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Author: Boris Berman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0300145004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoris Berman draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev's work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer's nine piano sonatas.
Author: Angus Watson
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1843837161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA noted violinist and conductor, Watson is particularly well suited for his chosen task: outlining the historical context and character of more than 50 of the chamber works that Beethoven composed during his years in Vienna. Avoiding the pitfalls of becoming too critical or "academic," the author characterizes each composition in general terms only, and does not discuss changing styles of performance. Instead, Watson provides information on a work's historical background and character, and on the musical points of interest in each movement. He pays special attention to the influence of Beethoven's large-scale compositions on his chamber music, and on the composer's increasing mastery of improvisation. Filling a hole in scholarship on Beethoven's compositions, this book will be greatly appreciated by professional and amateur musicians.
Author: Timothy Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-10-21
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780521598590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven 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.
Author: Glenn Stanley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-05-11
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1107494044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems, Beethoven's professional activities when not composing and his methods as a composer. In the heart of the book, individual chapters are devoted to all the major genres cultivated by Beethoven and to the elements of style and structure that cross all genres. The book concludes by looking at the ways that Beethoven and his music have been interpreted by performers, writers on music, and in the arts, literature, and philosophy. The essays in this volume, written by leading Beethoven specialists, maintain traditional emphases in Beethoven studies while incorporating other developments in musicology and theory.
Author: Ernst Pauer
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 180
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 218
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 1260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Brown
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2019-09-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0253042941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMenahem Pressler is a world-renowned piano soloist, master class teacher, and member of the acclaimed Beaux Arts Trio. In this companion to his first book, Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching, Pressler's former student William Brown brings together Pressler's teachings on an additional 37 piano masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann. With over 200 musical examples and measure-by-measure lessons on masterpieces of the piano repertoire as well as instructions on phrasing, fingering, imagery, dynamic contrasts, pianistic touches, articulation, and practice drills, pianists of all levels will benefit from Pressler's expertise.
Author: Leon Plantinga
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780393046915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccompanied by a booklet of music examples (108 p.: ill.; 21 cm.).
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Published: 1989-07-31
Total Pages: 116
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