Liszt

Sonata in B Minor
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-521-46570-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 101 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Reihe: Cambridge Music Handbooks

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamilton, Kenneth

Rushton, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Tasteninstrumente
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Forms and formulae; 3. Understanding the Sonata in B minor; 4. Text and texture; 5. Performances and pianos; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.