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Ludwig van Beethoven : the piano sonatas : history, notation, interpretation / Jan Marisse Huizing ; translated by Gerald R. Mettam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huizing, Jan Marisse, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Ludwig van Beethoven : die Klaviersonaten, Interpretation und Aufführungspraxis. English.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas--piano.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Appreciation.
- Sonatas (Piano)--Analysis, appreciation.
- Sonatas (Piano).
- Piano music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).
- Piano music.
- Art appreciation.
- Sonatas (Beethoven, Ludwig van).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations, music.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Beethoven's piano sonatas are among the iconic cornerstones of the classical music repertoire. Jan Marisse Huizing offers an in-depth study of the sonatas using available autographs, first editions, recordings, and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into the historical background and historical performance practice, the book provides illuminating detail on Beethoven's pianism as well as his characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character, rubato, meter, metric constructions, tempo, and metronome marks. Packed with anecdotes, quotations, and considerable new information, the book will inspire all involved with these masterworks, playing a fortepiano or modern Grand, giving the sense of the composer sitting beside them as he translates his inspiration and ideas into his notation. Translated by Gerald R. Mettam.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Sonatas: Overview-Form and Content
- 2. Beethoven's Pianism
- 3. The Piano in Beethoven's Time
- 4. Performance Practice and Beethoven's Notation
- Types of Touch
- From "Common" Touch to Legato
- Legato
- Prolonged Touch
- Detached Touch
- Beaming
- Pedaling
- Rubato
- Character and "Heavy" and "Light" Execution
- Meter and Metrical Construction
- Uneven Metrical Constructions
- Meter and Subdivisions
- Tempo
- The Metronome
- 5. The Editions
- 6. Style and Interpretation
- 7. The Recordings
- Appendix: Keyboard Actions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Autographs in Facsimile Editions
- Index of Sonatas
- Index of Persons
- Illustration Credits.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- "Originally published in German. Title of the original German edition: Ludwig van Beethoven : die Klaviersonaten, Interpretation und Aufführungspraxis by Jan Marisse Huizing, ED 21349, © 2012"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-26274-4
- OCLC:
- 1283848157
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