The Mozart Family. Four Lives in Social Context.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context, by Ruth Halliwell, situates Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his kin within the broader currents of late eighteenth-century European society. Halliwell discerns how family dynamics, patronage networks, gendered expectations, and class structures shaped musical careers and creative choices across four generations. Through close biographical reconstruction, the book revises common legends by foregrounding social pressures, economic constraints, and cultural capital as determinative forces. It treats the Mozarts not as solitary geniuses but as actors embedded in institutions—courts, churches, theaters, and studios—whose interdependencies influenced output and reception. The four lives—parents, siblings, and offspring—reveal a web of ambition, collaboration, competition, and adaptation that informs both biography and musical historiography. By reading private domestic contexts alongside public performances and patronage, Halliwell illuminates how social context fashions the trajectory of a composer’s life and legacies. The work thereby contributes to a more nuanced understanding of music history as a field shaped as much by social forces as by aesthetic innovations. It combines rigorous archival research with interpretive synthesis to recalibrate what counts as genius within its social frame.
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The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lake Country Books and More.
Oxford University Press, 1998-04-09. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Cover corners are square; light pressure bends to spine ends. Jacket is glossy with light surface and edge wear; no tears. Very nice copy for personal use. Books that sell for $7 or more ship bubble wrapped and boxed; under $7 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, guter Zustand, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
First edition (1998.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 732 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear and some creasing to the dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on the front free end paper. Interior is clean and tight. "Halliwell's book is a fascinating view into the dynamics of the Mozart family, not just Wolfgang, but his father, Leopold, and sister, Nannerl. It is a mesmerizing character study that delves into why they acted as they did, and thus, why history played out as it did. This book made the Mozarts real." Red spine/White text. Size: 8vo, Books.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, guter Zustand, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Jero Books and Templet Co.
Oxford University Press, 1998. First edition (1998.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 732 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear and some creasing to the dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription on the front free end paper. Interior is clean and tight. "Halliwell's book is a fascinating view into the dynamics of the Mozart family, not just Wolfgang, but his father, Leopold, and sister, Nannerl. It is a mesmerizing character study that delves into why they acted as they did, and thus, why history played out as it did. This book made the Mozarts real." Red spine/White text. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Classical Musician Biographies.
Die Mozartfamilie: Vier Leben im sozialen Kontext von (Hardcover) (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, in Englisch, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, akzeptabler Zustand.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, rockymtntext.
Thanks for viewing our Ebay listing! If you are not satisfied with your order, just contact us and we will address any issue. If you have any specific question about any of our items prior to ordering feel free to ask. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Book Title: The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context, Subject: History & Criticism, Narrative Type: History & Criticism, Publication Year: 1998, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Publication Name: Mozart Family : Four Lives in a Social Context, Item Height: 1.8in, Item Length: 9.3in, Item Width: 6.2in, Item Weight: 46.9 Oz, Number of Pages: 784 Pages.
The Mozart Family Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, guter Zustand.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, True Oak Books LLC.
Oxford University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198163711 . Book contains highlighting from previous owner. Book contains markings and notes from previous owner. Light scuffing to the exterior edge of pages only. Edges of cover boards are lightly worn. Otherwise in great condition. ; 6.2 X 1.8 X 9.3 inches; 732 pages .
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, akzeptabler Zustand.
Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Books.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Clarendon Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, guter Zustand.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bookcase.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. Some light general shelf wear, slightly sunned and rubbed, light stain to closed edges, owner name to ffep, content clean and solid.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context (1998)
ISBN: 9780198163718 bzw. 0198163711, vermutlich in Englisch, Oxford University Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, akzeptabler Zustand.
The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Books.