The Liszt Sonata Compendium

The Liszt Sonata Compendium

Author: Gerard Bede Carter

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780980544138

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Melody-delaying, melody-anticipation, arpeggiata, rubato, air pauses and accelerando; disc and roll recordings showing the use of nineteenth century piano interpretative devices; survey of 100 recorded pianists born before 1900 and their use of melody-delaying and arpeggiata; analysis of the results of the survey; conebound illustrated.


Reading Franz Liszt

Reading Franz Liszt

Author: Paul Roberts

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-05-15

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1538143356

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A look beyond the virtuosity of Romanticism’s piano superstar. Pianist Paul Roberts recasts Franz Liszt as a composer of poetic feeling rather than just a purveyor of technical brilliance. Reading Franz Liszt: Revealing the Poetry behind the Piano Music immerses readers in Liszt’s world through a vivid exploration of his most beloved pieces and the literature that inspired them—from Petrarch’s love poetry to the sensibilities of Byron, Sénancour, Goethe, and others. The origins of artistic inspiration can be obscure. However, for Franz Liszt, literary quotations in his scores provide fascinating insights into the sources of his creative imagination, revealing a breadth of reading that inspired some of the greatest piano music of all time. A knowledge of the writers whom Liszt revered and often quoted at length enriches an understanding and appreciation of his music. Roberts shows how Liszt in his pioneering piano works created a new concept of musical expression comparable to the emotional and dramatic power of the opera and novel. This book leads us into the essence of Liszt’s poetic world, revealing the relevance of his literary inspiration for today’s listeners as well as for performers coming to terms with its expressive demands.


Franz Liszt and His World

Franz Liszt and His World

Author: Christopher H. Gibbs

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2010-08-29

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1400828619

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No nineteenth-century composer had more diverse ties to his contemporary world than Franz Liszt (1811-1886). At various points in his life he made his home in Vienna, Paris, Weimar, Rome, and Budapest. In his roles as keyboard virtuoso, conductor, master teacher, and abbé, he reinvented the concert experience, advanced a progressive agenda for symphonic and dramatic music, rethought the possibilities of church music and the oratorio, and transmitted the foundations of modern pianism. The essays brought together in Franz Liszt and His World advance our understanding of the composer with fresh perspectives and an emphasis on historical contexts. Rainer Kleinertz examines Wagner's enthusiasm for Liszt's symphonic poem Orpheus; Christopher Gibbs discusses Liszt's pathbreaking Viennese concerts of 1838; Dana Gooley assesses Liszt against the backdrop of antivirtuosity polemics; Ryan Minor investigates two cantatas written in honor of Beethoven; Anna Celenza offers new insights about Liszt's experience of Italy; Susan Youens shows how Liszt's songs engage with the modernity of Heinrich Heine's poems; James Deaville looks at how publishers sustained Liszt's popularity; and Leon Botstein explores Liszt's role in the transformation of nineteenth-century preoccupations regarding religion, the nation, and art. Franz Liszt and His World also includes key biographical and critical documents from Liszt's lifetime, which open new windows on how Liszt was viewed by his contemporaries and how he wished to be viewed by posterity. Introductions to and commentaries on these documents are provided by Peter Bloom, José Bowen, James Deaville, Allan Keiler, Rainer Kleinertz, Ralph Locke, Rena Charnin Mueller, and Benjamin Walton.


Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

Author: Kenneth Hamilton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-08-28

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780521469630

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Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.


The Music of Liszt

The Music of Liszt

Author: Humphrey Searle

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-12-30

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486786404

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The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.


The Library of Piano Classics: Book 2

The Library of Piano Classics: Book 2

Author: Wise Publications

Publisher: Wise Publications

Published: 1997-11-07

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1783230940

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The Library Of Piano Classics returns with another folio containing some of the world's most beloved music that was missed out from the first book. This means another 100 masterpieces by great composers from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century. True to the spirit of the composers, this volume is a tribute to their genius. It answers the vital needs of the student, teacher and today's audience, all of whom inherited this precious legacy by those in the past who first thrilled at the wonder of hearing this music. Each piece is carefully arranged for intermediate-advanced solo piano, and includes works by the following composers: C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bachh, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Couperain, Debussy, Delibes, Dvorak, Godard, Gluck, Gottschalk, Grieg, Handel, haydn, Hummel, Joplin, Lange, Lehár, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nevin, Offenbach, Ponchielli, Prokofiev, Purcell, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Saint-saëns, Satie, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Waldteuful, Weber and Yradier.


The Big Book of Classical Music (Songbook)

The Big Book of Classical Music (Songbook)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1999-08-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1476840555

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(Piano Solo Songbook). All your favorite piano masterpieces in one convenient collection! This book features piano solo arrangements of 100 classics by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Faure, Franck, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Wagner, and more!


The Wagner Compendium: A Guide To Wagner's Life and Music

The Wagner Compendium: A Guide To Wagner's Life and Music

Author: Barry Millington

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Published: 2001-07-17

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 0500770999

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The unrivaled single-volume survey of Wagner's life and work Edited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from seventeen experts from around the world, The Wagner Compendium is the key to a complete understanding of the composer— the most comprehensive, informative and well-organized guide to his life and times. Features include: calendar of Wagner's life, works and related events who's who of Wagner's contemporaries details of historical, intellectual and musical background exploration of Wagner's character and opinions full list of Wagner's prose writings comprehensive listing and discussion of the works


The Sonata

The Sonata

Author: Thomas Schmidt-Beste

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0521762545

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An introductory survey of the most enduring and popular genre of instrumental music, perfect for students, teachers and performers.