Overview

How should one interpret music of another century? What standards should be applied to an 18th century harpsichord work, for instance, being performed on a piano? Keyboard ""methods""--systematic approaches to training, touch, and interpretation--did not evolve until the 19th century, and written methodologies are few. Drawing on primary sources, the author has compiled a detailed analysis of such keyboard ""methods"" as existed in Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Most were developed by Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, Turk, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Liszt. Also discussed, with translations from their writings and their critics', are the detailed theoretical works by Kullak and Lussy. Analysis shows which techniques had been adapted from earlier practice and which were original to the composer, demonstrating the evolution of the various methods. Techniques useful in the interpretation of period material, and which still have important applications today, are pointed out.

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Author:   Elena Letnanová
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780786467082

ISBN 10:   0786467088
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   24 January 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction      1. Predecessors of the Piano      2. French Methods of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries      Francois Couperin: L’Art de toucher le clavecin      3. German Treatises of the Eighteenth Century      Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach: Versuch uber die wahre Art das Klauier zu spielen      Daniel Gottlob Turk: Klavierschule oder Anweisung zum Klavierspielen fur Lehrer und Lehrnende      4. Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart      5. Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt      6. German and French Treatises of the Nineteenth Century      Adolph Kullak: Die Aesthetik des Klavierspiels      Mathis Lussy: Traite de l'expression musicale      Appendix: The Development of the Elements      Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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discusses chronologically various treatises and schools --<i>Choice.</i>

discusses chronologically various treatises and schools --Choice.

Author Information

Elena Letnanová has written three books and more than 100 articles. A pianist and professor at Slovak University of Technology, she lives in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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