Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times. The book begins with a discussion of sixteenth-century English composers for the virginal.
Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times. The book begins with a discussion of sixteenth-century English composers for the virginal. Special emphasis is given to works of the Romantic period and to national styles of piano music such as those of Chopin and the Polish school, Liszt and Magyar music, and Cesar Franck and music of The Netherlands. The book provides a bibliography and lists of major collective editions, publishers of piano music throughout the world, and journals for pianists.
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Original Review of Bachs Brandenburg Concertos:
Mr Carrell has written a useful little book [ he] is a reliable guide Music and Letters, Vol 45, Issue 3 (1964).
Part 1: The Music of the Harpsichord and Clavichord
1. The Story of
Pianoforte Music
2. English Composers for the Virginal
3. The Old Harpsichord
Suites
4. French Clavecin Music 5: Harpsichord and Clavichord Technique
6.
The Polyphonic Style and the Evolution of the Fugue
7. Italian Cembalo
Music
8. Later English Harpsichord Composers Purcell and Arne
9. Early
German School
10. Handel and Bach
11. The Technique of the Polyphonic Period
Part 2: The Music of the Pianoforte The Classic Period
1. The Advent of the
Modern Pianoforte
2. The Evolution of the Sonata
3. Development of the Modern
Sonata
4. Haydn and Mozart
5. Clementi, the Father of the Pianoforte.
6.
Modern Pianoforte Technique
7. The Climax of Formal Music Beethoven Part 3:
The Romantic Period
1. Romanticism in Music
2. Decay of the Classical School
Hummel and Others
3. The First Romanticists Field and Weber
4. The
Romantic Movement in Pianoforte Music Schubert
5. Classic Romance:
Mendelssohn
6. Reflective and Characteristic roman Schuman
7.
Characteristic, Impressionist and Programme Music
8. Lyrical and Poetical
Forms
9. Poets of Nature Sterndale Bennett
10. Poets of Nature Stephen
Heller
11. Poets of Youth
12. The Reflex of Schumann
13. Johannes Brahms
14.
The Bravura Schools and Henselt
15. Liszt
16. Two Modern Romantics
Rubinstein and Raff
17. Modern Classicists Moscheles, Hiller Saint Saëns
etc
18. The Modern Contrapuntal Element Rheinberger, etc
19. Max Reger
20.
Smaller Romantic German Composers
21. The Sonata Since Beethoven
22. The
Concerto and the Virtuoso
23. Four-Hand Music and Works for Left Hand
24.
Variations for Pianoforte
25. Modern Dance Forms for Pianoforte
26.
Transcriptions Preludes and Indefinite Forms
27. Salon Music Part 4: Era of
National Music
1. National Music
2. Chopin and the Polish School
3. Magyar
Pianoforte Music and the Rhapsodies of Liszt
4. Music in Bohemia
5. Antonin
Dvoák
6. Russian Pianoforte Music
7. Austrian or South German Composers
8.
The French School of Pianoforte Music
9. Music of the Netherlands César
Franck
10. Swiss Composers for Pianoforte
11. Spanish and Portuguese
Pianoforte Music
12. Modern Italian Pianoforte Music
13. Scandinavian
Pianoforte Music
14. The Modern British School
15. Pianoforte Music in
America
16. A Group of Study Writers Classical School
17. The Educational
Aspect Methods and Technique.
Herbert Westerby was a renowned pianist and musicologist.
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