Robert Schumann and the Piano Concerto

ISBN-13: 9780415972475 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 380 str.

MacDonald Claudia

Opis

Robert Schumann was a unique personality in nineteenth century music. A celebrated music critic and champion of new composers, he was also a talented perfomer and composer who did much to modernize the literature and performance style for the piano. This book explores how the generation that came after Beethoven was central in reshaping and refining the conception of concerto style, and particularly the piano concerto, focusing on the key period of 1845-55. It relates Schumann's own compositional development to his musical environment, recreating the exciting milieu in which Schumann and his contemporaries lived and worked. Written by one of the leading new generation of scholars on nineteenth century music, and Schumann in particular, this book will be of great interest to college and conservatory teachers, and students as well as music connoisseurs.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Amateur and Virtuoso Musician 2. The Virtuoso Concerto 3. First Concerto Expositions and their Models 4. First Romantic Piece 5. Beethoven and Mozart Reception 6. Critical Observer: The Old Form I 7. Critical Observer: The Old Form II 8. Critical Observer: New Forms I  9. Critical Observer: New Forms II  10. Concertsatz in D Minor 11. Phantasie 12. Concertstücke 13. Team Programs

O autorze

Claudia Macdonald