Description
Book SynopsisInstead of following the traditional chronological order in studying the Beethoven piano sonatas, this title places them in categories that reflect certain qualities of the music. It begins with the Classic composers' expressive treatment of the keyboard - such as touches, articulation, line, colour, silence, and the pacing of musical ideas.
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Table of ContentsPreface
1. The First Raptus, and All Subsequent Ones
*The Sounds of Involvement
2. Technique as Touch
3. Tempo and the Pacing of Musical Ideas
4. Dynamic Nuance and Musical Line
5. The Role of Silence
6. Sound as Color
*The Sonatas
7. Descriptive Music: Op.81a, Op.13
8. Motivic Development: Op.2 No.1, Op.57, Op.110
9. Quasi una Fantasia: Op.27 Nos.1 and 2, Op.26
10. Line and Space: Op. 2 No.2, Op 101
11. Movement as Energized Color: Op.53
12. The Moment of Creation: Op.28, Op.31 Nos.2 and 3
13. Facing Two Directions: Op.49 Nos.1 and 2, Op.54, Op. 78, Op. 90
14. The Enjoyment of Fluency: Op.10 Nos.2 and 3, Op. 14 No. 2, Op.22, Op.31 No.1, Op.79
15. The Cosmopolitan Impostor: Op.2 No.3, Op.14 No.1
16. Embracing the Dachstein: Op. 7, Op. 106
17. A Higher Revelation: Op.10 No.1, Op.109, Op.111
18. The Witness Tree
*Notes
