The Chaconne Bass as a Musical Topos in Mozart's Fantasia Music
Description:
This thesis provides evidence that a particular "topos" from the high Baroque's exalted style, the so-called chaconne bass, made a profound impact on a considerable body of Mozart's compositions from the last ten years of his life in Vienna. After identifying the topos in the first chapter, a detailed study in chapter two shows how Mozart's faith in the extraordinary emotional power carried by this topos was enough for him to work it into all of the completed keyboard fantasias. Chapter three i…
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Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Spicer, Mark Stuart
Partner:
UNT Libraries