MUSIC AND DRAMA IN THE 'OPERA BUFFA' FINALE: MOZART AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES IN VIENNA, 1781-1790 (AUSTRIA)

John Platoff

This study examines the conventions of organization and style in the finales of opere buffe written for Vienna in the 1780s, with a focus on contemporaries of Mozart such as Paisiello, Salieri, Dittersdorf, and Martin y Soler, as well as on Mozart himself. The innovation of the buffo finale in the l