Liszt, Sonata in B minor /

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 f...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Kenneth, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Series:Cambridge music handbooks.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Forms and formulae. Orchestral sonata forms
  • 3. Understanding the Sonata in B minor. Programmatic interpretations. Musical analyses
  • 4. Text and texture. From manuscript to printed text
  • 5. Performances and pianos. Performance practice. The compositional legacy.