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Piano-playing revisited : what modern players can learn from period instruments /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breitman, David (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2021.
Series:Eastman studies in music.
Subjects:
Piano > History.
Piano > Instruction and study.
Pianists.
Piano.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Music making then and now
  • 2.
  • With broad strokes : (an overview)
  • 3.
  • The early days of the piano : Haydn and Mozart
  • 4.
  • Beethoven and the evolving piano
  • 5.
  • Schubert
  • 6.
  • Chopin
  • 7.
  • The clavichord
  • Epilogue: Creativity in the performance of old music
  • Appendix: Overtone structure of the Steinway and Walter, compared.