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Fortepianos and Their Music

Author : Katalin Komlós
Publisher : Oxford Monographs on Music
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Fortepianos and Their Music written by Katalin Komlós and published by Oxford Monographs on Music. This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteenth-century pianos shaped and influenced the music that was written for them. However, although organological studies probe the instrument in ever more detail, and musical criticism focuses increasingly on the musical repertoire, the relationship between the two has not been properly examined. This book concentrates on the keyboard writing of the last third of the eighteenth century, as inspired by the fundamentally different constructions of the German/Viennese and the English pianoforte. The highly articulated languages of Mozart and his Viennese contemporaries, and the more robust, pre-romantic style of Duzzek and his London colleagues reflect the very characteristics of these respective instruments. Beyond the scrutiny of the music, attention is given also to the players. The differentiation between professionals and amateurs is addressed, and contemporary sources help provide a description of late eighteenth-century performing styles; such a survey offers new insight into the living art of the pianoforte during a most important period in its history.

The Cambridge Companion to Mozart

Author : Simon P. Keefe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521001922
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Mozart written by Simon P. Keefe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

The Rise of the Piano

Author : George Barth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Piano written by George Barth and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lost Pianos of Siberia

Author : Sophy Roberts
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802149308
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Pianos of Siberia written by Sophy Roberts and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux

Pianos and Their Makers

Author : Alfred Dolge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pianos and Their Makers written by Alfred Dolge and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of stringed keyboard instruments, focusing on the nineteenth-century piano, its designers, and manufacturers.

The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons

Author : Eva Badura-Skoda
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253022649
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Eighteenth-Century Fortepiano Grand and Its Patrons written by Eva Badura-Skoda and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Badura-Skoda addresses the place of the piano in the eighteenth century from the perspective of a scholar and performer” (Eighteenth-Century Music). In the late seventeenth century, Italian musician and inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori developed a new musical instrument—his cembalo che fa il piano e forte, which allowed keyboard players flexible dynamic gradation. This innovation, which came to be known as the hammer-harpsichord or fortepiano grand, was slow to catch on in musical circles. However, as renowned piano historian Eva Badura-Skoda demonstrates, the instrument inspired new keyboard techniques and performance practices and was eagerly adopted by virtuosos of the age, including Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Presenting a rich array of archival evidence, Badura-Skoda traces the construction and use of the fortepiano grand across the musical cultures of eighteenth-century Europe, providing a valuable resource for music historians, organologists, and performers. “Badura-Skoda has written a remarkable volume, the result of a lifetime of scholarly research and investigation. . . . Essential.” —Choice

Pianos and Their Makers

Author : Alfred Dolge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pianos and Their Makers written by Alfred Dolge and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Music of J. S. Bach

Author : David Schulenberg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803210516
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Music of J. S. Bach written by David Schulenberg and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains contributions by nine scholars on two broad themes: the analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach?s orchestral works, especially his concertos, and the interpretation and performance of his music in general. The contributors are a diverse group, active in the fields of performance, organology, music theory, and music history. Several work in more than one of these areas, making them particularly well prepared to write on the interdisciplinary themes of the volume. ø Part 1 includes Alfred Mann?s introduction to Bach?s orchestral music as well as essays by Gregory G. Butler and Jeanne Swack on the Brandenburg Concertos. Part 2 offers ground-breaking articles by John Koster and Mary Oleskiewicz on the harpsichords and flutes of Bach?s day as well as essays by David Schulenberg and William Renwick on keyboard performance practice and the study of fugue in Bach?s circle. Paul Walker explores the relationships between rhetoric and fugue, and John Butt reviews some recent trends in Bach performance.

Discoveries from the Fortepiano

Author : Donna Louise Gunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199396647
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Discoveries from the Fortepiano written by Donna Louise Gunn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discoveries from the Fortepiano meets the demand for a manual on authentic Classical piano performance practice that is at once accessible to the performer and accurate to the scholarship. Uncovering a wide range of eighteenth-century primary sources, noted keyboard pedagogue Donna Gunn examines contemporary philosophical beliefs and principles surrounding Classical Era performance practices. Remarkably researched and engagingly written, Discoveries from the Fortepiano is an indispensable aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of Classical works.

Men, Women and Pianos

Author : Arthur Loesser
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486171612
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Men, Women and Pianos written by Arthur Loesser and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Company of Pianos

Author : Richard Burnett
Publisher : Third Millennium Information Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781903942352
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Company of Pianos written by Richard Burnett and published by Third Millennium Information Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Burnett traces the development of the piano from its origins to the present day, using instruments from his internationally known collection, at the Finchcocks Museum in Kent, England, as the inspiration and navigational means for his story.

Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

Author : Anthony R. DelDonna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108804942
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Instrumental Music in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples written by Anthony R. DelDonna and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The music of early modern Naples and its renowned artistic traditions remain a fruitful area for scholars in eighteenth-century studies. Contemporary social, political, and artistic conditions had stimulated a significant growth of music, musicians and culture in the Kingdom of Naples from the beginning of the seventeenth century. Although eighteenth-century Neapolitan opera is well documented in scholarship, historians have paid much less attention to the simultaneous cultivation of instrumental genres. Yet the culture of instrumental music grew steadily and by its end became an exclusive area of focus for the royal court, a remarkable departure from past norms of patronage. By bridging this gap, Anthony R. DelDonna brings together diverse fields, including historical musicology, music theory, Neapolitan and European history. His book investigates the wide-ranging role of instrumental genres within late eighteenth-century Neapolitan culture and introduces readers to new material, including recently discovered instrumental works of Paisiello, Cimarosa and Pleyel.

The Pianoforte in the Classical Era

Author : Michael Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Pianoforte in the Classical Era written by Michael Cole and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the progress of the piano and related instruments during the lifetimes of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. Wherever possible the author returns to the original sources--a wide variety of previously unreported documents, as well as surviving instruments--to reconstruct the history of the pianoforte that radically departs from earlier theories of many of the most fundamental issues. A wide range of instruments, each carefully described, is placed in a precise chronological and cultural setting. New insights are offered into the parameters that governed the performance of keyboard music in the Classical Era.

Music for More than One Piano

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253113061
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Music for More than One Piano written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback! Music for More than One Piano An Annotated Guide Maurice Hinson When one piano is simply not enough. "Maurice Hinson's [Music for More than One Piano] ought not only to stand in the bookshelf for reference, but as a true dictionary in the best sense, it should mainly be read for pleasure and enlightenment." -- Konrad Wolff In an alphabetic listing by composer, this guide describes works for two or more keyboard instruments composed mainly since 1700. The range of combinations is considerable: works for two, three, four, or more pianos; for two or more pianos with other instruments, voice, or tape; for piano and harpsichord; for two player pianos; and for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart. There are compositions to be performed on two pianos by one, two, three, and four players, as well as one work for two players, two left hands. Maurice Hinson's remarks about the style, the performance problems, and the history of specific pieces are, as ever, insightful and delightful. A treasure map for teachers, students, and performers! Maurice Hinson, Senior Professor Emeritus of Piano at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, was founding editor of the Journal of the American Liszt Society and is a contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of American Music. He is known for his many articles, videos, and lecture recitals, especially those on early American piano music. He is author of several books on piano literature, including the indispensable Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, 3rd edition (Indiana University Press). March 2001 (cloth 1983)256 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4paper 0-253-21457-2 $22.95 s / £17.50

The Fortepiano Writings of Streicher, Dieudonné, and the Schiedmayers

Author : Preethi De Silva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Fortepiano Writings of Streicher, Dieudonné, and the Schiedmayers written by Preethi De Silva and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortepiano Writings of Streicher, Dieudonne, and the Schiedmayers : Two Manuals and a Notebook, Translated from the Original German, with Commentary

Pianos and Their Makers

Author : Alfred Dolge
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781296510824
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Pianos and Their Makers written by Alfred Dolge and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-century Vienna

Author : C. R. F. Maunder
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198166375
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Keyboard Instruments in Eighteenth-century Vienna written by C. R. F. Maunder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although eighteenth-century Viennese keyboard music, especially by such composers as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, is among the most popular ever written, there has been surprisingly little serious research into the instruments for which it was composed. This book fills that gap. Based on evidence from primary source material, much of it previously undiscovered or neglected, Maunder traces the history and development of the various keyboard instruments available in Vienna throughout the eighteenth century--harpsichords, clavichords, and pianos--and their use by composers and performers.