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Prologue: Mozart, 1788 to 1791: an inevitable end or a new beginning?
Imperial appointments: Mozart and Salieri. Time for change ; Prolific under discouraging conditions ; Toward spirited partnership
Explorations outside of Vienna. Traveling again ; Frankfurt, 1790: the self-styled ambassador ; Leipzig and Berlin, 1789 ; Bach circles at home and abroad
Grand ambitions: expanding compositional horizons. A musical announcement ; A garden apartment for a bold start ; The notion of "imperial style"
"Vera opera" and The Magic Flute. What's in a name? ; More than an Egyptian opera ; The language of "grand opera"
"The higher pathetic style of church music" and the Requiem. An auspicious prospect ; A timely commission ; Envisioning a new kind of sacred music
"Composed just not yet written": music never to be heard. A self-assured prodigy ; Work in progress: the fragments ; Windows ajar: fleeting sounds of chamber music ; Epilogue
Appendix: Currency and monetary values.
Imperial appointments: Mozart and Salieri. Time for change ; Prolific under discouraging conditions ; Toward spirited partnership
Explorations outside of Vienna. Traveling again ; Frankfurt, 1790: the self-styled ambassador ; Leipzig and Berlin, 1789 ; Bach circles at home and abroad
Grand ambitions: expanding compositional horizons. A musical announcement ; A garden apartment for a bold start ; The notion of "imperial style"
"Vera opera" and The Magic Flute. What's in a name? ; More than an Egyptian opera ; The language of "grand opera"
"The higher pathetic style of church music" and the Requiem. An auspicious prospect ; A timely commission ; Envisioning a new kind of sacred music
"Composed just not yet written": music never to be heard. A self-assured prodigy ; Work in progress: the fragments ; Windows ajar: fleeting sounds of chamber music ; Epilogue
Appendix: Currency and monetary values.