Virtual Haydn - Paradox of a Twenty-First-Century Keyboardist

Haydn's music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years. But what do we play, and what do we listen to, when it comes to Haydn? This book delves deeply into eighteenth-century history and musicology to help us hear a properly complex Haydn.

About the author

Tom Beghin is associate professor at McGill University in Montreal and an internationally active performer on historical keyboards. He is the author of Haydn and the Performance of Rhetoric.

Summary

Haydn's music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years. But what do we play, and what do we listen to, when it comes to Haydn? This book delves deeply into eighteenth-century history and musicology to help us hear a properly complex Haydn.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Beghin
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2015
• EAN: 9780226156774
• ISBN: 978-0-226-15677-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Klassik, Barock, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Musikwissenschaft und Musiktheorie, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Theory of music & musicology, baroque, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, C 1700 To C 1800, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)