Ballads without words : Chopin and the tradition of the instrumental ballade / James Parakilas.
| Author/creator | Parakilas, James |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Portland, OR : Amadeus Press, ©1992. |
| Description | 358 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I: The Chopin Ballades. Introduction -- The ballad as narrative model for Chopin. Ballad themes: the ballad process ; Ballad prosody and melody ; Narrative techniques -- Chopin's Ballade form. Overall rhythms ; Themes and transformations ; Structures of overall organization ; The issue of sonata form -- Part II: The piano Ballade through World War I. Liszt and the narrative tradition to 1880. Introduction ; Moscheles ; Liszt (Ballade in D-flat; Second Ballade in B minor) ; Other Ballades in the narrative tradition ( Bülow ; Smetana) ; Ballades modeled on particular stories ( Fontana ; Kullak and Rubinstein ; Tausig) -- Brahms and the lyrical tradition to 1880. Wieck and Schumann ; Salon Ballades ; Brahms ; Other lyrical Ballades -- Grieg and the folk-song Ballade to 1880. Folk ballads arranged for the piano ; The Grieg Ballade -- Faure and the Ballade from 1880 to 1918. The Faure Ballade ; Other Ballades, 1880-1918 ( Lyrical piano Ballades ; Lyrical Ballades for chamber groups ; Narrative piano Ballades ; Nationalist Ballades, 1900-1918) -- Part III: The orchestral Ballade through World War I. Orchestral Ballades in western Europe. Introduction ; German-speaking countries ; France (Duparc, d'Indy, and Franck ; Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice) ; Britain -- Orchestral Ballades in Slavic Europe. Russia (Tchaikovsky, Voevoda ; Liapunov [Lyapunov], A.S. Taneiev [Taneyev], and Glazunov) ; Czechoslovakia (Fibich, Toman a lesni panna ; Dvorak, Four Symphonic Poems on Ballads by Erben ; Novak and Janacek) -- Part IV: The Ballade since World War I. Martin and the Ballade since World War I. Orchestral and piano Ballades ; Martin and the concerto Ballade -- Conclusion -- Chronological list of works discussed. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: pages 339-346. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index. |
| LCCN | 91030216 |
| ISBN | 0931340470 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML460 .P34 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |