Mozart, genius, and the possibilities of art

Introduction. The genius and democracy, part I

Part I. History. An eschatology of influence; or, an Indigenous Mozart at the threshold of Romanticism

Genius in the marketplace

Part II. Art and biography. Mozart and genius in early Romantic biography and art criticism

The two faces of genius in early Mozart reception

Part III. Science. Mozart among the scientists; or, parascience and positivism in Mozart reception

Kant on genius and science

Part IV. Criticism and interpretation. The excluded subject in recent music criticism

The kaleidoscope and the quintet : on individual talent and general style in Mozart

Afterword. The genius and democracy, part II