Matériel : Partition
Mozart's lieder reveal him to be a dramatist in miniature. Even if he failed to cultivate this genre systematically he nevertheless directed his creative powers toward the lied at all stages of his career. His first effort (now lost) was written at the age of six or seven and he took up the genre again and again at irregular intervals down to the final year of his life. None the less Mozart usually chose to write a lied only when there was a special occasion for doing so. Even the preface to the firt complete edition of his lieder published in 1799 by Breitkopf & Härtel refers to them as 'occasional pieces' as does the Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung inthe same year. Mozart himself doubtless regarded these ingenious little works as 'pieces for friends' and was not disposed to think of them as particularly significant. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition Singing score with piano reduction English translations of the texts
SKU: HL.49041674
ISBN 9783254080066. 4.75x7.5x0.466 inches. German.
This comprehensive introduction to Mozart's 'Abduction from the Seraglio' contains the complete libretto with numerous music examples. Kurt Pahlen comments on the work with music-related references as well explanations on the external and internal plot. A summary of the plot and a brief outline of the genesis bring 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and his life, thus providing comprehensive, richly illustrated information on this opera.
