Salzburg and the grand tour : 1756-69
Works by an "almost supernatural talent"
Italy : 1769-73
Opera seria : "fitting the clothes to the figure"
Salzburg : 1774-7
Sacred music : "I have thoroughly acquainted myself with that style since my youth"
Mannheim and Paris : 1777-9
The "classical style" : Mozart and the keyboard
Salzburg and Munich : 1779-81
Orchestral music : "the glorious effect of a symphony with flutes, oboes, and clarinets"
Vienna : 1781-5
Singspiel : "music must never offend the ear"
Piano concertos and chamber music in "the land of the clavier"
Vienna and Prague : 1786-8
Chamber music : "the greatest composer known to me"
Opera buffa : "most important is that it must be really comic"
The last years : 1788-91
The last works : "a rich possession, but even fairer hopes"
"
de morte transire ad vitam".
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Mozart by Julian Rushton. ISBN 9780195182644. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
