Studies of 18th century music

Katalin Komlós, an internationally renowned expert in 18th century music and an active piano player, a legendary music theory teacher at the Academy of Music, selected twenty studies in musicology for the volume. The writings, which have been published in independent and partly domestic journals and for the first time in independent volumes, are organized around the figures of the three most important composers of the decades around the French Revolution, CPE Bach, Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. are discussed as more specialized, music theory, or analytical topics. It is clear from the writings that for the author, music can only be imagined as a complex unit of theory and practice. Katalin Komlós, the practicing musician, inspires Katalin Komlós, the musicologist, with exciting thoughts, and vice versa. In his case, moreover, all this is coupled with elementary teacher warmth, and truly significant teachers learn throughout their lives. In Mozart’s carefully marked scores, he writes the instructions in the performer’s study of Mozart, and his thoughts on music and musical interpretation are revealed to us in infinite richness in his letters to volume. Everything is at our disposal: we can still be true disciples of Mozart today. If there is anyone who has really taken advantage of this opportunity, Katalin Komlós, through the volume, has given all readers the opportunity to gain insight into the enchanting world of 18th-century music through one of Mozart, Haydn and CPE Bach’s best students, Katalin Komlós.