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Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups

• Full title: Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
• Author: Kenneth Hamilton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108
• EAN: 9780521469630
• ISBN: 0521469635
• ID: 02032142
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 156 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 144 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. August 1996

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