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K for Kschel
Thomas Edmund Konrad
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Description for K for Kschel
Hardback. This work traces Kochel's life and professional career. It aims to introduce the general music lover to Kochel and to demonstrate that his achievements in musicology are worthy of recognition, with or without his extensive Mozart collection. This volume is an English expansion upon Konrad's earlier work on Kochel's life. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; 3JH; AVA; AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
A former tutor to the aristocracy and knight of the Austrian Empire, Köchel set out in 1851 to locate, collate, authenticate and place in chronological order all of Mozart's existing compositions. The Köchel Register, the result of eleven years of research and compilation, became the backbone of Mozart scholarship. He similarly assembled works by other noted Austrian composers and lectured extensively on music and other subjects. Tracing Köchel's life and professional career, this work aims to introduce the general music lover to Köchel and to demonstrate that his achievements in musicology and other fields are worthy of recognition, with or ... Read more
A former tutor to the aristocracy and knight of the Austrian Empire, Köchel set out in 1851 to locate, collate, authenticate and place in chronological order all of Mozart's existing compositions. The Köchel Register, the result of eleven years of research and compilation, became the backbone of Mozart scholarship. He similarly assembled works by other noted Austrian composers and lectured extensively on music and other subjects. Tracing Köchel's life and professional career, this work aims to introduce the general music lover to Köchel and to demonstrate that his achievements in musicology and other fields are worthy of recognition, with or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810839397
SKU
V9780810839397
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About Thomas Edmund Konrad
Thomas Edmund Konrad is a former staff journalist of the German language Budapest weekly Freies Leben and the Romanian daily Neuer Weg. An avid writer, Konrad continues to serve as a London correspondent for the Neuer Pester Lloyd.
Reviews for K for Kschel
The work is recommended for music libraries, general humanities programs, and undergraduates.
Music Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2005)
...unique and interesting....Konrad has done admirable work in bringing the obscure details of Köchel's life to light, and he thoroughly documents the creation of the Mozart catalog and Köchel's other work as educator, botanist, and mineralogist....a good ... Read more
Music Reference Services Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2005)
...unique and interesting....Konrad has done admirable work in bringing the obscure details of Köchel's life to light, and he thoroughly documents the creation of the Mozart catalog and Köchel's other work as educator, botanist, and mineralogist....a good ... Read more