Beethoven the Pianist

Informationen zum Autor Tilman Skowroneck is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southampton, and is also a freelance harpsichordist and fortepianist. His main area of interest is the early piano, its construction and its repertoire. This is his first book. Klappentext This book offers an insight into Beethoven's career, showing in well-documented detail the rise and decline of his powers as a performer. Zusammenfassung Presenting a picture of Beethoven's formative years and early career! this study shows how the composer was influenced by teachers! theorists and instruments. Skowroneck pays special attention to Beethoven's trills and legato! and thoroughly revises the idea that Beethoven treated his pianos roughly and with impatience throughout his career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Beethoven, his Playing and his Instruments: 1. Beethoven's early training; 2. Beethoven the pianist; 3. Beethoven's first decade in Vienna; 4. The 1803 Érard Grand Piano; Part II. Sound Ideal and Performance: 5. The builder's influence; 6. The player's influence; Part III. Sound Ideal, Notation and Stylistic Change: 7. Common touch and legato; 8. The performance of Beethoven's trills; Epilogue; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Tilman Skowroneck
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2010
• EAN: 9780521119597
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11959-7
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Musical Performance and Reception; Musical Performance and Reception
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music; Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Komponisten und Songwriter