"Originally published in German as W.A. Mozart by Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923-4; reprinted, wtih corrections but without appendices, 1956, 1978"--T.p. verso.
Childhood
Travels of the child prodigy
Works from the grand tour
Studies in Salzburg
The first operas in Vienna
Gesellschaftsmusik and church music of 1769
The first Italian journey
The second and third Italian journeys
Opera seria
Early operas and the oratorio la betulia liberata
Church and instrumental works, 1769-1773
On the road to 'La finta giardiniera'
Opera buffa
La finta giardiniera
Mozart in Salzburg, 1775
Munich and Augsburg
Mannheim
Arrival in Paris : tragédie lyrique
'Opéra comique'
The music dramas of Gluck
Mozart in Paris
Homecoming
Service at the Salzburg court
Sacred and instrumental works, 1779-1781
König Thamos and Zaide
Idomeneo
First steps in Vienna
The German singspiel
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Engagement and marriage
Mozart's personality
Relations with Constanze, friends and colleagues, 1782-1786
Mozart and Freemasonry
In the service of the aristocracy and society
Plans for new operas
Mozart and artistic creativity
Perfpimd changes in style: the influence of J.S. Bach,G.F. Handel and C.P.e. Bach
Chamber and orchestral works between die Entführung and Figaro
The great keyboard concertos
Choral works, lieder and arias
Operatic fragments between die Entführung
Le nozze di Figaro
Between di Figaro and Don Giovanni
Mozart in Prague
Don Giovanni
The period of the three great symphonies
Visit to north Germany
Così fan tutte
Increasing hardship and work
Instrumental and vocal works of the final two years
La clemenza di Tito
Die Zauberflöte
Illness and death
The Requiem
Beyond the grave.
W.A. Mozart by Hermann Abert. ISBN 9780300072235. Published by Yale University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.