| Masters of the Keyboard, Enlarged Edition: Individual Style Elements in the Piano Music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahm Contributor(s): Wolff, Konrad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253205670 ISBN-13: 9780253205674 Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips) OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1990 Annotation: Konrad Wolff characterizes in detail the personal musical language of the great masters of the piano, pursuing different lines of investigation to discover each composer's essential traits. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard |
| Dewey: 786.209 |
| LCCN: 89045570 |
| Series: Midland Book |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.04" W x 9.23" (1.12 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . fluently written and often humorous . . . --Notes . . . should be required reading for performers and teachers. --The Eighteenth Century Konrad Wolff characterizes in detail the personal musical language of several great masters of the piano, pursuing different lines of investigation to discover each composer's essential traits. He brings the accumulated wisdom of his long career as a pianist and teacher to this delineation of compositional styles. Both intellect and musicality contribute to his cogent observations, and his literary style is as eloquent as the music he describes. |
