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| Preface | |
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| Illustrations | |
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| Searching for Mozart | |
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| Why This Book? Sources, Myths, and a Movie | |
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| What Did Mozart Look Like? | |
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| Was He Called Amadeus? | |
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| Mozart as Craftsman | |
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| Mozart's Family | |
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| Timetable of Eighteenth-Century Events | |
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| The Age of Enlightenment | |
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| A Mozart Chronology | |
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| Childhood and Youth, 1756-1773 | |
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| Life in Salzburg | |
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| Educating Nannerl and Woferl | |
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| The Children's Spare Time | |
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| Raising a Child in the Eighteenth Century: Two Theories | |
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| Why Make These Tours? | |
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| Challenges and Hazards on Tour | |
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| Joys and Triumphs | |
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| Home Again | |
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| Mozart in his Music: Major Forms and How to Listen to them | |
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| Instruments of Mozart's Day | |
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| Mozart and the Piano | |
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| Variation Form | |
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| Twelve Variations for Piano on "Ah, vous dirai-je, maman," K. 265/300e | |
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| Divertimentos, Serenades, Etc. | |
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| Dance Form | |
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| Two Minuets from Divertimento in D Major, K. 131 | |
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| Violin Concertos | |
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| Rondo Form | |
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| Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Major, K. 216, "Strasbourg" | |
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| Symphonies | |
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| Sonata Form | |
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| Symphony in G Minor, K. 183/173dB | |
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| In Search of Employment, 1777-1779 | |
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| Itinerary: Munich, Augsburg, Mannheim, Paris | |
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| Mannheim | |
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| Paris | |
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| A Turning Point | |
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| The "Paris" Symphony | |
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| Symphony in D Major, K. 297/300a, "Paris" | |
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| The Mysterious Paris Piano Sonata | |
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| Piano Sonata in A Minor, K. 310/300d | |
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| Return to Salzburg, 1779-1780 | |
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| New Genre: The Sinfonia Concertante | |
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| Comparing Sonata Form to Concerto First-Movement Form | |
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| Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 364/320d | |
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| Vienna, 1781-1791 | |
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| Mozart's Life in Vienna | |
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| Opera and Singspiel | |
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| Two Operas with Lorenzo da Ponte | |
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| Scenes from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 | |
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| Figaro and Susanna (duettino): "Cinque ... dieci ... venti ..." | |
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| Cherubino (aria): "Non so pi�, cosa son, cosa faccio" | |
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| Figaro (aria): "Non pi� andrai" | |
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| Scenes from Don Giovanni, K. 527 | |
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| Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, and the Commendatore (ensemble): Opening scene of Act I | |
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| Don Giovanni and Zerlina (recitative and dute): "Alfin siam liberati ... L� ci darem la mano" | |
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| Don Giovanni, Leporello, and the Statue of the Commendatore (recitative): "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti" | |
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| Piano Concertos | |
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| Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491 | |
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| Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 482 | |
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| Symphonies | |
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| Symphony in D Major, K. 504, "Prague" | |
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| Symphony in C Major, K. 551, "Jupiter" | |
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| Chamber Music | |
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| String Quartet in C Major, K. 465, "Dissonance" | |
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| Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581 | |
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| Church Music | |
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| Mass in C Major, K. 317 317, "Coronation" | |
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| Mass in C Minor, K. 427/417a (unfinished) | |
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| Mozart and Freemasonry | |
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| Letter to His Father in April 1787 | |
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| The Magic Flute, K. 620 (Die Zauberfl�te) | |
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| Scenes from The Magic Flute | |
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| Queen of Night (recitative and aria): "O zitre nicht ... Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren" | |
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| Tamino, the Three Ladies, and Papageno (quintet): "Hm! hm! hm!" | |
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| Papageno and Papagena (duet): "Pa-Pa-Pa" | |
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| Requiem, K. 626 (unfinished) | |
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| The Final Year, Death, and Burial | |
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| 1791 | |
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| What Did He Die Of? | |
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| Burial | |
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| After December 5, 1791 | |
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| Amadeus | |
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| Background and Context of the Film | |
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| Issues to Think About While viewing Amadeus | |
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| Music on the Amadeus Soundtrack | |
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| Excerpts of Letters from the Childhood Tours, 1762-1773 | |
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| Important People in Mozart's Life | |
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| Building a Portfolio of Recordings | |
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| What Should I Listen to Next? | |
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| Notes for Musical Beginners | |
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| Glossary of Musical Terms | |
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| Select Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Index | |