The scholar's Scarlatti
Author: Domenico Scarlatti
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13:
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The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
Author: W. Dean Sutcliffe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-08-28
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 1139441094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKW. Dean Sutcliffe investigates one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music: the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. Scarlatti occupies a position of solitary splendour in musical history. The sources of his style are often obscure and his immediate influence is difficult to discern. Further, the lack of hard documentary evidence has hindered musicological activity. Dr Sutcliffe offers not just a thorough reconsideration of the historical factors that have contributed to Scarlatti's position, but also sustained engagement with the music, offering both individual readings and broader commentary of an unprecedented kind. A principal task of this book is to remove the composer from his critical ghetto (however honourable) and redefine his image. In so doing it will reflect on the historiographical difficulties involved in understanding eighteenth-century musical style.
Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti
Author: Roberto Pagano
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781576471081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPagano provides a study of the relationship between composer Alessandro Scarlatti and his son Domenico (also a composer), in the context of seventeenth-century Sicilian culture. He addresses many of the research questions that have persisted in scholarship since Ralph Kirkpatrick's monograph, such as Domenico's role at the Portuguese court, reasons
The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord
Author: Mark Kroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-01-03
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1107156076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers every aspect of the harpsichord and its music, including composers, genres, national styles, tuning, and the art of harpsichord building.
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Author: Ralph Kirkpatrick
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1983-12-21
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780691027081
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A famous harpsichordist's study of the life, times, and works of one of the greatest composers for his instrument."--Cover.
Italian Baroque Masters
Author: Denis Arnold
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1997-07
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780393303605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together.
The Classical Piano Sonata
Author: Michael Davidson (Pianist)
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Davidson - author of the highly acclaimed Mozart and the Pianist - casts new light on some of the most masterly sonatas written for the piano and on the uniqueness of these great compositions and their composers. Excepting the considerable literature on Beethoven, few studies are available which explore the interpretation of this much played repertoire. This study is not only a detailed look at fourteen sonatas; one can also learn more about other works by these composers and about aspects of 'style' - that magical quality which differentiates Haydn from Mozart, Beethoven from Schubert, Liszt from Brahms.
Allusion as Narrative Premise in Brahms's Instrumental Music
Author: Jacquelyn Sholes
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0253033160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho inspired Johannes Brahms in his art of writing music? In this book, Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes provides a fresh look at the ways in which Brahms employed musical references to works of earlier composers in his own instrumental music. By analyzing newly identified allusions alongside previously known musical references in works such as the B-Major Piano Trio, the D-Major Serenade, the First Piano Concerto, and the Fourth Symphony, among others, Sholes demonstrates how a historical reference in one movement of a work seems to resonate meaningfully, musically, and dramatically with material in other movements in ways not previously recognized. She highlights Brahms's ability to weave such references into broad, movement-spanning narratives, arguing that these narratives served as expressive outlets for his complicated, sometimes conflicted, attitudes toward the material to which he alludes. Ultimately, Brahms's music reveals both the inspiration and the burden that established masters such as Domenico Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, and especially Beethoven represented for him as he struggled to emerge with his own artistic voice and to define and secure his unique position in music history.
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Author: Meredith Kirkpatrick
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pianist's Craft
Author: Richard P. Anderson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0810882051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo pianist can experience the full flowering of her art without eventually grappling with those great musical minds who composed specifically for piano. In The Pianist's Craft, Richard Anderson collects from his fellow pianist-scholars 19 articles on the teaching, preparation, and performance of works by the greatest composers in the standard piano repertoire. This collection ranges in subject matter from Inge Rosar's meditation on playing Bach on the modern keyboard to Gary Amato's assessment of Haydn's sonatas, from Christie Skousen's review of tone production in Chopin to GwenolynMok's foray into recreating Ravel's works on an Erard piano, the same used by Ravel himself. Readers will find essays as well on Mozart's piano compositions, Beethoven's sonatas, the influence of Schubert's lieder on his piano works, and works by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bart k, Gershwin, and Crumb. The contributors--all recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions as performing artists, teachers, recording artists, and clinicians--write thoughtfully about the composers whose work they have studied and played for years. Each author addresses issues unique to the individual composer they have chosen to explore, examining questions of phrasing, tempo, articulation, dynamics, rhythm, color, gesture, lyricism, instrumentation, and genre. Valuable insight is provided into teaching, performing, and preparing these great works. In The Pianist's Craft these great artists and teachers answer questions for readers that are otherwise only addressed in conferences, master classes, and private lessons. In this collection of essays, key points of information and instruction are offered with over 200 musical examples included as illustration. The Pianist's Craft is intended for teachers and students of the intermediate and advanced levels of piano, instructors and performers at the university level, and those who love piano and piano music generally.
