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Author: Neal Peres da Costa (Lecturer in Musicology and Chair of Early Music Unit, Lecturer in Musicology and Chair of Early Music Unit, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.636kg
ISBN: 9780195386912
ISBN 10: 0195386914
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 31 May 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
<br> Engaging and thought provoking...An outstanding contribution to the discussion of how Romantic piano music might be performed...No serious teacher, performer (or critic) of the Romantic piano literature should be without this book. In questioning old assumptions and presenting a wealth of historical information, it will make you play and listen with new ears. --Limelight Magazine (Australia)<p><br> The section on unnotated arpeggiation (with its oral tradition extending back to Bach) is <br>particularly fascinating; pianists performing Beethoven, Chopin, and Brahms may find this discussion liberating. Via audio examples on the companion website the author reveals how his research has affected his own keyboard playing...Recommended. --Choice<p><br> A very welcome and important addition to our understanding of how pianists of an earlier generation performed nineteenth century romantic piano repertoire. --ARSC Journal<p><br>
<br> Engaging and thought provoking...An outstanding contribution to the discussion of how Romantic piano music might be performed...No serious teacher, performer (or critic) of the Romantic piano literature should be without this book. In questioning old assumptions and presenting a wealth of historical information, it will make you play and listen with new ears. --Limelight Magazine (Australia)<p><br> The section on unnotated arpeggiation (with its oral tradition extending back to Bach) is <br>particularly fascinating; pianists performing Beethoven, Chopin, and Brahms may find this discussion liberating. Via audio examples on the companion website the author reveals how his research has affected his own keyboard playing...Recommended. --Choice<p><br>
<br> Engaging and thought provoking...An outstanding contribution to the discussion of how Romantic piano music might be performed...No serious teacher, performer (or critic) of the Romantic piano literature should be without this book. In questioning old assumptions and presenting a wealth of historical information, it will make you play and listen with new ears. --Limelight Magazine (Australia)<p><br>
Author Information
Neal Peres da Costa is Lecturer in Musicology and Chair of Early Music Unit, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney; renowned performer of Early Music and 17th-19th century historical keyboard instruments.
