Herbert Westerby

The History of Pianoforte Music (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times. The book begins with a discussion of sixteenth-century English composers for the virginal. Special emphasis is given to works of the Romantic period and to national styles of piano music such as those of Chopin and the Polish school, Liszt and Magyar music, and Cesar Franck and music of The Netherlands. The book provides a bibliography and lists of major collective editions, publishers of piano music throughout the world, and journals for pianists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040252239
• Artikelnr.: 72278341

Autorenporträt

Herbert Westerby was a renowned pianist and musicologist.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Music of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1. The Story of
Pianoforte Music 2. English Composers for the Virginal 3. The Old
Harpsichord Suites 4. French Clavecin Music 5: Harpsichord and Clavichord
Technique 6. The Polyphonic Style and the Evolution of the Fugue 7. Italian
'Cembalo' Music 8. Later English Harpsichord Composers - Purcell and Arne
9. Early German School 10. Handel and Bach 11. The Technique of the
Polyphonic Period Part 2: The Music of the Pianoforte - The Classic Period
1. The Advent of the Modern Pianoforte 2. The Evolution of the Sonata 3.
Development of the Modern Sonata 4. Haydn and Mozart 5. Clementi, the
'Father of the Pianoforte'. 6. Modern Pianoforte Technique 7. The Climax of
Formal Music - Beethoven Part 3: The Romantic Period 1. Romanticism in
Music 2. Decay of the Classical School - Hummel and Others 3. The First
Romanticists - Field and Weber 4. The Romantic Movement in Pianoforte Music
- Schubert 5. Classic - Romance: Mendelssohn 6. Reflective and
Characteristic roman - Schuman 7. Characteristic, Impressionist and
Programme Music 8. Lyrical and Poetical Forms 9. Poets of Nature -
Sterndale Bennett 10. Poets of Nature - Stephen Heller 11. Poets of Youth
12. The Reflex of Schumann 13. Johannes Brahms 14. The Bravura Schools and
Henselt 15. Liszt 16. Two Modern Romantics - Rubinstein and Raff 17. Modern
Classicists - Moscheles, Hiller Saint Saëns etc 18. The Modern Contrapuntal
Element - Rheinberger, etc 19. Max Reger 20. Smaller Romantic German
Composers 21. The Sonata Since Beethoven 22. The Concerto and the Virtuoso
23. Four-Hand Music and Works for Left Hand 24. Variations for Pianoforte
25. Modern Dance Forms for Pianoforte 26. Transcriptions - Preludes and
Indefinite Forms 27. Salon Music Part 4: Era of National Music 1. National
Music 2. Chopin and the Polish School 3. Magyar Pianoforte Music and the
Rhapsodies of Liszt 4. Music in Bohemia 5. Antonin Dvöák 6. Russian
Pianoforte Music 7. Austrian or South German Composers 8. The French School
of Pianoforte Music 9. Music of the Netherlands - César Franck 10. Swiss
Composers for Pianoforte 11. Spanish and Portuguese Pianoforte Music 12.
Modern Italian Pianoforte Music 13. Scandinavian Pianoforte Music 14. The
Modern British School 15. Pianoforte Music in America 16. A Group of Study
Writers - Classical School 17. The Educational Aspect - Methods and
Technique.