt. 3. The Years of Retreat: 1786-1791. XIV. The collapse of Josephinism. XV. Don Giovanni. XVI. Cosi fan tutte. XVII. La clemenza di Tito. XVIII. Die Zauberflote.".
- catalog extent "xi, 371 p., 16 p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "039303495X :".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "Austria".
- catalog spatial "Austria.".
- catalog subject "782.1/092 20".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Austria.".
- catalog subject "ML410.M9 T64 1993".
- catalog subject "Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas.".
- catalog subject "Opera Austria 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Enlightenment and the eighteenth century -- pt. 1. Salzburg and the Years of Travel: 1756-1781. I. The education of a bourgeois artist. II. La finta giardiniera. III. Opera and the Enlightenment. IV. The German artist. V. Zaide. VI. Idomeneo -- pt. 2. Vienna -- The Years of Optimism: 1781-1786. VII. Vienna and the Enlightenment. VIII. Mozart's arrival in Vienna. IX. Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. X. Freemasonry and the Catholic Enlightenment. XI. The return to Italian opera. XII. Le nozze di Figaro. XIII. The meaning of classicism -- pt. 3. The Years of Retreat: 1786-1791. XIV. The collapse of Josephinism. XV. Don Giovanni. XVI. Cosi fan tutte. XVII. La clemenza di Tito. XVIII. Die Zauberflote.".
- catalog title "Mozart and the Enlightenment : truth, virtue, and beauty in Mozart's operas / Nicholas Till.".
- catalog type "text".