Mozart -- Selected Intermediate to Early Advanced Piano Sonata Movements

Mozart -- Selected Intermediate to Early Advanced Piano Sonata Movements

Author: Maurice Hinson

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780739030530

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Musicians have long treasured the Mozart sonatas for their symmetry and perfection. This volume presents single movements as well as complete sonatas (K. 282, 283, 545 and 570) for study by the advancing pianist. The sonatas provide ample opportunity for developing control, technical facility, a singing style, and balance and voicing. The preface gives Dr. Hinson's helpful suggestions on pedaling, ornamentation, articulation and dynamics, as well as a suggested order of study. Careful editing allows the teacher and student to make informed choices in interpreting these masterpieces.


Sonatas for Pianoforte

Sonatas for Pianoforte

Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Publisher:

Published: 1982-08-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781854722003

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Beethoven's Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, edited by Harold Craxton, are published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.


The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas

The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas

Author: Barry Cooper

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 131703709X

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Beethoven’s piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire and favourites of both the concert hall and recording studio. The sonatas have been the subject of much scholarship, but no single study gives an adequate account of the processes by which these sonatas were composed and published. With source materials such as sketches and correspondence increasingly available, the time is ripe for a close study of the history of these works. Barry Cooper, who in 2007 produced a new edition of all 35 sonatas, including three that are often overlooked, examines each sonata in turn, addressing questions such as: Why were they written? Why did they turn out as they did? How did they come into being and how did they reach their final form? Drawing on the composer’s sketches, autograph scores and early printed editions, as well as contextual material such as correspondence, Cooper explores the links between the notes and symbols found in the musical texts of the sonatas, and the environment that brought them about. The result is a biography not of the composer, but of the works themselves.


Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics

Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics

Author: Bergerac

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0486466159

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Eighty-three popular piano classics arranged for the beginning student are accompanied by a short history of each piece and advice on playing each arrangement.5NjBwBT


Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and Other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31

Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and Other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31

Author: Timothy Jones

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-10-21

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780521598590

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Even in Beethoven's day the 'Moonlight' Sonata was a popular favourite. This 1999 book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The 'Moonlight' and 'The Tempest'), aimed at pianists, students, and music lovers. It begins with the works' historical background - the emergence of a 'piano culture' at the end of the eighteenth century, Beethoven's aristocratic milieu in Vienna, and his oft-quoted intention to follow a new compositional path. An account of the sonatas' genesis is followed by a discussion of their reception history, including a survey of changing performing styles since the mid-nineteenth century. The concept of the Sonata quasi una Fantasia is examined in relation to the cult of artistic sensibility in early-nineteenth-century Vienna. The study concludes with a critical introduction to each sonata.