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19TH-CENTURY PIANO MUSIC (Routledge Studies in Musical Genres)
19THCENTURY PIANO MUSIC - Routledge Studies in Musical Genres Author:Larry Todd 19th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 19th-century repertoire, beginning with 2 chapters giving a general overview of the repertoire and keyboard technique of the era, and then individual chapters on Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt. The new edition will include a final chapte... more »r on women composers of the era, particularly focusing on Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann. Each chapter is written by a noted authority in the field, and features both biographical information and musical analysis. The book is ideal for a course focusing on the history of keyboard music or a unit in a 19th-century music course on the keyboard works of the era. Plus, students and scholars will find it an excellent resource summarizing current research on each of these composers' keyboard works.« less