num_pages: 426
description: 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 &amp; the 19th century – Leon Plantinga · Orthodoxies, paradoxes, &amp; 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 &amp; nationalism – Jeffrey Kallberg · Schumann &amp; the from butterflies to Hausmusik – Anthony Newcomb · from classical to modern – Walter Frisch · Expressive resonance in Liszt’s piano music – Dolores Pesce
language: English
title: Nineteenth-Century Piano Music
titlecomplete: Nineteenth-Century Piano Music (Studies in Musical Genres and Repertories)
genres: Music
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Schirmer Reference