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Today the classical style is defined by the music of a handful of composers, Haydn and Mozart being the most prominent. As a result, the accomplishments of these masters have all but eclipsed the music of most of their contemporaries. In this book, Sterling Murray examines one of the most talented of this group, Antonio Rosetti. Born around 1750 and trained in Bohemia, Rosetti spent most of his creative life in Germany, where he served as music director to the Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein between 1773 and 1789 and then the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin until his death in 1792. The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister offers the first comprehensive study of Rosetti's life. The events of the composer's biography are unfolded against a vivid picture of musical life at the two small German courts where Rosetti was employed. The second half of the book is devoted to an examination of form and style in Rosetti's music, illustrated with full-score musical examples in the text and on a complementary website. What emerges from this investigation is a portrait of a composer who, having conquered the stylistic language of his day, challenged those conventions to produce imaginative and highly creative works of great beauty. Sterling E. Murray is professor emeritus of the School of Music at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His thematic catalog of Antonio Rosetti's music was published by Harmonie Park Press in 1997.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister
• Subtitle: The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti
• Author: Sterling E. Murray
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 484
• EAN: 9781580464673
• ISBN: 158046467X
• ID: 04822794
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Weight: 875 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. February 2014

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