Ludwig van Beethoven
Subtitle: the piano sonatas : history, notation, interpretation
By: Jan Marisse Huizing ; translated by Gerald R. Mettam
Contributors: Mettam, Gerald, 1945- translator
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300262742
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Sonata
Work titles: Ludwig van Beethoven
Description: A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Half Title; title: Title; title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: Contents; title: Preface; title: 1. The Sonatas: Overview-Form and Content; title: 2. Beethoven's Pianism; title: 3. The Piano in Beethoven's Time; title: 4. Performance Practice and Beethoven's Notation; title: Types of Touch; title: From ""Common"" Touch to Legato; title: Legato; title: Prolonged Touch; title: Detached Touch; title: Beaming; title: Pedaling; title: Rubato; title: Character and ""Heavy"" and ""Light"" Execution; title: Meter and Metrical Construction; title: Uneven Metrical Constructions; title: Meter and Subdivisions; title: Tempo; title: The Metronome; title: 5. The Editions; title: 6. Style and Interpretation; title: 7. The Recordings; title: Appendix: Keyboard Actions; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Autographs in Facsimile Editions; title: Index of Sonatas; title: Index of Persons; title: A; title: B; title: C; title: D; title: E; title: F; title: G; title: H; title: J; title: K; title: L; title: M; title: N; title: P; title: Q; title: R; title: S; title: T; title: U; title: V; title: W; title: Z; title: Illustration Credits.