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Author Samson, Jim.

Title Virtuosity and the musical work : the Transcendental studies of Liszt / Jim Samson
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Ecology by numbers -- 2. Of maps and materials -- 3. Composing the performance -- 4. Making and remaking -- 5. Forms and reforms -- 6. Suggestion and symbol -- 7. Mazeppa times 7
Summary This book considers the nature of nineteenth-century instrumental music by investigating three sets of etudes by Liszt. It explores central concerns such as a composer-performer culture, the concept of virtuosity, the significance of recomposition, music and the poetic, and the consolidation of a musical work-concept
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Étude en douze exercises
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Grandes études.
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Études d'exécution transcendante.
SUBJECT Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 fast
Étude en douze exercises (Liszt, Franz) fast
Études d'exécution transcendante (Liszt, Franz) fast
Subject Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Virtuosity in musical performance.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
Music
Virtuosity in musical performance
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002031218
ISBN 9780511481963
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