Liszt: Sonata in B Minor by Kenneth Hamilton

Liszt: Sonata in B Minor by Kenneth Hamilton

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Liszt: Sonata in B Minor by Kenneth Hamilton

Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists.
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ISBN 13 9780521469630
ISBN 10 0521469635
Title Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
Author Kenneth Hamilton
Series Cambridge Music Handbooks
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1996-08-28
Number of pages 108
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