The Life and Music of John Field 1782–1837 : Creator of the Nocturne / Patrick Piggott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piggott, Patrick, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

I. A Child Prodigy in Dublin

II. In London with Clementi

III. Arrival in Russia

IV. Lionised by St. Petersburg Society

V. Moscow and Marriage

VI. A Liaison in St. Petersburg

VII. Moscow: the Unproductive Years, 1823-31

VIII. The Return to London

IX. A Season in Paris

X. A Concert Tour ends in Disaster

XI. Death in Moscow

XII. Field as Pianist and Teacher

XIII. Nocturnes

XIV. Concertos

XV. Works for Piano with String Quartet

XVI. Sonatas

XVII. Works in Variation Form

XVIII. Works in Rondo Form

XIX. Pieces for Four Hands

XX. Miscellaneous Pieces

APPENDIX I. Zwei Gesänge

APPENDIX II. Subscribers to the cost of Field's tombstone

APPENDIX III. Works

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-32281-9

OCLC:

1224278618