The composer's landscape
Subtitle: the pianist as explorer : interpreting the scores of eight masters
By: Carol Montparker
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781574674521
Subjects: Analysis, appreciation; Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); History and criticism; Piano music
Description: "Montparker uses landscape as a metaphor for the score, whether it be a well-tended garden of Mozart, or the thorny thickets on a Schumann page: the topographical peaks and valleys, the circuitous melodic lines, the thoroughfares where all the voices convene. The discussions include thoughful suggestions for navigating these "landscapes" which differ so greatly from one composer to the next, taking note of the essential technical and interpretive elements, as well as the challenges for the "explorer pianist.""--Book flap.
Notes: Companion CD contains selected works by composers featured in the book, performed by Montparker.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bach (1685-1750); title: Mozart (1756-1791); title: Beethoven (1770-1827); title: Schubert (1797-1828); title: Schumann (1810-1856); title: Brahms (1833-1897); title: Chopin ((810-1849); title: Mendelssohn (1809-1847); title: Afterthoughts; title: Appendix A. Interpretations of Chopin's Barcarolle; title: Appendix B. Interpretations of Chopin's Ballade no. 4.