Title:
The Beethoven sonatas and the creative experience / Kenneth Drake.
Author:
Drake, Kenneth, 1930-
Publication Information:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000.
Call Number:
MT145.B42 D7 2000
Abstract:
Drake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific measures where Beethoven skillfully employs these compositional devices.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/00517047-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1401/00517047-d.html
ISBN:
9780253213822
Physical Description:
xi, 315, [2] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First reprinted paperback in 2000"--Title page verso.
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Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The first raptus, and all subsequent ones -- The sounds of involvement -- Technique as touch -- Tempo and the pacing of musical ideas -- Dynamic nuance and musical line -- The role of silence -- Sound as color -- The sonatas -- Descriptive music -- Motivic development -- Quasi una Fantasia -- Line and space -- Movement as energized color -- The moment of creation -- Facing two directions -- The enjoyment of fluency -- The cosmopolitan impostor -- Embracing the dachstein -- A higher revelation -- The witness tree.
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