| Series |
American university studies. Series XX, Fine arts ; v. 2
American university studies. Series XX, Fine arts ; v. 2. ^A397262
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| Contents |
Defining "Interpretation" -- A method for critical listening. Tempo and rhythmic variation. Tempo ; Ritardando and Accelerando ; Rubato ; Rhythmic variation ; Rests and pauses -- Dynamics. Voicing -- Accentuation ; Articulation ; Pedaling ; Ornamentation ; Combinative effects of interpretive elements. Phrasing ; Tone -- Formal and stylistic aspects of performance practice. Notation ; Musical structure. Sonata form ; Theme and variations ; Motive and melody ; Harmony -- Tradition, style, and historicity -- Beethoven and the Sonata in C minor, opus III. Beethoven's piano ; Significance of the 32 sonatas ; Aspects of compositional style in Beethoven's late works ; Formal aspects of op. III ; Notation and editions ; Beethoven as pianist. Tempo ; Rhythmic variation ; Dynamics ; Accentuation ; Articulation ; Pedaling ; Ornamentation -- The analysis of an interpretation: a performance by Alfred Brendel. A performance of op. III by Alfred Brendel ; Maestoso: allegro con brio ed appassionato ; Arietta: adagio molto semplice e cantabile -- A performance of op. III, by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Maestoso: allegro con brio ed appassionato ; Arietta: adagio molto semplice e cantabile -- A performance of op. III by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Maestoso: allegro con brio ed appassionato ; Arietta: adagio molto semplice e cantabile -- Interpretive choices and the variety of musical ideas. Tempo and rhythm ; Dynamics ; Accentuation ; Articulation ; Pedaling ; Ornamentation -- Appendix. Recommendations for further study. |
| Abstract |
Music is an immediate and transient art which relies upon performance for its transformation from notational symbols into the sonatas we hear. However, because music notation is an inexact language, performers' interpretations of the musical score present a variety of expressive meanings in a work which can illuminate different melodic, harmonic, and formal relationships. This book explores the process of performance analysis which reveals a work in its ever-changing form, and discusses three recorded performances of one of the more enigmatic works of the piano repertoire, Beethoven's Sonata in C Minor, Opus III. The contrasting interpretative insights of Brendel, Michelangeli, and Ashkenazy clarify many formal ambiguities, offer solutions to pianistic difficulties, and illustrate how this method for critical listening may serve as a model for the study of other works as they reveal themselves in performance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index. |
| LCCN | 87026148 |
| ISBN | 082040537X : |
