Chopin: The Piano Concertos

Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. This Handbook reevaluates them so that their many outstanding qualities can be fully appreciated. It describes their genesis, Chopin's own performances and his use of them as a teacher. A survey of their critical, editorial and performance histories follows, in preparation for an engaging narrative analysis of the concertos as embodied in sound. The final chapter investigates Chopin's enigmatic "third concerto", the Allegro de concert.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/27/1997
ISBN: 9780521446600
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.45w x 0.31d