This historical survey focuses on music for piano solo but also includes important compositions for piano duet and two pianos. Scholarly yet readable, it covers the entire repertoire from the Renaissance to the late 20th century and incorporates a bibliography of 1,100 sources for further study.
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Rejoice, all who have hoped for a revised, rewritten, expanded version of F.E. Kirby's narrative Short History of Keyboard Music (Schirmer, 1966). Kirby's new book omits material on organ and harpsichord music, edits and updates the older title's piano chapters significantly, and adds more music by women and black composers (though saying "it is evident" that Clara Shumann gave up composing to "meet the needs of her family" reveals a shallow spot in his new research). With improved style but unchanging devotion, Kirby provides piano-lovers with a solid introductory source for understanding historical developments of style in part of the western art-music tradition. The selective bibliography is outstanding. Useful as a college text and highly recommended to public libraries.?Bonnie Jo Dopp, Montgomery Cty. P.L., Rockville, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A good reference work for players and teachers.,
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The short history is indeed short. It is not encyclopedic but is a concise overview of the literature. It will help make decisions about what historical, standard rep, and modern music is appropriate for any pianist or teacher to seek out, for themslves, their students and their audience.
The section on 20th century composition helps wade through the backwaters of modern music to find the pieces that have come to regarded as modern standard repertoire. The writing style is Academic Dry, so do not expect to entertained, only informed. 88melter
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This is just the right book to use for the study of pano literature! It is well-written, comprehensive and entertaining.
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Before we can deal with the literature of early keyboard music, we should consider the instruments themselves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Hungarian Rhapsodies, English Suite, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Domenico Scarlatti, Germanic Romantic, Louis Couperin, Musical Quarterly, Carl Philipp Emanuel, German Romantic, Johann Christian Bach, The Great Gate of Kiev, Transcendental Etudes, Dover Publications, Joseph Haydn, Andrea Gabrieli, Maurice Ravel, Universal Edition, Venetianisches Gondellied, Aaron Copland, British Museum, Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy New!
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Before we can deal with the literature of early keyboard music, we should consider the instruments themselves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Hungarian Rhapsodies, English Suite, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Domenico Scarlatti, Germanic Romantic, Louis Couperin, Musical Quarterly, Carl Philipp Emanuel, German Romantic, Johann Christian Bach, The Great Gate of Kiev, Transcendental Etudes, Dover Publications, Joseph Haydn, Andrea Gabrieli, Maurice Ravel, Universal Edition, Venetianisches Gondellied, Aaron Copland, British Museum, Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy New!
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- Comedy in Music: A Historical Bibliographical Resource Guide by Enrique A. Arias on page 108
- The Pianist's Bookshelf: A Practical Guide to Books, Videos, and Other Resources by Maurice Hinson on page 140
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