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Mozart's Cos fan tutte: A Compositional History,Used
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WINNER of the Mozart Society of America 'Marjorie Weston Emerson Award' for 2008 This study proposes a hypothesis to account for some of the opera's longstanding 'problems'. It suggests that Mozart considered the idea that thepairings in Act II should not be crossed: that each of the two disguised officers should seek to seduce his own woman. Although this alternative plot structure was rejected, signs of it may remain in the final score, in the uneasy coexistence of dramatic duplicity and musical sincerity, and in the ending, in which the easy restitution of the original couples seems not to take account of the new passions that have been aroused. Evidence that several of the singers were recast is also presented.In addition to these radically new ideas about the conceptual genesis of Cos, the book also provides a full account of the work's compositional history, based on early Viennese and Bohemian copies. Four different versions are identified, including a significant revision in which Mozart removed the Act II finale canon. The composer's probable involvement in the 1791 Prague production is also discussed.IAN WOODFIELD is Professor of Historical Musicology, School of Music and Sonic Arts, Queen's University Belfast.Table of ContentsIntroductionThe AutographSingers and their AriasRefining the Musical TextCasting the RolesLovers Crossed or UncrossedThe Vienna Court Theatre ScoreEarly Manuscript Scores and PartsMozart's Revised Vienna VersionEarly Italian Language PerformancesConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex
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