Unpremeditated art : the cadenza in the classical keyboard concerto / Philip Whitmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitmore, Philip.

Series:

Oxford monographs on music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Piano)--18th century--Cadenzas--History and criticism.

Concertos (Piano).

Improvisation (Music).

Genre:

Cadenzas.

Physical Description:

xviii, 227 pages : music ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Summary:

This book is a history of the cadenza in the Classical keyboard concerto. Whitmore focuses attention on the changing relations between performer and composer and between performer and audience in the course of the Classical period. The greater part of the book consists of an attempt to situate the concertos and cadenzas produced during the period within the broad historical development outlined in the first few chapters, placing particular emphasis on the contributions of C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-218) and index.

ISBN:

0193152630

OCLC:

22209619