List of Illustrations          ix
List of Music Examples          xi
Acknowledgments          xv

Introduction          3

Part 1 - A BIOGRAPHY OF JOSEF MYSLIVECVEK

 1     “A Noble Impulse”: The Early Years in Prague          11
 2     Il boemo italianizzato: Life, 1763–68          29
 3     “Fame and Honors”: Life, 1768–76          49
 4     Il boemo traditore: A Trip to Munich and  the Break with the Mozarts, 1776–78          69
 5     Il boemo mortale: Final Decline, 1778–81          87

Part 2 - THE MUSIC OF JOSEF MYSLIVECVEK

 6     “An Extraordinary Style of Expression”          105
 7     Tales of Long Ago and Far Away: Myslivecvek’s Operas          127
 8     In the Shadow of Opera Seria: Myslivecvek’s Oratorios, Cantatas, and Miscellaneous  Vocal Works          171      
 9     The Grand Instrumental Style: Symphonies, Overtures, and Concertos          185
10     Musical Morsels: Myslivecvek’s Chamber and Keyboard Works          211

Part 3 - MYSLIVECVEK AND MOZART

11     A Special Relationship          225

Part 4 - CATALOGS OF MYSLIVECVEK’S INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC

     Organization of Catalogs          259
     Catalog 1: Sources of Myslivecvek’s Instrumental Music          281
     Catalog 2: Sources of Myslivecvek’s Vocal Music          321

Appendices
     Appendix 1: Two Seminal Biographical Sketches          383
     Appendix 2: Documents          399

Select Bibliography          409
Index          415