Dance Rhythms in Mozart's Arias Author(s): Wye J. Allanbrook and Wendy Hilton Reviewed work(s): Source: Early Music, Vol. 20, No. 1, Performing Mozart's Music II (Feb., 1992), pp. 142-149 Published by: Oxford University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3127676 . Accessed: 09/11/2011 17:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Oxford University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Early Music. http://www.jstor.org which startsalla breveand prestissimoends up in 2/4 and organizationof time that is at the heartof Mozart'screa- only allegroassai. tive act. To realizeMozart's tempo indicationsas accuratelyas possible in all their subtlety therefore requiresboth a Jean-Pierre Marty, composer, conductor and pianist, is the knowledge of 18th-centurytempo conventions and a Director of the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau. careful examination of every element of the musical He has been working on the question of Mozart's tempo structure. This is one of the performer'smost chal- indications since 1966, and has published The Tempo lenging and stimulatingtasks. Upon his or her success Indications of Mozart (Yale University Press, 1988).