A history of the pianoforte and pianoforte players / translated and revised from the German of Oscar Bie by E. E. Kellett and E. W. Naylor ; with a foreword to the Da Capo edition by Aube Tzerko.
| Author/creator | Bie, Oskar |
| Other author | Kellett, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1864-1950, translator. |
| Other author | Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall), 1867-1934, translator. |
| Other author | Tzerko, Aube, 1907-1995, writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Da Capo Press, 1968. |
| Description | xi, 336 pages : illustrations, facsimiles (music), portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Da Capo Press music titles Da Capo Press music series. ^A910894 |
| Contents | Old England, a prelude. The domestic character of the piano ; Queen Elizabeth at the spinet ; Shakespeare and music ; Medieval church music ; Ecclesiastical use of folk songs ; Popular contrapuntal music ; The folk song and the instrument ; The organ and the lute ; The clavier and secular music ; Italian influence in England ; Cultivation of music in England ; First books of clavier music ; Classes of old English pieces ; The virginal ; History of the clavier ; The clavichord ; The clavicymbal ; Virginal pieces ; Thomas Tallis ; William Bird [Byrd] ; John Bull ; Other composers -- Old French dance pieces. England and France ; The dance ; The dance and common life ; The dance and the stage ; The danseuses ; Allusions in dance names ; Old programme music ; The titles ; Chambonneires ; Couperin ; Rameau and others -- Scarlatti. A preface by Scarlatti ; His life ; His style and the Italian musical emotion ; Technique ; Love of adventure ; The opera ; The position of music ; Chamber music ; Clavier pieces ; Frescobaldi and Pasquini ; Corelli ; The da capo style ; Scarlatti's sonatas ; Other Italians -- Bach. German music ; Kuhnau ; Bach and musical history ; Bach's life ; His formal principle ; The inventions and symphonies ; The toccatas ; The fugues ; The Wohltemperiertes Klavier ; The original editions ; The suites ; The fantasias ; Bach's forms ; Technique ; The hammer clavier ; Bach and the modern pianoforte -- The "Galanten". The change of taste ; The "professional musician" ; Spread of clavier music ; Musical periodicals ; Pianoforte factories ; Stein and Streicher ; Handel ; Philip Emanuel Bach ; Haydn ; Mozart -- Beethoven. Beethoven contrasted with the old composers of the empire ; Cosmopolitan life of the pianist ; Viennese pianists ; Public contests of pianists ; Dussek ; The sonata of the time ; Beethoven's nature ; Music as speech ; The "development" of motives ; Rise of the tragic sonata ; The sportive Beethoven ; His forms ; His archaism ; His tendency to the "Galant" style ; His last works -- The virtuosos. Beethoven's technique ; The clavier schools of the period ; The groups of technicians ; The life of the virtuoso ; Concerts and improvisations ; Compositions ; Piano and opera ; The etude ; Clementi ; Cramer ; Hummel ; Czerny ; Kalkbrenner ; Weber ; Moscheles -- The Romantics. Romance ; Franz Schubert ; Robert Schumann ; Early works ; Jean Paul ; "Davidsbund" ; Private life ; The "Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik" ; "Davidsbundler Tanze" ; "Carnival" ; F sharp minor sonata ; "Fantasie Stucke" ; Etudes symphoniques ; Bach and E. T. A. Hoffmann ; Kreisleriana ; "Novellettes" ; Mendelssohn ; "Faschings-schwank," and later works ; Chopin ; His art ; His life ; George Sand ; Works ; Style of playing ; Field ; Chopin's method ; Sterndale Bennett -- Liszt and the present time. Liszt and the three types of artists ; Life ; Liszt and Thalberg ; A pianist's creed ; Paganini and Liszt ; Liszt's concerts ; Piano works ; The interpreters ; Virtuosos of older style ; Rubinstein and Bulow ; Virtuoso and teacher ; Tausig and d'Albert ; Modern virtuosos ; Risler ; The pianist's profession ; The piano as a social factor ; Piano instruction ; The practical and theoretical schools ; The common or "C major" keyboard compared with the "Janko" ; Present-day piano factories ; Steinway and Bechstein ; The piano as a piece of furniture ; Pianos de luxe ; The market for piano literature ; Modern piano works ; Alkan ; The post-Romantics ; The French school ; The Russians ; The Scandinavians ; The English and Americans ; The Germans ; Jensen ; Brahms ; Raff ; Living Germans ; Conclusion -- Author's postscript and errata. |
| General note | An unabridged republication of the first English edition of 1899. |
| LCCN | 66028445 |
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