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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas - A Short Companion (Paperback)
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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas - A Short Companion (Paperback)
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Beethoven's piano sonatas form one of the most important
collections of works in the whole history of music. Spanning
several decades of his life as a composer, the sonatas soon came to
be seen as the first body of substantial serious works for piano
suited to performance in large concert halls seating hundreds of
people. In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Charles
Rosen places the works in context and provides an understanding of
the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this
unique repertoire, covering such aspects as sonata form, phrasing,
and tempo, as well as the use of pedal and trills. In the second
part of his book, he looks at the sonatas individually, from the
earliest works of the 1790s through the sonatas of Beethoven's
youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of
mastery, the years of stress (1812-1817), and the last three
sonatas of the 1820s. Composed as much for private music-making as
public recital, Beethoven's sonatas have long formed a bridge
between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall. For today's
audience, Rosen has written a guide that brings out the gravity,
passion, and humor of these works and will enrich the appreciation
of a wide range of readers, whether listeners, amateur musicians,
or professional pianists. The book includes a link to recordings of
Rosen performing extracts from several of the sonatas, illustrating
points made in the text.
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