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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      13 November 2009
      21 October 1999
      ISBN:
      9780511605673
      9780521591362
      9780521598590
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605673
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.295kg, 160 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.195kg, 160 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Music, Music: General Interest, Nineteenth-Century Music
      Series:
      Cambridge Music Handbooks
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    Subjects:
    Music, Music: General Interest, Nineteenth-Century Music
    Series:
    Cambridge Music Handbooks
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    Even in Beethoven's day the 'Moonlight' Sonata was a popular favourite. This 1999 book provides an accessible introduction to the Sonatas Opp. 27 and 31 (including The 'Moonlight' and 'The Tempest'), aimed at pianists, students, and music lovers. It begins with the works' historical background - the emergence of a 'piano culture' at the end of the eighteenth century, Beethoven's aristocratic milieu in Vienna, and his oft-quoted intention to follow a new compositional path. An account of the sonatas' genesis is followed by a discussion of their reception history, including a survey of changing performing styles since the mid-nineteenth century. The concept of the Sonata quasi una Fantasia is examined in relation to the cult of artistic sensibility in early-nineteenth-century Vienna. The study concludes with a critical introduction to each sonata.

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