Kailem Winter

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Bibliographical Exercise
MUSI:130

Angermuller, R. (1988). Mozart’s Operas. 1st ed. Rizzoli International Publications,

p.137.

Brown-Montesano, K. (2007). Understanding the Women of Mozart’s Operas. 1st

ed. Univ of California Press, p.207.

Geiringer, K. and Geiringer, I. (1982). Haydn : a creative life in music. 3Rd. Rev. And
Enl. Ed. -- Berkeley: University Of California Press, pp.90–92.

Mann, W. (1986). The Operas of Mozart. Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, pp.366 (in
chapter ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2007). Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’. NPR. [online] 13

Jul. Available at: https://www.npr.org/2007/07/13/11886151/mozarts-the-marriage-
of-figaro.

Otto Erich Deutsch (1966). Mozart : a documentary biography. 1st ed. Stanford:
Stanford University Press, pp.273–274. An English translation.

Rosen, C. (1998). The Classical Style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. New York: W.W.
Norton & Company, p.182.

Schwarm, B. (2013). The Marriage of Figaro - Act II | Britannica. [online]

www.britannica.com. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Marriage-of-
Figaro-opera-by-Mozart/Act-II [Accessed 12 Nov. 2022].

Thomas, H. (2006). Beaumarchais in Seville. 1st ed. Yale University Press, p.143.

Wilson, B.E., Deutsch, O.E., Blom, E., Branscombe, P. and Noble, J. (1966). Mozart:
A Documentary Biography. Notes, [online] 23(1), p.41. doi:10.2307/895140 p.281.
From reading all articles listed below, Rifikins and Marshall's disagreement is centred around
the amount of parts in a choir? Rifikin appears to have a more traditional view than Marshall.
Rifkin seems to prefer Bach’s chorus with ripienists and Marshall the opposite.

I believe they both are arguing about whether Bach wanted to give each singer another
part?

To close this small piece of writing I’d like to state. Trying to care about two opposing
opinions when the subject matter is one of which, I personally find boring and unstimulating,
is Incredibly difficult.

This exercise has allowed me to rethink my decisions in choosing this course. I also regret to
inform you that I do not look forward to our next assignment with MUSI:130.

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Reference List:

Marshall, R.L. (1983). Bach’s Chorus. A Preliminary Reply to Joshua Rifkin. The
Musical Times, 124(1679), p.19. doi:10.2307/963884.

Rifkin, J. (1982). Bach’s Chorus: A Preliminary Report. The Musical Times,

123(1677), p.747. doi:10.2307/961592.

Rifkin, J. (1983). Bach’s Chorus. A Response to Robert Marshall. The Musical

Times, 124(1681), p.161. doi:10.2307/963824.