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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819780503321

Autore

Drake Kenneth <1930->

Titolo

The Beethoven sonatas and the creative experience / / Kenneth Drake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c1994

ISBN

1-283-95978-X

0-253-01153-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

786.2/183/092

Soggetti

Sonatas (Piano) - Analysis, appreciation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The First Raptus, and All Subsequent Ones; The Sounds of Involvement; II:Technique as Touch; III: Tempo and the Pacing of Musical Ideas; IV: Dynamic Nuance and Musical Line; V: The Role of Silence; VI: Sound as Color; The Sonatas; VII: Descriptive Music: Op. 81a, Op. 13; VIII: Motivic Development: Op. 2 NO.1, Op. 57, Op. 110; IX: Quasi una Fantasia: Op. 27 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 26; X: Line and Space: Op. 2 NO.2, Op. 101; XI: Movement as Energized Color: Op. 53; XII: The Moment of Creation: Op. 28, Op. 31 Nos. 2 and 3

XIII: Facing Two Directions: Op. 49 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 54, Op. 78, Op. 90XIV: The Enjoyment of Fluency: Op. 10 Nos. 2 and 3, Op. 14 No.2, Op. 22, Op. 31 NO.1, Op. 79; XV: The Cosmopolitan Impostor: Op. 2 NO.3, Op. 14 NO.1; XVI: Embracing the Dachstein: Op. 7, Op. 106; XVII: A Higher Revelation: Op. 10 NO.1, Op. 109, Op. 111; XVIII: The Witness Tree; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""... one of the most interesting, useful and even exciting books on the process of musical creation."" -American Music Teacher""... noteworthy contribution... with plenty of insight into interpretation... remarkable as an insider's account of the works in an individual perspective."" -European Music TeacherDrake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific



measures where Beethoven skil