Schubert's Piano by Matthew Gardner
The piano features prominently in Schubert's musical output throughout his career, not only as an instrument for solo piano pieces (for two and four hands), but also in Lieder and chamber music as an equal partner to the voice or other instruments. His preference for the instrument is reflected in contemporary reports by his friends and colleagues as well as in iconography, where he is frequently depicted at the piano. In early nineteenth-century Vienna the piano underwent a rapid period of development, allowing composers to experiment with expanded ranges, sonorities and effects that differ substantially from modern concert grands. Schubert's Piano considers the composer's engagement with this instrument in terms of social history, performance and performance practices, aesthetics, sonority and musical imagery, and his approaches to composition across several musical genres, stimulating new insights into the creative interplay among Schubert's piano compositions.
'This volume not only addresses a surprising lacuna in Schubert studiesIt does so with a breadth of coverage, imaginative élan, cohesion, and sense of completeness that are rarely encountered in edited volumes. With such a wealth of musical close readings, performance practice ideas, historical and literary context, and social and material culture, Schubert's Piano will appeal to a wide variety of readers.' John D. Wilson, University of Vienna, Department of Musicology
Matthew Gardner holds an Akademie der Wissenschaften Junior Professorship in Musicology at the University of Tübingen in association with the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA). His research interests include music in eighteenth-century Britain, on which he has published widely, as well as performance practices, source studies and critical editing. Christine Martin is a Research Associate in the editorial office of the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA) at the University of Tübingen. She is a member of the edition's Editorial Board and a consultant for the online portal Schubert Digital (in development). Her publications include several critical editions for the NSA, alongside numerous research articles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781316515365 |
| ISBN 10 | 1316515362 |
| Title | Schubert's Piano |
| Author | Christine Martin |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2024-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 378 |
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