| Contents |
Vol. I. Of time and temper -- Sonatas by three Italian composers of the early seventeenth century : Cima, Marini, Fontana -- Violin-virtuoso/composers in Germany in the later seventeenth century : Schmelzer, Biber, Walther -- Italian violinist/composers of the Bologna school in the later seventeenth century : Cazzati, the Vitalis, degli Antonii -- Italian violin-virtuoso/composers in the early eighteenth century : Coreilli, Vivaldi, Geminiani, others -- Sonatas of Telemann and Handel -- The sonatas of J.S. Bach -- Some lesser sonatas of the Bach era -- Italian virtuoso/composers in the mid-eighteenth century : Veracini, Tartini, Locatelli -- Some violinist/composers in Paris in the eighteenth century : Leclair, Mondonville, others -- Schobert and contemporaries : the sonata for keyboard with violin accompaniment in the second half of the eighteenth century -- Some violin and continuo sonatas of the later eighteenth century -- Mozart : the childhood sonatas and the first mature sonatas (through K. 306) -- Mozart : Sonatas K. 296, K. 376 to K. 380 ; Variations, K. 359 and K. 360 -- Mozart : the last sonatas, K. 402, K. 454, K. 481, K. 526, and K. 547. |
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Vol. II. The ten sonatas of Beethoven -- Some lesser efforts of the Beethoven era -- The sonatas of Schubert -- Mendelssohn and Schumann -- The Brahms sonatas -- Some French sonatas of the nineteenth century and a twentieth-century hangover : Fauré, Franck, Saint-Saëns, d'Indy -- Some Scandinavian sonatas : Gade, Grieg, Nielsen, and others -- The Bohemian sonata in the later nineteenth century : Dvořák -- Some sonatas around the turn of the century : Strauss, Wolf-Ferrari, Busoni, and Reger -- Webern : four pieces for violin and piano, op. 7 -- The sonatas of Ives -- Some sonatas from the war years : Carpenter, Milhaud, Villa-Lobos, Sibelius, Janáček, Honegger, Respighi, Elgar, and Satie -- Debussy and Ravel -- Some sonatas from the 1920s : from Ernest Bloch to Ernst Toch -- Bartók : three sonatas -- Stravinsky : Duo concertant -- Britten: Suite for violin and piano, op. 6 -- The Hindemith sonatas -- A few lesser sonatas from the 1930s -- The Copland sonata -- Prokofiev : two sonatas -- The Shostakovich sonata -- Other contemporary Russian sonatas -- The sonata of Irving Fine -- The Schoenberg phantasy -- The Walton sonata -- Some other sonatas of the 1940s -- Kirchner : Sonata concertante -- Ben Weber : Sonata da camera -- Some other sonatas of the 1950s -- Seiber and others of the 1960s. |
| Abstract |
What can a violinist and pianist play in a musical evening at home? How can the performing duo build fresh and challenging concert programs? Is there repertoire for the duo that the teacher and student have overlooked? In this book, the author, himself a concert violinist and teacher with broad experience in the chamber repertoire, gives answers to these questions. In nontechnical language, and with no little wit, this two-volume work offers a performer's-eye view of some 300 editions--modern, in print, easy to buy--comprising important works from the sonata literature for violin and keyboard. Volume I moves from the early examples of sonata writing in the seventeenth century, through the pyrotechnics and solid music-making of the German and Italian virtuosi of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, highlighting the work of Marini, Biber, the Vitalis, Corelli, and Vivaldi. These are joined by the giants of the late Baroque, Telemann, Handel, and especially the radically inventive J. S. Bach. Then on into the sonatas of the virtuoso composers of the mid-eighteenth century: Veracini, Tartini, Locatelli, Leclair, Mondonville, and others. The accompanied keyboard sonata vogue of Schobert, J. C. Bach, and others, paralleled by the continuation of the older basso continuo sonata (Boccherini, Nardini, et al.)--all devolve into the monumental duo sonatas of Mozart. This volume closes with a detailed consideration of the mature Mozart sonatas. Whether in brief appraisal or closer inspection, whether dealing with the familiar or the less-known work, the author offers guidance as to type of music, its difficulty, its particular points of interest. Numerous musical excerpts illuminate the discussion, and a detailed editions-list will assist the musician in his search for works to play. In short, this book is not only an invaluable guide to the playing of the duo sonata repertoire, but an important contribution to the critical literature in the field. |
| General note | Each volume includes a bibliography for volumes I and II. |
| Biographical note | Abram Loft has been playing violin since he was four years old. A native of New York City, he received a doctorate in musicology from Columbia University, whose faculty he joined in 1946. In 1954, he became a member of the Fine Arts Quartet, one of America's foremost ensembles. With that quartet, he has played in concerts and festivals throughout the world, has made many chamber-music recordings, and has appeared on many National Educational Television network programs. Mr. Loft has been a visiting lecturer at numerous schools of music and, like his colleagues in the quartet, is Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. |
| LCCN | 72093279 |
| ISBN | 0670747009 (set) : |
| ISBN | 9780670747009 (set) |
| Stock number | $40.00 |
