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Brill Franz Liszt’s Songs for Voice and Piano: The
Book SynopsisHow does a Romantic composer approach the poetry he sets: as raw material to be remade, a pretext for self-expression, a sanctified artefact, or a message to be illustrated with music? In my book, I examine Franz Liszt’s songs for voice and piano, which remain little known to scholars, artists, and music lovers alike. The objective is to present Liszt’s songs in all their complexity and diversity as well as identifying the key elements of the composer’s broadly understood song-writing technique – both those that make him unique and those that relate him to the European tradition. This approach also makes it possible to shed light on a major though previously neglected aspect of the composer’s workshop, namely, his work with the poetic text, which to Liszt was just as important as the musical setting.
£102.40
Independently Published Complete Piano for Adult Beginners: Theory and Practice
£14.11
New Vessel Press The Piano Student
Book SynopsisA riveting and sensitive tale of musical perfection, love, and longing denied, with multiple historical layers and insights into artistic creativity
£13.29
Liverpool University Press Clementi and the woman at the piano: Virtuosity
Book SynopsisThis book takes as its historical point of departure the radical appearance in 1779 of technically difficult keyboard music in a set of six sonatas (Op. 2) by Muzio Clementi. The difficult passages contained in this opus are unique amongst keyboard music published for a market that was understood at the time to consist almost entirely of female amateur keyboardists. Previously actively discouraged from practicing or improving their skills due to the restrictive ideologies in place, Clementi’s music increasingly affords female pianists a new kind of musical expression. Clementi and the woman at the piano: Virtuosity and the market for music in eighteenth-century London maps the social, musical, and gendered implications of technically difficult music and helps to underline important changes in Enlightenment culture and keyboard practice. Clementi’s activities initiated the now familiar and modern concepts of repetitive musical practice, the work-concept, virtuosity itself, and the division between amateur and professional. Additionally, Clementi promotes a radical new mode of expression for female pianists that is at first highly controversial but slowly gains acceptance due to a widespread promotion of his music, instruments, and methods. Clementi’s career is in many respects a perfect case study for the tensions between Enlightenment thinking and new Romantic ideologies.Trade Review‘[I]n Erin Helyard’s revelatory (and unfailingly entertaining) monograph, we find a portrait of a visionary composer, performer, teacher, publisher, piano maker and entrepreneur whose influence was, and still is, as far from pernicious as one can imagine... it’s a story that proves not only thought-provoking but page-turning... Clementi and the woman at the piano will, I have no doubt, come to be seen as a major contribution not only to Enlightenment studies but to our understanding of the relationships between women, men, society, class, aesthetics and commerce in the context of a bourgeoning amateur music scene.’ Will Yeoman, Limelight‘[A] welcome new feminist perspective on Clementi’s achievements.’ Benjamin Ivry, International Piano Magazine‘The qualities of this book go beyond the history of music and musicology in the strictest sense. With finesse and sensitivity, Helyard, who knows the sources inside out, succeeds in linking the technical revolution spearheaded by Clementi with the evolving thinking regarding the social status of women and the image of the female forte-pianist.’ Translated from French: ‘Le mérite de ce livre va au-delà de la musicologie à proprement parler et de l’histoire de la musique. Avec finesse et sensibilité, Helyard, qui connaît fort bien les sources, réussit à établir un lien entre la révolution technique menée par Clementi et l’évolution des mentalités sur la question du statut des femmes dans la société et l’image désormais projetée par la forte-pianiste.’ Pierre Dubois, Dix-huitième siècleTable of ContentsList of Musical Examples List of Tables List of Figures Preface Chapter 1: Clementi and the EnlightenmentChapter 2: Mozart’s Insult and the Irritations of VirtuosityChapter 3: Keyboard Performance and Gender in Late Eighteenth-Century LondonChapter 4: Clementi’s “Black Joke”Chapter 5: Male Theoria and Female PraxisChapter 6: Clementi in the Marketplace and the Conservatoire Conclusion: Clementi’s CoinAppendix: Ideological differences regarding keyboard practicing/music education in 36 conduct books and treatises, 1741-1838 Bibliography
£87.18
Taylor & Francis Ltd Variations and Variation Technique in the Music of Chopin
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£128.25
Taylor & Francis Variations and Variation Technique in the Music of Chopin
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£39.99
WW Norton & Co Chopins Piano
Book Synopsis“An exceptionally fine book: erudite, digressive, urbane and deeply moving.” —Wall Street JournalTrade Review"Beguiling.… Limpidly written, effortlessly learned, copiously illustrated, Chopin’s Piano is a perfect illustration of how the best histories often emerge from left field." -- William Boyd - Times Literary Supplement"A sweeping story.… In graceful prose, Kildea explores developments in the history of piano-making, changes in the ways pianists have approached their craft, and, most luminously, the music of Chopin." -- Jonathan Rosenberg - Christian Science Monitor"This fascinating and beautifully written book will delight music lovers." -- Roger Kamien, author of Music: An Appreciation"Highly readable." -- Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim - The New York Times Book Review"Original, constantly interesting.… Kildea writes fluently about Chopin’s work." -- Jonathan McAloon - Financial Times"Captivating and intriguing, Chopin’s Piano will most certainly entertain both novice and hardcore music historians." -- Michael Thomas Barry - New York Journal of Books"Even those who are not musically inclined will find themselves reading this book to its very end.… [G]ripping." -- Phyllis Meras - Providence Journal"An episodic, picaresque tale, woven confidently.… [Kildea] writes knowledgeably and approachably about music and sympathetically about his cast of characters." -- Alan Rusbridger - The Spectator"In tracing the history of the Bauza piano and the lives of those who played it, Kildea achieves a combination of performance and reception history that makes one listen more closely to the music." -- Anna Picard - Times Literary Supplement"An impressive feat of wide learning intriguingly deployed.… [G]iddily well-informed.… Kildea finds illumination in the detail." -- Jonathan Gaisman - Standpoint
£12.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Grease Is Still the Word
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£20.69
Hal Leonard Corporation Popular Piano Covers
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£18.04
Hal Leonard Corporation CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR CLASSICAL PIANO ARR KEVEREN
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£14.39
Faber Piano Adventures PlayTime Piano Christmas Level 1: Level 1
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£8.32
Hal Leonard Europe Limited Extra Elements
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£10.44
Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG Winter Dreams: 20 Easy Romantic Piano Pieces
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£12.50
