Liszt: Sonata in B Minor

di Kenneth Hamilton (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1996

Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.

• Autore: Kenneth Hamilton
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Anno: 1996
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 108 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 290 gr.
• EAN: 9780521465700

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