Shostakovich's Music for Piano Solo
Subtitle: Interpretation and Performance
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780253014221
Subjects: Piano music; Music, russian
Description: "The piano works of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) are among the most treasured musical compositions of the twentieth century. In this volume, pianist and Russian music scholar Sofia Moshevich provides detailed interpretive analyses of the ten major piano solo works by Shostakovich, carefully noting important stylistic details and specific ways to overcome the numerous musical and technical challenges presented by the music. Each piece is introduced with a brief historic and structural description, followed by an examination of such interpretive aspects as tempo, phrasing, dynamics, voice balance, pedaling, and fingering. This book will be an invaluable resource for students, pedagogues, and performers of Shostakovich's piano solos"--Publisher's description.