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Brendel, Alfred, author.

Alfred Brendel on music : collected essays.

[Chicago, Ill.] : acappella, [2001]

©2001

xiv, 418 pages : illustrations, portrait, music ; 23 cm

Noted pianist Alfred brendel brings the clarity and originality of expression that characterize his performance to the printed page. Some of the essays arose from questions for which the available literature did not provide satisfying answers, such as those pertaining to Schubert's piano sonatas, humor in music, the interaction of character and structure, or Beethoven's late style, Others present an overview of Brendel's own endeavors, or special topics such as coping with pianos. Most of the essays were previously published in Musical thoughts and afterthoughts (1960) and Music sounded out (1990).

Music -- History and criticism.

Music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.

Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

A Cappella Books, publisher.

Essays

Place of publication from title page verso.

Copyright statement dated on title page verso.

"Published by A Cappella Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Incorporated" -- Title page verso.

Principally revised versions of essays previously published in the collections Musical thoughts and afterthoughts and Music sounded out.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-403) and index.

Originally written variously in English or German; English translations provided by the author and others.

A Mozart player gives himself advice -- Minor Mozart : in defense of his solo works -- Notes on a complete recording of Beethoven's piano works -- Werktreue--an afterthought -- Form and psychology in Beethoven's piano sonatas -- The process of foreshortening in the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata op. 2, no. 1 -- Musical character(s) in Beethoven's piano sonatas -- Beethoven's new style -- Must classical music be entirely serious?. The sublime in reverse ; Beethoven's Diabelli variations -- The text and Its guardians : notes on Beethoven's piano concertos -- Schubert's piano sonatas, 1822-1828 -- Schubert's last sonatas -- A footnote on the playing of Schubert's four-hand works -- Testing the grown-up player : Schumann's Kinderszenen -- Theme and variations. Schumann and Beethoven ; From Mozart to Brahms -- Liszt misunderstood -- Liszt and the piano circus--an afterthought -- The noble Liszt -- Liszt's Années de pèlerinage I and II -- Liszt's B minor sonata -- Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies -- Liszt's bitterness of heart -- Liszt's piano playing -- Turning the piano into an orchestra : Liszt's transcriptions and paraphrases -- Fidelity to Liszt's letter? -- A peculiar serenity : on the thirtieth anniversary of Busoni's death, 1954 -- Arlecchino and Doktor Faust : on the centenary of Busoni's birth, 1966 -- Afterthoughts on Busoni -- Superhuman frailty : on Busoni's Doktor Faust -- On playing Schoenberg's Piano concerto -- Wilhelm Furtwängler -- Edwin Fischer : remembering my teacher -- Afterthoughts on Edwin Fischer -- Coping with pianos -- A case for live recordings -- On recitals and programmes -- From "Analysis" to "Zubiaurre" : a review of the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians -- Talking to Brendel / with Jeremy Siepmann ; Bach and the piano / with Terry Snow ; On Schnabel and interpretation / with Konrad Wolff.

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