Fortepianos and their Music
Germany, Austria, and England, 1760-1800
Series: Oxford Monographs on Music;
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 6 April 1995
- ISBN 9780198164265
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages172 pages
- Size 241x162x15 mm
- Weight 428 g
- Language English
- Illustrations music examples, tables 0
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Short description:
The pianoforte became increasingly popular during the last third of the eighteenth century. By then, two fundamentally different types of mechanical construction had developed: the German/Viennese and the English, and these different characteristics were reflected in the keyboard music of the time. This book explores the relationship between instruments, composers, and performers at the time of Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, and the young Beethoven.
MoreLong description:
Eighteenth-century pianos shaped and influenced the music that was written for them. However, although organological studies probe the instrument in ever more detail, and musical criticism focuses increasingly on the musical repertoire, the relationship between the two has not been properly examined.
This book concentrates on the keyboard writing of the last third of the eighteenth century, as inspired by the fundamentally different constructions of the German/Viennese and the English pianoforte. The highly articulated languages of Mozart and his Viennese contemporaries, and the more robust, pre-romantic style of Duzzek and his London colleagues reflect the very characteristics of these respective instruments. Beyond the scrutiny of the music, attention is given also to the players. The differentiation between professionals and amateurs is addressed, and contemporary sources help provide a description of late-eighteenth-century performing styles; such a survey offers new insight into the living art of the pianoforte during a most important period in its history.
The long discussion of Haydn's trios and songs is an important strength of the volume.
