Zaslaw's early work dealt with
performance practice, especially tempo and ornamentation with respect to French and Italian styles. Zaslaw has done extended work on the works of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including a landmark 1989 work on his symphonies. In 1993, he was named the principal editor of the revised
Köchel catalogue.
Works
Zaslaw, Neal (1994) "Mozart as a working stiff," in James M. Morris, ed., On Mozart, Cambridge University Press. An influential assertion of the practicality of Mozart's motivations in composition, attacking older conceptions as romanticized and unrealistic. Available on line:
[1].
Books
Materials for the Life and Works of Jean-Marie Leclair L’ainé (dissertation, Columbia U., 1970)
with M. Vinquist: Performance Practice: a Bibliography (New York, 1971)
(ed.) Man & Music:/Music in Society: The Classical Era (London, 1989)