Ludwig van Beethoven (Paperback)

Paperback. A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas Beethovens piano sonatas are among the iconic cornerstones of the classical music repertoire. Jan Marisse Huizing offers an in-depth study of the sonatas using available autograph and first editions and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into the historical background and historical performance practices of the piano sonatas, Huizing provides illuminating detail on Beethovens characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character, rubato, meter, metric constructions, metronome marks, and tempo. A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.