Chopin: The Four Ballades

Klappentext In a wide-ranging and illuminating discussion! Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works. He begins by investigating the social and musical background to Chopin's unique style. He describes the manuscript sources and evaluates the many subsequent printed editions! then considers the critical reception of the ballades and the differing interpretations of well-known nineteenth-and twentieth-century pianists. Zusammenfassung This discussion of Chopin's four ballades combines history and analysis to provide a detailed picture of these popular piano works! investigating the social and musical background to Chopin's unique style! describing the manuscript sources and evaluating the many printed editions of the ballades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Background; 2. Genesis and reception; 3. Form and design; 4. Genre; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Samson, Jim (University of Bristol) Samson
• Assisted by: Jim Samson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.1992
• EAN: 9780521386159
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38615-9
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology