Schubert's Piano
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 31 August 2024
- 17 October 2024
- ISBN:
- 9781009022767
- 9781316515365
- Dimensions:
- (244 x 170 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.8kg, 378 Pages
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- Subjects:
- Music, Music Performance, Nineteenth-Century Music
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Book description
The piano features prominently in Schubert's musical output throughout his career, not only as an instrument for solo piano pieces (for two and four hands), but also in Lieder and chamber music as an equal partner to the voice or other instruments. His preference for the instrument is reflected in contemporary reports by his friends and colleagues as well as in iconography, where he is frequently depicted at the piano. In early nineteenth-century Vienna the piano underwent a rapid period of development, allowing composers to experiment with expanded ranges, sonorities and effects that differ substantially from modern concert grands. Schubert's Piano considers the composer's engagement with this instrument in terms of social history, performance and performance practices, aesthetics, sonority and musical imagery, and his approaches to composition across several musical genres, stimulating new insights into the creative interplay among Schubert's piano compositions.
Reviews
‘This volume not only addresses a surprising lacuna in Schubert studies. It does so with a breadth of coverage, imaginative élan, cohesion, and sense of completeness that are rarely encountered in edited volumes. With such a wealth of musical close readings, performance practice ideas, historical and literary context, and social and material culture, Schubert's Piano will appeal to a wide variety of readers.'
John D. Wilson - University of Vienna, Department of Musicology
‘Schubert's Piano goes beyond many earlier studies, which focused mainly on his piano sonatas. This volume consists of 15 essays by renowned Schubert experts who have explored the role of the piano in all the genres of Schubert's compositions … Numerous musical examples, copious footnotes, and a lengthy bibliography enhance the scholarly value of this work. It belongs in academic music libraries and is suitable for public libraries with significant music collections … Highly recommended.’
D. Arnold Source: Choice
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