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Off the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing
Neal Peres da Costa
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Description for Off the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing
Hardback. In Off the Record, author and pianist Neal Peres Da Costa explores Romantic-era performance practices through a range of early sound recordings-acoustic, piano roll and electric-that capture a generation of highly-esteemed pianists trained as far back as the mid-nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 378 pages, 185 sheet music fascimiles and reproductions. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVRG; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Off the Record is a revealing exploration of piano performing practices of the high Romantic era. Author and well-known pianist Neal Peres Da Costa bases his investigation on a range of early sound recordings (acoustic, piano roll and electric) that capture a generation of highly-esteemed pianists trained as far back as the mid-nineteenth-century. Placing general practices of late nineteenth-century piano performance alongside evidence of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of legendary pianists such as Carl Reinecke (1824-1910), Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915), Camille Saint-Saëns (1838-1921) and Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), he examines prevalent techniques of the time--dislocation, unnotated arpeggiation, rhythmic alteration, tempo fluctuation--and unfolds the ... Read more
Off the Record is a revealing exploration of piano performing practices of the high Romantic era. Author and well-known pianist Neal Peres Da Costa bases his investigation on a range of early sound recordings (acoustic, piano roll and electric) that capture a generation of highly-esteemed pianists trained as far back as the mid-nineteenth-century. Placing general practices of late nineteenth-century piano performance alongside evidence of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of legendary pianists such as Carl Reinecke (1824-1910), Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915), Camille Saint-Saëns (1838-1921) and Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), he examines prevalent techniques of the time--dislocation, unnotated arpeggiation, rhythmic alteration, tempo fluctuation--and unfolds the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195386912
SKU
V9780195386912
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Ref
99-14
About Neal Peres da Costa
Neal Peres da Costa is Lecturer in Musicology and Chair of Early Music Unit, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney; renowned performer of Early Music and 17th-19th century historical keyboard instruments.
Reviews for Off the Record: Performing Practices in Romantic Piano Playing
Da Costa's book is ground-breaking: 'authenticity' is only reached by taking the score with a grain of salt and diving into the spontaneous creativity of the pre-war style.
NRC Handelsblad
[Peres da Costa] has read everything, listened to everything and marshalled it into a well-written and logically organised narrative. His range of references is highly impressive. He has ... Read more
NRC Handelsblad
[Peres da Costa] has read everything, listened to everything and marshalled it into a well-written and logically organised narrative. His range of references is highly impressive. He has ... Read more