David Grayson

Mozart

Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This guide to Mozart's two most popular piano concertos - No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, and No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (the so-called 'Elvira Madigan') - presents the historical background of the works and places them within the context of Mozart's compositional and performance activities at a time when his reputation as both composer and pianist was at its peak. The special nature of the concerto, as both a form and a genre, is explored through a survey of some of the approaches that critics have taken in discussing Mozart's concertos, ranging from analysis of pure structure to representations of the works as metaphors for human dramas. A theory of concerto form provides the basis for detailed accounts of the two concertos. The concluding chapter discusses a wide range of issues of particular interest to modern performers, including historical instruments, orchestra size and seating, cadenzas, basso continuo and improvised embellishments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9780521481564
• ISBN-10: 0521481562
• Artikelnr.: 21458310

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Twentieth-century theories of Mozart's concerto form
3. First movements
4. Middle movements
5. Finales
6 Performance practice issues.