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Author Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012.

Title Beethoven's piano sonatas : a short companion / Charles Rosen
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : music
1 online resource (1 audio file (digital)
Contents The tradition. Introduction -- Formal principles -- Phrasing -- Tempo -- Pedal, trills, extending the keyboard -- The sonatas. The eighteenth-century sonatas -- Youthful popularity -- The years of mastery --The years of stress -- The last sonatas
Summary In this comprehensive guide, Rosen places Beethoven's sonatas in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire. Includes a CD of the author performing extracts from several of the works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index
Performer Charles Rosen, piano
Notes Print version record
Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano.
SUBJECT Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. rasuqam
Beethoven, Ludwig van. swd
Sonatas (Beethoven, Ludwig van) fast
Subject Sonatas (Piano) -- Analysis, appreciation.
Sonatas (Piano) -- Analysis, appreciation
Klaviersonate
Sonates.
Pianomuziek.
Musique de piano.
Sonate.
Analyse musicale.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001093745
ISBN 9780300196139
030019613X