Virtuosity and the Musical Work
Subtitle: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521036047
Subjects: Composers & musicians; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Music; Music/Songbooks; Genres & Styles - Classical; History & Criticism - General; Musical Instruments - Piano; Music / General; Music / History & Criticism; Music : Genres & Styles - Classical; Music : Musical Instruments - Piano; General
First sentence: In 1827, when Liszt was sixteen years old, a volume of twelve exercises, almost certainly composed in the early months of the previous year, was published by Boisselot in Marseilles.