The Companion to the Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, C.1760-1850

ISBN-13: 9781138278424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 338 str.

Derek Carew

Opis

This Companion is intended as a supplement to The Mechanical Muse: The Piano, Pianism and Piano Music, c.1760-1850. The book is laid out alphabetically and full biographical entries are provided for all musical figures mentioned, including composers, performers, theoreticians and teachers, as well as piano makers and publishers of music, within the period covered by The Mechanical Muse. As well as biographical information, entries contain lists of principal works, a section on further reading, descriptions of musical forms and characteristics of dances. This Companion is indispensable to users of The Mechanical Muse.

Recenzje

’Derek Carew’s encyclopaedic work is ... a first step towards a syncretic approach to the piano’s history. ... This is a manual for a large community of readers: from students to teachers, from pianists to scholars, all of whom will find pleasure in looking things up in the exhaustive index, rich bibliography and the fascinating series of plates, tables and figures. ... Carew’s manual is more than simply an up-to-date book about the history of the piano: it is an inextinguishable source of information, which also provides fresh views on pianists and their repertory.’ Early Music

Spis treści

The Companion to The Mechanical Muse, Introduction, Dates, Abbreviations and Cross-References, The Companion, Index

O autorze

Dr Derek Carew is from the Department of Music at Cardiff University, UK.