The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles - Couverture souple

Somfai, László

 
9780226768137: The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0226768139 ISBN 13 : 9780226768137
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

Interest in the authentic performance of early music has grown dramatically in recent years, and scholarly investigation has particularly benefited the study of keyboard music of the classical period. In this landmark publication, the most comprehensive study written on Haydn's keyboard sonatas, a leading Haydn scholar presents novel ideas, corrects misconceptions, and offers new hypotheses on long-debated issues of early music research.

Laszlo Somfai begins with a thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics. He also investigates Haydn's sonata genres within their historical context and discusses the problems of establishing a chronology of their composition. Finally, Somfai analyzes the organization and style of each musical form. The book includes an index listing the sonatas by date of first publication, and an extensive bibliography.

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À propos de l?auteur

László Somfai, former head of the Bartók Archives in Budapest and professor emeritus of musicology at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, is a leading authority on Haydn's keyboard music. Charlotte Greenspan, now an independent scholar, has taught music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cornell University.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226768139
ISBN 13 
9780226768137
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
410
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226768147 ISBN 13 :  9780226768144
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1995
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