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Author: Michael Davidson
Publisher: Kahn & Averill
Imprint: Kahn & Averill
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.610kg
ISBN: 9781871082845
ISBN 10: 1871082846
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 January 2004
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Introduction, 1. Playing the piano music of the Classical Viennese School: some basic misconceptions, 2. Haydn: Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI:20, 3. Haydn: Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:49, 4. Mozart: Sonata in C major, K330, 5. Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Pathetique , Op.13, 6. Beethoven: Sonata in D minor Storm , Op.31/2, 7. Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op.109, 8. Beethoven: Sonata in A flat major, Op.110, 9. Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op.111, 10. Schubert: Sonata in A major, D664 (Op.120), 11. Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D784 (Op.143), 12. Schubert: Sonata in A major, D959 (Op.posth), 13. Liszt: Sonata in B minor, 14. Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op.5, 15. Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, No.9, Op.103, Notes, Index
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The real joy of this book, which lifts it above many a textbook, is that the selected sonatas, though discussed in depth, illustrate the staging posts and landmarks on a much broader and more valuable journey through the development of the sonata itself. Davidson provides a field guide suitable for performers, students and listeners, steering all his readers towards the most fulsome and enjoyable engagement with each sonata and with the repertoire as a whole. It is marvellous both for its analysis and practical advice. The book is undoubtedly essential reading for anyone interested in learning, performing or teaching any of the works discussed within. Moreover though, I must strongly recommend it to any serious pianist or classical music-lover. I suspect many others will find just the same; Davidson has surely succeeded in his aim to write a useful guide to some of the most marvellous music ever conceived ! OUTSTANDING! Andrew Eales - Pianodao, December 2018
The real joy of this book, which lifts it above many a textbook, is that the selected sonatas, though discussed in depth, illustrate the staging posts and landmarks on a much broader and more valuable journey through the development of the sonata itself. Davidson provides a field guide suitable for performers, students and listeners, steering all his readers towards the most fulsome and enjoyable engagement with each sonata and with the repertoire as a whole. It is marvellous both for its analysis and practical advice. The book is undoubtedly essential reading for anyone interested in learning, performing or teaching any of the works discussed within. Moreover though, I must strongly recommend it to any serious pianist or classical music-lover. I suspect many others will find just the same; Davidson has surely succeeded in his aim to write a useful guide to some of the most marvellous music ever conceived ! OUTSTANDING! Andrew Eales - Pianodao; 'A guide post for anyone seriously interested in piano music at a professional level. The perceptions, humour, and above all, humanity shine through in every page' - Professor Both Lehel, Director, Liszt Music Academy, Budapest; 'Michael Davidson's Mozart and the Pianist, so unanimously acclaimed, struck an ideal balance between scholarship and performance practice. His eagerly awaited The Classical Piano Sonata; from Haydn to Prokofiev is exceptionally interesting, each chapter like a masterclass or masterly concert' - Malcom Troup, EPTA Piano Journal, London; 'Hugely stimulating and thought provoking but also enjoyable, this book will be a boon not only for pianists, but for all readers' - Eleanor Bailie (author of The Pianist's Repertoire series)
Author Information
Michael Davidson has performed, lectured, and taught worldwide. After his studies at McGill University, Montreal and the Hochschulle fur Musik, Vienna, he played all the Mozart piano sonatas in London's Wigmore Hall and for the Vienna Mozart Society. Later he played all the Schubert sonatas in Amsterdam, The Hague and London.
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