An analysis of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto - of supreme importance as the composer's last instrumental work.

Full Score. 64 pages. Edited by Jonathan Cohler. This Cohler Signature Edition is the first to combine the latest musicological research with detailed period-appropriate performance markings, including dynamics, bowings, fingerings, tempi, musical indications, measure numbers, and rehearsal letters. Also includes fully notated ornamentations and eingangs. The companion CD, Cohler plays and conducts Mozart, is available from Ongaku Records (024-127). The detailed and extensively sourced preface illuminates the history of this seminal work.

The vibrant intellectual, social and political climate of mid eighteenth-century Europe presented opportunities and challenges for artists and musicians alike. This book focuses on Mozart the man and musician as he responds to different aspects of that world. It reveals his views on music, aesthetics and other matters; on places in Austria and across Europe that shaped his life; on career contexts and environments, including patronage, activities as an impresario, publishing, theatrical culture and financial matters; on engagement with performers and performance, focusing on Mozart's experiences as a practicing musician; and on reception and legacy from his own time through to the present day. Probing diverse Mozartian contexts in a variety of ways, the contributors reflect the vitality of existing scholarship and point towards areas primed for further study. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars of late eighteenth-century music and for Mozart aficionados and music lovers in general.