Download or read book Mozart: The 'Jupiter' Symphony written by Elaine R. Sisman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to Mozart's last and most celebrated symphony explores the historical background and aesthetic contexts of the work as well as the music itself. The early chapters examine the expectations of the symphony in Mozart's Vienna, Mozart's career in 1788 (the year of the three last symphonies), and the changing reception of the "Jupiter" over the subsequent two hundred years. A separate chapter is devoted to each movement of the symphony with musical discussion illuminated by a broad array of topics.