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Description for Chopin Studies 2
Hardback. This second volume of Chopin essays contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Editor(s): Rink, John; Samson, Jim. Series: Cambridge Composer Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b/w illus. 77 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
This second volume of essays in Chopin Studies contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Three main topics are addressed: reception history, aesthetics and criticism, and performance studies. The first four chapters investigate certain images associated with Chopin during his lifetime and after his death: Chopin as classical composer, as salon composer, as modernist, as 'otherwordly', as androgyne. The next four essays contextualize and define aspects of his musical language, including narrative stuctures, baroque affinities, progressive tendencies and functional ambiguity. The last four deal with analysis and source study as related to performance, structure and expression, tempo rubato and 'authentic' ... Read more
This second volume of essays in Chopin Studies contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Three main topics are addressed: reception history, aesthetics and criticism, and performance studies. The first four chapters investigate certain images associated with Chopin during his lifetime and after his death: Chopin as classical composer, as salon composer, as modernist, as 'otherwordly', as androgyne. The next four essays contextualize and define aspects of his musical language, including narrative stuctures, baroque affinities, progressive tendencies and functional ambiguity. The last four deal with analysis and source study as related to performance, structure and expression, tempo rubato and 'authentic' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Composer Studies
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521416474
SKU
V9780521416474
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Chopin Studies 2
'A book that no serious student should be without … refreshingly sane.' Jeremy Siepmann, Classical Music 'An immensely valuable and well-researched book.' Stephen Haylett, BBC Music Magazine 'Intermittently engrossing …' Susan Bradshaw, Musical Times