Nineteenth-Century Piano Music

by R. Larry Todd (Editor)

The piano was the musical instrument of choice in the nineteenth century, emerging as a symbol of respectability, domesticity, and sentimentality. Yet as familiar as the nineteenth-century piano repertoire has become, recent scholarship has brought a new and exciting complexity to our understanding of the music. The book examines the current critical approaches to the scholarly reexamination of 19th-century solo piano music, focusing on the representative works of eight major composers. There are numerous musical examples throughout the book. · The piano & the 19th century – Leon Plantinga · Orthodoxies, paradoxes, & Performance practices in 19th century piano music – Robert Winter · Beethoven – William Kinderman · The piano works of Schubert – Eva Badura-Skoda · In defense of Weber – Michael Tusa · Piano music the case of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – R. Larry Todd · Hearing Chopin & nationalism – Jeffrey Kallberg · Schumann & the from butterflies to Hausmusik – Anthony Newcomb · from classical to modern – Walter Frisch · Expressive resonance in Liszt’s piano music – Dolores Pesce

Genres: Music

426 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Richard Pohl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could include more interpretative topics and articles concerning wider area of music (like Czech and Russian ones, etc...), but still a valuable and useful book for any piano performer and scholar.