Selected Sonatas


Book Description

We proudly add this collection of the most frequently performed Muzio Clementi piano sonatas to our highly respected Piano Maters Series. This compilation is newly engraved and contains a biography of the composer, careful editing, and written-out ornaments to better aid the piano student. Titles are: * Sonata in F Minor, Opus 13, No. 6 * Sonata in G Major, Opus 25, No. 2 * Sonata in D Major, Opus 25, No. 6 * Sonata in A Major, Opus 33, No. 1.




Selected Sonatas


Book Description

Our editors have selected six complete sonatas from Haydn's set of 56, choosing sonatas from the less-demanding levels and advancing in difficulty. This is a valuable resource for introducing students to this standard literature! Titles are: * Sonatas No. 3 in F Major * No. 5 in G Major * No. 14 in C Major * No. 35 in A-flat Major * No. 42 in G Major * No. 48 in C Major. Beautiful covers, exquisite engravings, and meticulous editing have made this series a best seller everywhere.




Selected Sonatas, Volume I


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Volume I contains eight sonatas, a composer biography, and useful written-out ornaments, all helpful to students. Included are some of the more often taught and performed of the Scarlatti sonatas such as Sonata in C Major. All newly engraved and at a great price.




Selected Sonatas, Volume II


Book Description

Volume II includes another eight of Scarlatti's most often taught and performed piano sonatas. As with volume I, this compilation contains a biography of the composer, careful editing of the selected sonatas, and written-out ornaments to better aid any aspiring young piano student. A must have!




Beethoven's Piano Sonatas


Book Description

Beethoven’s piano sonatas form one of the most important collections of works in the whole history of music. Spanning several decades of his life as a composer, the sonatas soon came to be seen as the first body of substantial serious works for piano suited to performance in large concert halls seating hundreds of people. In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Charles Rosen places the works in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire, covering such aspects as sonata form, phrasing, and tempo, as well as the use of pedal and trills. In the second part of his book, he looks at the sonatas individually, from the earliest works of the 1790s through the sonatas of Beethoven’s youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of mastery, the years of stress (1812†“1817), and the last three sonatas of the 1820s. Composed as much for private music-making as public recital, Beethoven’s sonatas have long formed a bridge between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall. For today’s audience, Rosen has written a guide that brings out the gravity, passion, and humor of these works and will enrich the appreciation of a wide range of readers, whether listeners, amateur musicians, or professional pianists. The book includes a CD of Rosen performing extracts from several of the sonatas, illustrating points made in the text.




Understanding Mozart's Piano Sonatas


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Mozart's piano sonatas are among the most familiar of his works and stand alongside those of Haydn and Beethoven as staples of the pianist's repertoire. In this study, John Irving looks at a wide selection of contextual situations for Mozart's sonatas, focusing on the variety of ways in which they assume identities and achieve meanings. In particular, the book seeks to establish the provisionality of the sonatas' notated texts, suggesting that the texts are not so much identifiers as possibilities and that their identity resides in the usage. Close attention is paid to reception matters, analytical approaches, organology, the role of autograph manuscripts, early editions and editors, and aspects of historical performance practice - all of which go beyond the texts in opening windows onto Mozart's sonatas. Treating the sonatas collectively as a repertoire, rather than as individual works, the book surveys broad thematic issues such as the role of historical writing about music in defining a generic space for Mozart's sonatas, their construction within pedagogical traditions, the significance of sound as opposed to sight in these works (and in particular their sound on fortepianos of the later eighteenth-century) , and the creative role of the performer in their representation beyond the frame of the text. Drawing together and synthesizing this wealth of material, Irving provides an invaluable reference source for those already familiar with this repertoire.




Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas


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Boris Berman draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev's work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer's nine piano sonatas.




Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas


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In Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon addresses textual issues, Beethoven's pianos, performance practices, composer's indications, and the composer's development, pointing to patterns of structure, sonority, keyboard technique, and emotional meaning. In addition, each sonata appears in a helpful outline-chart format for easy-access reference.




Ludwig Van Beethoven


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A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas Beethoven's 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 autographs, first editions, recordings, and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into the historical background and historical performance practice, the book provides illuminating detail on Beethoven's pianism as well as his characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character, rubato, meter, metric constructions, tempo, and metronome marks. Packed with anecdotes, quotations, and considerable new information, the book will inspire all involved with these masterworks, playing a fortepiano or modern Grand, giving the sense of the composer sitting beside them as he translates his inspiration and ideas into his notation.




Mozart -- Selected Intermediate to Early Advanced Piano Sonata Movements


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Musicians have long treasured the Mozart sonatas for their symmetry and perfection. This volume presents single movements as well as complete sonatas (K. 282, 283, 545 and 570) for study by the advancing pianist. The sonatas provide ample opportunity for developing control, technical facility, a singing style, and balance and voicing. The preface gives Dr. Hinson's helpful suggestions on pedaling, ornamentation, articulation and dynamics, as well as a suggested order of study. Careful editing allows the teacher and student to make informed choices in interpreting these masterpieces.