| Description |
xiii, 365 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-343) and index. |
| Contents |
Amateur and virtuoso musician -- Virtuoso concerto -- First concerto expositions and their models -- First romantic piece -- Beethoven and Mozart reception -- Critical observer: the old form I -- Critical observer: the old form II -- Critical observer: new forms I -- Critical observer: new forms II -- Concertsatz in D minor -- Phantasie -- Concertstücke -- Team programs. |
| Summary |
"Robert Schumann and the Piano Concerto explores the reshaping of the piano concerto by the generation after Beethoven, and the central role of Robert Schumann in modernizing the genre. A distinguished music critic and celebrated composer, Schumann both advocated changes to the concerto and carried them out in his own concerted works for piano, which are counted among the finest of his compositions. Schumann's preoccupation with the piano concerto over his entire composing career, and the exciting milieu in which he and his fellow musicians, including many composers and performers of concertos, lived and worked, are the subjects of Robert Schumann and the Piano Concerto. |
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A scholarly book, it will appeal to college and conservatory teachers and students, as well as music connoisseurs."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Concerto.
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Concerto. |
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Piano music -- History and criticism.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
0415972477 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780415972475 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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