The New Criterion
America’s leading review of the arts and intellectual life
- Harry Mount, the London Telegraph
FeaturesOctober 2007 Mozart's Linnaeus On Ludwig Alois Friedrich von Köchel, compiler of the Köchelverzeichnis. In 1801, some ten years after Mozart’s death, The Magic Flute was performed in Paris as Les Mystères d’Isis (The Mysteries of Isis). It bore little resemblance to the Flute we know today: it was spiced up with arrangements of arias and ensemble pieces from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and, for good measure, bits of a Haydn symphony. Far from being shunned by a critical and discerning public, Les Mystères was wildly successful, so much so that a quarter century passed before Parisian audiences got to hear the real thing. Across the Channel, The Abduction from the Seraglio and other Mozart operas fared little better in high-spirited mutilations by conductor-impresarios like Sir Henry Bishop. Despite outraged shrieks from the likes of Berlioz, musical vivisection was popular during much of the early nineteenth century; Mozart, revered as he was, was no e ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 26 October 2007, on page 16 Copyright © 2009 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Mozart-s-Linnaeus-3635
rate this article for your user profile
E-mail to friend
|
A review of The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art by Tim Blanning. Russia before the mirror: reflections on 1989 On the realities of cultural transformation in Russia.  The New Criterion is now optimized for Mobile Devices 
New from The New Criterion: "Free speech in
EventsNovember 09 2009 YOUNG FRIENDS: Tour of an important contemporary art collection November 24 2009 OPEN EVENT: Laura Jacobs reading December 02 2009 Friends Event: The Swallow Anthology Reading Webcasts
New Criterion-Social Affairs Unit Conference: Part 4
New Criterion-Social Affairs Unit Conference: Part 3
New Criterion-Social Affairs Unit Conference: Part 2 Weblog 
|
add a comment
you must have an account to post a comment. {register now}