A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas: Complete Analyses

by Donald Francis Tovey

Professor Sir Donald Tovey's celebrated "bar-by-bar analysis of Beethoven's 32 Pianoforte Sonatas" remains a key text for pianists, students, scholars and music lovers. This book contains a summary of the author's analytical approach before each sonata is dealt with in detail.

Genres: Music

301 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

British musical analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer and pianist. He is best known for his Essays in Musical Analysis.

He took classical honors with his B.A. at Oxford in 1898, and became a pianist of the first rank, though he never sought a virtuoso career. From 1914 to 1940 he was Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University.

Reviews

[GONZA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and well written, better read it while listening to the music described.

Interessante e ben scritto, meglio se letto mentre si ascoltano i pezzi citati.