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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521036046
ISBN-139780521036047
eBay Product ID (ePID)59070064
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Number of Pages252 Pages
Publication NameVirtuosity and the Musical Work : the Transcendental Studies of Liszt
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic
AuthorJim Samson
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"First and most obviously, this is a landmark study of an important group of works and the genre to which they belong, both of which continue to enjoy substantial popularity and a problematic reception. Second, Samson has offered a beautifully crafted model for a critical, contextual, cultural, and above all musical musicological study; as its subject is a body of Liszt etudes, so it is a study of nineteenth-century etuding. It is to be hoped that it is broadly influential in our discipline, because the balances it finds are rarely reached with this kind of elegance." Notes, 'In Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt, Samson shows mastery of an enormous range of sources, a deep acquaintance with the music, and he writes with clarity and style. His exposition of Liszt's development of the tudes over a period of many years … is especially effective. I have no doubt that this will be the standard work on The Transcendental Studies for years to come.' Times Literary Supplement, 'In Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt, Samson shows mastery of an enormous range of sources, a deep acquaintance with the music, and he writes with clarity and style. His exposition of Liszt's development of the ètudes over a period of many years ... is especially effective. I have no doubt that this will be the standard work on The Transcendental Studies for years to come.' Times Literary Supplement, 'In Virtuosity and the Musical Work: The Transcendental Studies of Liszt, Samson shows mastery of an enormous range of sources, a deep acquaintance with the music, and he writes with clarity and style. His exposition of Liszt's development of the _tudes over a period of many years ... is especially effective. I have no doubt that this will be the standard work on The Transcendental Studies for years to come.' Times Literary Supplement
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal786.2/092
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ecology by numbers; 2. Of maps and materials; 3. Composing the performance; 4. Making and remaking; 5. Forms and reforms; 6. Suggestion and symbol; 7. Mazeppa times 7; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThis book is about three sets of etudes by Liszt: the Etude en douze exercices (1826); its reworking as Douzes grandes etudes (1837); and their reworking as Douzes etudes d'execution transcendante (1851). It is also a book about nineteenth-century instrumental music in general because the three works invite the exploration of features characteristic of the early Romantic era in music. These include a composer-performer culture; the concept of virtuosity; the significance of recomposition; music and the poetic; and the consolidation of a musical work-concept., Considers the nature of nineteenth-century instrumental music through three sets of etudes by Liszt., This book considers the nature of nineteenth-century instrumental music by investigating three sets of etudes by Liszt. It explores central concerns such as a composer-performer culture, the concept of virtuosity, the significance of recomposition, music and the poetic, and the consolidation of a musical work-concept., This book is about three sets of etudes by Liszt: the Etude en douze exercices (1826), its reworking as Douzes grandes études (1837), and their reworking as Douzes études d'exécution transcendante (1851). At the same time it is a book about nineteenth-century instrumental music in general, in that the three works invite the exploration of features characteristic of the early Romantic era in music. These include: a composer-performer culture, the concept of virtuosity, the significance of recomposition, music and the poetic, and the consolidation of a musical work-concept. A central concern is to illuminate the relationship between the work-concept and a performance- and genre-orientated musical culture. At the same time the book reflects on how we might make judgements of the 'Transcendentals', of the Symphonic Poem Mazeppa (based on the fourth etude), and of Liszt's music in general.
LC Classification NumberML410
