Chopin studies / edited by Jim Samson.
| Other author | Samson, Jim, editor. |
| Other author | Rink, John (John Scott) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988. |
| Description | viii, 258 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The problem of repetition and return in Chopin's mazurkas / Jeffrey Kallberg -- Fryderyk Chopin's op. 57 - from Variantes to Berceuse / Wojciech Nowik -- The composition-draft of the Polonaise-fantasy: the issue of tonality / Jim Samson -- Directional tonality in Chopin / William Kinderman -- Melodic structuring of harmonic dissonance: a method for analysing Chopin's contribution to the development of harmony / Eugene Narmour -- Phrase rhythm in Chopin's nocturnes and mazurkas / William Rothstein -- The nocturnes and studies: selected problems of piano texture / Zofia Chechlinska -- Twenty-four preludes op. 28: genre, structure, significance / Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger -- The Barcarolle: Auskomponierung and apotheosis / John Rink -- Chopin's fantasy op. 49: the two-key scheme / Carl Schachter. |
| Abstract | This book contains detailed documentary and analytics studies of the music of Chopin, representing the most recent research of leading scholars in the field. The first three essays are concerned with the composer's intentions as revealed in autograph sources. The next group of four essays deal analytically with different aspects of Chopin's musical language, ranging from large-scale tonal planning and the interpretation of harmonic dissonance to praise rhythm and texture. The final three essays are case studies of individual works: the Preludes op. 28, the "Barcarolle", and the Fantasy op. 49. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 87025614 |
| ISBN | 0521303656 |