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Opus ultimum : the story of the Mozart Requiem /

The haunting beauty of Mozart's Requiem and the tragic circumstances surrounding its composition have made it a favorite among performers and listeners alike. But how much of it is actually Mozart's -- and how do we know? Who wrote the missing pieces? What role did his wife Constanze play...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leeson, Daniel N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : The romance of Mozart's Requiem
  • The very beginning
  • Two memorials for a tragic event
  • Introducing the pivotal character
  • Events become controlled
  • Selecting the completer
  • Süssmayr and Constanze's constancy
  • Defining "incomplete"
  • First dimension
  • First dimension : Kyrie
  • First dimension : Dies irae to Hostias
  • Second dimension
  • Süssmayr a plagiarist?
  • Amanuensis
  • Scraps of paper
  • Too good for Süssmayr
  • Tune duplication
  • The lesser talent
  • Brussels desecration
  • Third dimension
  • The Requiem is completed
  • Ends and means
  • Count Walsegg's story
  • Scandal!
  • The manuscript is reassembled
  • A festival of misfortunes and death
  • Contemporary Süssmayrs
  • In the Requiem's healing embrace
  • Epilogue : a fiction story.