Understanding Mozarts Piano Sonatas

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317004752
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Mozart's Piano Sonatas written by John Irving and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide selection of contextual situations for Mozart's sonatas, focusing on the variety of ways in which they assume identities and achieve meanings. In particular, the book seeks to establish the provisionality of the sonatas' notated texts, suggesting that the texts are not so much identifiers as possibilities and that their identity resides in the usage. Close attention is paid to reception matters, analytical approaches, organology, the role of autograph manuscripts, early editions and editors, and aspects of historical performance practice - all of which go beyond the texts in opening windows onto Mozart's sonatas. Treating the sonatas collectively as a repertoire, rather than as individual works, the book surveys broad thematic issues such as the role of historical writing about music in defining a generic space for Mozart's sonatas, their construction within pedagogical traditions, the significance of sound as opposed to sight in these works (and in particular their sound on fortepianos of the later eighteenth-century) , and the creative role of the performer in their representation beyond the frame of the text. Drawing together and synthesizing this wealth of material, Irving provides an invaluable reference source for those already familiar with this repertoire.

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317004744
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Mozart's Piano Sonatas written by John Irving and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide selection of contextual situations for Mozart's sonatas, focusing on the variety of ways in which they assume identities and achieve meanings. In particular, the book seeks to establish the provisionality of the sonatas' notated texts, suggesting that the texts are not so much identifiers as possibilities and that their identity resides in the usage. Close attention is paid to reception matters, analytical approaches, organology, the role of autograph manuscripts, early editions and editors, and aspects of historical performance practice - all of which go beyond the texts in opening windows onto Mozart's sonatas. Treating the sonatas collectively as a repertoire, rather than as individual works, the book surveys broad thematic issues such as the role of historical writing about music in defining a generic space for Mozart's sonatas, their construction within pedagogical traditions, the significance of sound as opposed to sight in these works (and in particular their sound on fortepianos of the later eighteenth-century) , and the creative role of the performer in their representation beyond the frame of the text. Drawing together and synthesizing this wealth of material, Irving provides an invaluable reference source for those already familiar with this repertoire.

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521496314
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mozart's Piano Sonatas written by John Irving and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Mozart's piano sonatas, showing them to be a microcosm of the composer's changing style.

Author : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854722003
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonatas for Pianoforte written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by . This book was released on 1982-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beethoven's Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, edited by Harold Craxton, are published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

Author : F. Helena Marks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sonata, Its Form and Meaning as Exemplified in the Piano Sonatas by Mozart written by F. Helena Marks and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover more about the format of the piano sonata, complete with descriptive charts, sample stanzas, scores and detailed analyses, using Mozart's sonatas as a basis.

Author : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457440298
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Intermediate to Early Advanced Piano Sonata Movements written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musicians have long treasured the Mozart sonatas for their symmetry and perfection. This volume presents single movements as well as complete sonatas (K. 282, 283, 545 and 570) for study by the advancing pianist. The sonatas provide ample opportunity for developing control, technical facility, a singing style, and balance and voicing. The preface gives Dr. Hinson's helpful suggestions on pedaling, ornamentation, articulation and dynamics, as well as a suggested order of study. Careful editing allows the teacher and student to make informed choices in interpreting these masterpieces.

Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199880164
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mozart's Piano Music written by William Kinderman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozart's emergence as a mature artist coincides with the rise to prominence of the piano, an instrument that came alive under his fingers and served as medium for many of his finest compositions. In Mozart's Piano Music, William Kinderman reconsiders common assumptions about Mozart's life and art while offering comprehensive and incisive commentary on the solo music and concertos. After placing Mozart's pianistic legacy in its larger biographical and cultural context, Kinderman addresses the lively gestural and structural aspects of Mozart's musical language and explores the nature of his creative process. Incorporating the most recent research throughout this encompassing study, Kinderman expertly surveys each of the major genres of the keyboard music, including the four-hand and two-piano works. Beyond examining issues such as Mozart's earliest childhood compositions, his musical rhetoric and expression, the social context of his Viennese concertos, and affinities between his piano works and operas, Kinderman's main emphasis falls on detailed discussion of selected individual compositions.

Author : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 1457422530
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonata in D Major, K. 311 written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2006-02-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozart's orchestral-inspired Sonata in D Major, K. 311 contains elaborate pianistic treatment and an exciting sonata-rondo finale with a cadenza worthy of one of Mozart's concertos. The flashy third movement is full of many contrasts involving dynamics, mood and texture. Throughout the sonata, the left hand becomes a true partner in all aspects of the composition, and thematic material is spread over different registers of the keyboard.

Author : Eva Badura-Skoda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135868506
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting Mozart written by Eva Badura-Skoda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in German as Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard in 1957, this definitive work on the performance of Mozart's works has greatly influenced students and scholars of keyboard literature and of Mozart. Now, in a completely updated and revised edition, this book includes the last half century of scholarship on Mozart's music, addressing the elements of performance and problems that may occur in performing Mozart's works on modern instruments.

Author : Nancy Faber
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1616779152
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adult Piano Adventures - Classics, Book 1 written by Nancy Faber and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Faber Piano Adventures ). Adult Piano Adventures Classics Book 1 celebrates great masterworks of Western music, including symphony themes, opera gems, and classical favorites. The melodies of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and other master composers are arranged at just the right level for adult beginners and for those who are returning to the keyboard. Section 1 features piano arrangements with minimal hand position changes, and many selections include an optional duet part. Section 2 introduces the I, IV, and V7 chords in the key of C major, harmonizing themes such as Sibelius's Finlandia, Schubert's The Trout, and Mendelssohn's Spring Song. Section 3 presents the primary chords in the key of G major, with arrangements of Vivaldi's Autumn (from The Four Seasons), Mozart's theme from The Magic Flute, Lizst's Liebestraum, and more.