Overview

Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.
ISBN-13

9780521465700

ISBN-10

0521465702

Weight

0.64 Pounds

Dimensions

5.75 x 0.50 x 9.00 In

List Price

$69.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

108 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

1996-08-28


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