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Author Jones, Timothy, Dr.

Title Beethoven, the 'Moonlight' and other sonatas, op. 27 and op. 31 / Timothy Jones
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 146 pages) : music
Series Cambridge music handbooks
Cambridge music handbooks.
Contents Keyboard culture. Technique and technology. Music for connoisseurs -- Beethoven in 1800-1802 -- Composition and reception. The composition of Op. 27 and Op. 31. Sketches. Editions. Critics. Pianists -- 'Quasi una fantasia?'. Sonata versus fantasy. Sonata as fantasy -- The design of the Op. 27 sonatas. No. 1 in E♭. No. 2 in C♯ minor ('Moonlight') -- The design of the Op. 31 sonatas. No. 1 in G. No. 2 in D minor ('The Tempest'). No. 3 in E♭
Summary Even in Beethoven's day the 'Moonlight' Sonata was a popular favourite. This 1999 book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The 'Moonlight' and 'The Tempest'), aimed at pianists, students, and music lovers. It begins with the works' historical background - the emergence of a 'piano culture' at the end of the eighteenth century, Beethoven's aristocratic milieu in Vienna, and his oft-quoted intention to follow a new compositional path. An account of the sonatas' genesis is followed by a discussion of their reception history, including a survey of changing performing styles since the mid-nineteenth century. The concept of the Sonata quasi una Fantasia is examined in relation to the cult of artistic sensibility in early-nineteenth-century Vienna. The study concludes with a critical introduction to each sonata
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index
Notes English
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Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 13-14, op. 27.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, piano, no. 16-18, op. 31.
SUBJECT Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Sonaten Klavier op. 31 gnd
Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Sonaten Klavier op. 27 gnd
Sonatas (Beethoven, Ludwig van) fast
Subject Sonatas (Piano) -- Analysis, appreciation.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
Sonatas (Piano) -- Analysis, appreciation
Pianomuziek.
Sonates.
MÚSICA -- ALEMANHA.
SONATA -- ALEMANHA.
Duitsland.
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