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Author Hood, Alison (Musician)

Title Interpreting Chopin : analysis and performance / Alison Hood ; foreword by Robert S. Hatten
Published Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Contents Revealing the hidden dimensions. Rhythm ; Foreground emphasis ; Strict use ; Strategy/premise ; Dialogue with performance -- Preludes op. 28. A comparative review of analytical approaches : Prelude no. 5 ; Phrase structure and metric ambiguity : Prelude no. 12 ; Tonal and rhythmic hidden repetition in Prelude no. 14 ; Contour and flux : Prelude no. 16 ; Figuration in Prelude no. 21 ; Ambiguity of tonal meaning : Prelude no. 22 -- Nocturnes. Shared compositional strategies in Chopin's Nocturnes op. 48 ; Intra-opus connections in Chopin's Nocturne op. 27 -- The Barcarolle. Structural coupling in the coda of Chopin's Barcarolle
Summary Alison Hood combines significant aspects of current analytical approaches and applies that unique synthetic method to selected works by Chopin. The specific combination of five aspects distinguishes Hood's method from previous analytical approaches. These five methods are attention to the rhythms created by pitch events on all structural levels; a detailed accounting of the musical surface; 'strict use' of analytical notation; a continual concern with 'strategies' or 'premises'; and an exploration of how recorded performances might be viewed in terms of analytical decisions, or might even shap
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 48.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 27.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Barcarolle, piano, op. 60, F♯ major.
SUBJECT Barcarolle (Chopin, Frédéric) fast
Nocturnes (Chopin, Frédéric) fast
Preludes (Chopin, Frédéric) fast
Subject Piano music -- Analysis, appreciation.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Percussion.
Piano music -- Analysis, appreciation
Form Electronic book
Author Hatten, Robert S
LC no. 2013031555
ISBN 9781409452102
1409452107
1317113594
9781317113591
1315589583
9781315589589