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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455357203321

Autore

Jones Timothy, Dr

Titolo

Beethoven, the Moonlight and other sonatas, op. 27 and op. 31 / / Timothy Jones [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11425-X

0-511-00288-2

1-280-42923-2

0-511-17195-1

0-511-14958-1

0-511-30973-2

0-511-60567-6

0-511-05424-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge music handbooks

Disciplina

786.2/183

Soggetti

Sonatas (Piano) - Analysis, appreciation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Keyboard culture; 2 Beethoven in 1800 -1802; 3 Composition and reception; 4 Quasi una fantasia?; 5 The design of the Op. 27 sonatas; 6 The design of the Op. 31 sonatas; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Even in Beethoven's day the 'Moonlight' Sonata was a popular favourite. This 1999 book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The 'Moonlight' and 'The Tempest'), aimed at pianists, students, and music lovers. It begins with the works' historical background - the emergence of a 'piano culture' at the end of the eighteenth century, Beethoven's aristocratic milieu in Vienna, and his oft-quoted intention to follow a new compositional path. An account of the sonatas' genesis is followed by a discussion of their reception history, including a survey of changing performing styles since the mid-nineteenth century. The concept of the Sonata quasi una Fantasia is examined in relation to the cult of artistic sensibility in early-nineteenth-century Vienna. The study concludes with a critical



introduction to each sonata.