Nineteenth-century piano music / edited by R. Larry Todd.
| Other author | Todd, R. Larry, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description | xvi, 468 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | 19th-century piano music |
| Series | Routledge studies in musical genres Routledge studies in musical genres. ^A562992 |
| Contents | The piano and the nineteenth century / Leon Plantinga -- Orthodoxies, paradoxes, and contradictions: performance practices in nineteenth-century piano music / Robert S. Winter -- Beethoven / William Kinderman -- The piano works of Schubert / Eva Badura-Skoda -- In defense of Weber / Michael C. Tusa -- Piano music reformed: the case of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / R. Larry Todd -- Hearing Poland: Chopin and nationalism / Jeffrey Kallberg -- Schumann and the marketplace: from butterflies to Hausmusik / Anthony Newcomb -- From the concert hall to the salon: the piano music of Clara Wieck Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel / Marian Wilson Kimber -- Brahms: from classical to modern / Walter Frisch -- Expressive resonance in Liszt's piano music / Dolores Pesce. |
| Abstract | The piano was the musical instrument of choice in the nineteenth century, when it emerged as an enduring symbol of virtuosity, domesticity, respectability, and sentimentality. As familiar as the magisterial achievements of Beethoven, Chopin, and Schumann were for the instrument, their piano music must be understood in the context of the evolution of the instrument and its various roles in culture and society. The second edition of this book offers contextual essays, illuminating studies of the principal composers of piano music during the period, and a new examination of two leading women composers, Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003058687 |
| ISBN | 0415968909 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415943620 |