Liszt: Sonata in B Minor Paperback / softback
by Kenneth (University of Birmingham) Hamilton
Part of the Cambridge Music Handbooks series
Paperback / softback
Description
Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music.
This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output.
In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps.
The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:108 pages, 10 Printed music items; 1 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521469630
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:108 pages, 10 Printed music items; 1 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/08/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521469630
