The New Grove piano / Edwin M. Ripin... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ripin, Edwin M.

Series:

Grove musical instruments series

New Grove dictionary of musical instruments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano--History.

Piano.

History.

Piano music--History and criticism.

Piano music.

Physical Description:

190 pages : illustrations, music. ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First American edition; with additions.

Other Title:

The piano.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, 1988.

Summary:

The New Grove Piano begins by tracing the history of the instrument from the earliest pianos of Cristofori in 1698 to the modern concert grands of today and even the 'prepared' piano of John Cage.

This is followed by a chapter on piano playing (including a section on jazz piano) and a survey of pianists, with separate sections on the main national schools (Slavonic, German, French) and on living pianists, discussing their style and influence. Finally there is a chronological account of the instrument's repertory -- from the Classical sonatas of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, through the Romantic miniatures of Schumann and Brahms and the virtuoso showpieces of Liszt and Ravel, to the complex contemporary works of Boulez and Stockhausen.

Contents:

Chapter 1 History of the Piano

2. Origins to 1750 / Edwin M. Ripin 3

3. Germany and Austria, 1750-1800 / Philip R. Belt, Maribel Meisel 13

4. England and France to 1800 / Derek Adlam, William J. Conner 19

5. The Viennese piano from 1800 / Philip R. Belt, Maribel Meisel 29

6. England and France, 1800-1860 / Rosamond E. M. Harding 38

7. North America to 1860 / Derek Adlam, William J. Conner 50

8. 1860-1915 / Cyril Ehrlich 56

9. From 1915 / Cyril Ehrlich 62

10. Developments and modifications / Hugh Davies 70

Chapter 2 Piano Playing

1. Classical period / Robert Winter 75

2. Romantic period / Robert Winter 78

3. 20th century / Robert Winter 85

4. Jazz piano playing / J. Bradford Robinson 87

Chapter 3 Pianists / Harold C. Schonberg

1. Liszt and his contemporaries 90

2. The Leschetizky school 93

3. The Slavonic school 94

4. The German school 96

5. The French school 98

6. After World War I 99

7. After World War II 102

Chapter 4 Piano Music

1. The advent of the piano / Robert Winter 107

2. The Classical sonata / Robert Winter 109

3. Romanticism and the miniature / Robert Winter 123

4. The age of virtuosity / Robert Winter 128

5. 19th-century national trends / Robert Winter 133

6. The growth of pianism, 1900-1940 / Susan Bradshaw 136

7. After World War II / Susan Bradshaw 139.

Notes:

Title on spine: THE PIANO.

Includes index.

"Parts of this material first published in THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS and THE NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS"--Verso of title page.

Bibliography: pages 174-187.

ISBN:

0393025535

OCLC:

21239507