Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
Author: Charles Rosen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 030019613X

Beethoven’s piano sonatas form one of the most important collections of works in the whole history of music. Spanning several decades of his life as a composer, the sonatas soon came to be seen as the first body of substantial serious works for piano suited to performance in large concert halls seating hundreds of people. In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Charles Rosen places the works in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire, covering such aspects as sonata form, phrasing, and tempo, as well as the use of pedal and trills. In the second part of his book, he looks at the sonatas individually, from the earliest works of the 1790s through the sonatas of Beethoven’s youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of mastery, the years of stress (1812†“1817), and the last three sonatas of the 1820s. Composed as much for private music-making as public recital, Beethoven’s sonatas have long formed a bridge between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall. For today’s audience, Rosen has written a guide that brings out the gravity, passion, and humor of these works and will enrich the appreciation of a wide range of readers, whether listeners, amateur musicians, or professional pianists. The book includes a CD of Rosen performing extracts from several of the sonatas, illustrating points made in the text.

Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Author: Robert Taub
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

In Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Taub shares this intimate understanding with listeners and players alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Complete pianoforte sonatas

Complete pianoforte sonatas
Author: Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1991
Genre: Sonatas (Piano)
ISBN:

Published within the Signature Series, this series of performing editions of standard keyboard works includes informative introductions and performance notes.

Beethoven Forum

Beethoven Forum
Author: Glenn Stanley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780803242678

Glenn Stanley opens Beethoven Forum 6 with a consideration of the “piano sonata culture” of the late eighteenth century and how Beethoven’s sonatas influenced this culture. Lawrence Kramer explores the "Tempest" sonata and the way it exemplifies "one of the leading intellectual projects of the Enlightenment, the project of speculative anthropology or 'universal history.'" Elaine R. Sisman examines the "lyrical," "small-scale" sonatas of Beethoven’s middle period in relation to his renewed preoccupation with the idea of "fantasia." Nicholas Marston concludes the volume’s consideration of the piano sonatas with a study of the development of a musical idea in the "Hammerklavier" sonata. Birgit Lodes examines the relationship between the human and the divine as they are represented in the Gloria of Beethoven’s great mass, the Missa solemnis. In a second article on this late masterpiece, Norbert Gertsch describes a subscription copy of the Missa solemnis—a copy that Beethoven had corrected—and its significance for a future scholarly edition of the work. Maynard Solomon offers a commentary, transcription, and translation of a papal document concerning the marriage of Beethoven’s great-uncle Cornelius. In a review article, Nicholas Marston discusses the recent edition of the Landsberg 5 sketchbook and future prospects for sketchbook editions. Robert Levin concludes the volume with a review of Performing Beethoven, edited by Robin Stowell.

Analysis of Form

Analysis of Form
Author: Henry Alfred Harding
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-11-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781505289879

The Analysis of Form as Displayed in Beethoven's Thirty-Two Pianoforte Sonatas has description of each movement as well as the specific forms of Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation. One of the most important reprints of Beethoven, this is the original Novello Plates from 1900. First Edition Fleury printing.

The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas

The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas
Author: Barry Cooper
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2017-04-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1317037081

Beethoven’s piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire and favourites of both the concert hall and recording studio. The sonatas have been the subject of much scholarship, but no single study gives an adequate account of the processes by which these sonatas were composed and published. With source materials such as sketches and correspondence increasingly available, the time is ripe for a close study of the history of these works. Barry Cooper, who in 2007 produced a new edition of all 35 sonatas, including three that are often overlooked, examines each sonata in turn, addressing questions such as: Why were they written? Why did they turn out as they did? How did they come into being and how did they reach their final form? Drawing on the composer’s sketches, autograph scores and early printed editions, as well as contextual material such as correspondence, Cooper explores the links between the notes and symbols found in the musical texts of the sonatas, and the environment that brought them about. The result is a biography not of the composer, but of the works themselves.

Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas
Author: Stewart Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2017
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0190629185

In Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon addresses textual issues, Beethoven's pianos, performance practices, composer's indications, and the composer's development, pointing to patterns of structure, sonority, keyboard technique, and emotional meaning. In addition, each sonata appears in a helpful outline-chart format for easy-access reference.

Complete piano sonatas: No. 16-32

Complete piano sonatas: No. 16-32
Author: Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486231356

The music for the piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven are accompanied by extensive critical notes