Stewart Gordon

Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

A Handbook for Performers

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Produktbeschreibung

In Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon addresses textual issues, Beethoven's pianos, performance practices, composer's indications, and the composer's development, pointing to patterns of structure, sonority, keyboard technique, and emotional meaning. In addition, each sonata appears in a helpful outline-chart format for easy-access reference.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780190629182
• ISBN-10: 0190629185
• Artikelnr.: 47865406

Autorenporträt

Stewart Gordon is a Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California. He is the author of Etudes for Piano Teachers, Mastering the Art of Performance, Planning Your Piano Success, and A History of Keyboard Literature. He has edited the thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas, the Debussy etudes, and is preparing an edition of the Mozart piano sonatas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Measure Numbering
Part I
Considerations
Chapter One: Sources
Chapter Two: Beethoven and the Piano
Chapter Three: Performance Practices
Chapter Four: Beethoven's Expressive Legacy
Chapter Five: The Windmills of Beethoven's Mind
Part II
The Sonatas
The Opus. 2 set
Opus 7
The Opus 10 set
Opus 13 "Pathétique"
The Opus 14 set
Opus 22
Opus 26
The Opus 27 set: sonatas like a fantasy; no. 2 "Moonlight"
;Opus 28 "Pastoral"
The Op. 31 set: no. 2 "Tempest;" no. 3 "Hunt"
The Op. 49 set: Two "Easy" sonatas
Opus 53 "Waldstein"
Opus 54
Opus 57 "Appassionata"
Opus 78
Opus 79 "alla Tedesca"
Opus 81a "Lebewohl"
Opus 90
Opus 101
Opus 106 "Hammerklavier"
Opus 109
Opus 110
Opus 111
Bibliography