Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas discussed / by Eric Blom.

Author/creator Blom, Eric
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1938.
Descriptionviii, 251 pages : illustrations (music) ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Prelude: The place in history -- Interlude 1: The contemporaries -- Interlude 2: Concerning repeats -- Interlude 3: Beethoven's keyboard manner -- Interlude 4: The turn of the century -- Interlude 5: New ways and means -- Interlude 6: On the playing of Beethoven -- Interlude 7: Lurid light on Beethoven -- Interlude 8: The three styles -- Interlude 9: The programme sonata -- Interlude 10: "Hammerclavier" [Hammerklavier] -- Postlude: Summing/up.
Abstract This book is a republication of a series of annotations and essays contributed by degrees to the albums of records published by the Beethoven Sonata Society under the auspices of 'His master's voice'. The material appears here in a slightly different form, with some improvements and numerous minor changes necessitated by the new arrangement of the annotations in chronological sequence.
General noteFirst published 1938.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 246) and index.
LCCN 39009034