From Publishers Weekly
Harris introduces readers to Mozart, writing colorfully about the composer's life and explicating some of his best known works.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
As the title suggests, this is a guide to the music of Mozart for the uninitiated. Harris, who has created music appreciation programs for CBS radio, offers an easy-going and infectiously enthusiastic text. But there are two serious flaws: first, the book is replete with the worst sort of popularizing and mythicization (e.g., an interval of a major third expresses "confidence and joy"; "in the Romantic era meter was seen as a hindrance to . . . deep emotion"; "for many composers after Mozart, form was not that important"). Second, even the most ardent novice might be discouraged by the formidable amount of space devoted to technical analysis. Harris deserves credit for trying to communicate his love for the subject and for introducing musical analysis at an introductory study, but the work's gross simplifications foster inaccurate and fanciful notions, and the target audience might be put off by the long stretches of often arguable analysis.- Daniel Fermon, Museum of Modern Art Lib., New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
What to Listen for in Mozart
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