Interpreting Mozart on the keyboard / Eva and Paul Badura-Skoda ; translated by Leo Black.
| Author/creator | Badura-Skoda, Eva |
| Other author | Badura-Skoda, Paul, author. |
| Other author | Black, Leo, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : St Martin's Press, [1962] |
| Description | ix, 319 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music, facsimiles ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Mozart-Interpretation. English |
| Contents | Mozart's sound -- Problems of tempo and rhythm. Tempo ; 'Playing in time' ; Agogics and rubato ; Some peculiarities of notation -- Articulation -- Ornamentation. Appoggiaturas. Single appoggiaturas ; Vocal appoggiaturas ; Compound appoggiaturas -- Arpeggios -- Turns. The turn immediately over a note ; The turn between two notes ; The turn after a dotted note -- Trills. Beginnings of trills ; Endings of trills ; The half-shake (pralltriller) -- The Urtext problem -- Some technical questions in the piano works -- 'Taste' and 'Feeling' -- Improvised embellishments -- Continuo playing -- The problem of accompaniment -- Cadenzas and lead-ins. Openings of cadenzas ; Middle sections of cadenzas ; Final sections of cadenzas ; Lead-ins -- Remarks on some of the piano concertos. |
| Abstract | A scholarly study of changes in music & instruments since Mozart's time; some of his thoughts on expressiveness, and the application of them to playing his music; but mostly discussion of interpretations & ornamentations of his music, intended to allow the modern performer to more closely match Mozart's intent. |
| General note | Translation of Mozart-Interpretation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-313). |
| LCCN | 62052215 |
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