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Discoveries from the fortepiano : a manual for beginning and seasoned performers / Donna Louise Gunn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199396665
  • 0199396663
  • 9780199396672
  • 0199396671
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Discoveries from the fortepiano.DDC classification:
  • 786.2/193 23
LOC classification:
  • MT220 .B13 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Urgency : why bother? -- Affekt and good taste -- Formal structure and harmonic function -- Technique-execution -- Rhythm -- Dynamics -- Accents and other expression marks -- Articulation and touch -- Staccato dots and the other usual suspects ornaments -- Ornaments -- Repeats -- Damper pedal -- Indicated tempo -- Final words.
Summary: With its in-depth yet succinct explanations and examples of the Viennese five-octave fortepiano and the nuances of classical interpretation and ornamentation, this manual offers an indispensable educational aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of classical works.
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With its in-depth yet succinct explanations and examples of the Viennese five-octave fortepiano and the nuances of classical interpretation and ornamentation, this manual offers an indispensable educational aid to any pianist who seeks an academically and artistically sound approach to the performance of classical works.

Urgency : why bother? -- Affekt and good taste -- Formal structure and harmonic function -- Technique-execution -- Rhythm -- Dynamics -- Accents and other expression marks -- Articulation and touch -- Staccato dots and the other usual suspects ornaments -- Ornaments -- Repeats -- Damper pedal -- Indicated tempo -- Final words.

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