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Clementi and the woman at the piano : virtuosity and the market for music in eighteenth-century London /

"This book takes as its historical point of departure the radical appearance in 1779 of technically difficult keyboard music in a set of six sonatas (Op. 2) by Muzio Clementi. The difficult passages contained in this opus are unique among keyboard works published for a market that was understoo...

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Main Author: Helyard, Erin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
French
Language Notes:Includes quotations in German or French, some with English translation.
Published: Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2022.
Series:Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2022:06;.
Subjects:
Clementi, Muzio, > 1752-1832 > Criticism and interpretation.
Piano music > 18th century > History and criticism.
Piano music > Social aspects > England > London > History > 18th century.
Women pianists > England > London > History > 18th century.
Sex discrimination against women > Great Britain > History.
Virtuosity in musical performance > England > London > History > 18th century.
Piano, Musique de > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Piano, Musique de > Aspect social > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Femmes pianistes > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Virtuosité > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Piano music
Women pianists
England > London
1700-1799
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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