This course will examine Mozart’s precociousness, his impressive assimilation of Italianate and Germanic styles, and his relationship to the turbulent social transitions of his time.
This course will examine Mozart’s precociousness, his impressive assimilation of Italianate and Germanic styles, and his relationship to the turbulent social transitions of his time.
Divided between biographic study and music analysis, the course will discuss seminal masterworks including the operas Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, the piano concertos, and the Jupiter Symphony. Music literacy is not required.