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Piano-playing revisited : what modern players can learn from period instruments /

"Today's pianists are expected to play music of three centuries on a single instrument: Steinway's design from the late 1800s. Other types of pianos, such as Mozart's Walter or Chopin's Pleyel, are increasingly being copied or restored, but they are played almost exclusively...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Breitman, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2021.
Series:Eastman studies in music.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Music making then and now
  • 2.
  • With broad strokes : (an overview)
  • 3.
  • The early days of the piano : Haydn and Mozart
  • 4.
  • Beethoven and the evolving piano
  • 5.
  • Schubert
  • 6.
  • Chopin
  • 7.
  • The clavichord
  • Epilogue: Creativity in the performance of old music
  • Appendix: Overtone structure of the Steinway and Walter, compared.