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The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles
Laszlo Somfai
The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn: Instruments and Performance Practice, Genres and Styles
Laszlo Somfai
Presents a study of Haydn's keyboard sonatas. This title deals with Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. It discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of 18th-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics.
416 pages, 220 musical examples & figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 15, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780226768137 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 416 |
Dimensions | 169 × 237 × 22 mm · 662 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Greenspan, Charlotte |