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W. A. Mozarts Idomeneo und die Tradition der Karnevalsopern in Munchen. By Karl Bohmer. (Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, 39) Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1999. [x, 443 p. ISBN 3-7952-0997-8. DM 124.]
After the Herculean labors of Daniel Heartz and others on behalf of Mozart's Idomeneo, is there really the need or even space for another work on this topic? The question is answered in the affirmative by this Mainz dissertation as it seeks to correct the contention of Heartz, Reinhard Strohm, and Paul Corneilson, among others, that Idomeneo is a "Mannheim" opera despite its having been commissioned for the Munich court for the carnival of 1781. The author ...