The Beethoven sonatas and the creative experience / Kenneth Drake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drake, Kenneth, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sonatas (Piano)--Analysis, appreciation.

Sonatas (Piano).

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas--piano.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""... one of the most interesting, useful and even exciting books on the process of musical creation."" -American Music Teacher""... noteworthy contribution... with plenty of insight into interpretation... remarkable as an insider's account of the works in an individual perspective."" -European Music TeacherDrake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific measures where Beethoven skil

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The First Raptus, and All Subsequent Ones; The Sounds of Involvement; II:Technique as Touch; III: Tempo and the Pacing of Musical Ideas; IV: Dynamic Nuance and Musical Line; V: The Role of Silence; VI: Sound as Color; The Sonatas; VII: Descriptive Music: Op. 81a, Op. 13; VIII: Motivic Development: Op. 2 NO.1, Op. 57, Op. 110; IX: Quasi una Fantasia: Op. 27 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 26; X: Line and Space: Op. 2 NO.2, Op. 101; XI: Movement as Energized Color: Op. 53; XII: The Moment of Creation: Op. 28, Op. 31 Nos. 2 and 3

XIII: Facing Two Directions: Op. 49 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 54, Op. 78, Op. 90XIV: The Enjoyment of Fluency: Op. 10 Nos. 2 and 3, Op. 14 No.2, Op. 22, Op. 31 NO.1, Op. 79; XV: The Cosmopolitan Impostor: Op. 2 NO.3, Op. 14 NO.1; XVI: Embracing the Dachstein: Op. 7, Op. 106; XVII: A Higher Revelation: Op. 10 NO.1, Op. 109, Op. 111; XVIII: The Witness Tree; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.

ISBN:

9781283959780

128395978X

9780253011534

0253011531

OCLC:

826660199