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OverviewA new and wide-ranging collection of essays by leading international scholars, exploring the concept and practices of virtuosity in Franz Liszt and his contemporaries. In the annals of music history, few figures have dominated the discussion of virtuosity as much as Franz Liszt. A flamboyant performer whose hair-raising technical feats at the piano created a sense of awe-inspiring excitement andan icon whose star power radiated far beyond the realm of music, Liszt was, along with his early model, Paganini, among the first major performer-composers to define himself principally by virtuosity. Featuring new essays by an international group of preeminent scholars, Liszt and Virtuosity offers a reevaluation of the concept and practices of virtuosity as shaped and defined in Liszt's multifaceted oeuvre, as well as a reconsiderationof Liszt's relation to other major and lesser-known musical figures, including Czerny, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, and Marie Jaell. Set in the context of larger trends within the fields of music history, musicanalysis, intellectual history, and performance studies, these capacious explorations demonstrate that Liszt's uniqueness and significance resided in his ability to transform virtuosity into a revolutionary musical force, pushingthe piano aesthetic to the limits of sound and poetic meaning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Doran , David Keep , Dolores Pesce (Customer) , Jim SamsonPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Volume: v. 168 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781580469395ISBN 10: 1580469396 Pages: 446 Publication Date: 27 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Virtuosity and Liszt - Robert Doran Part One: Liszt, Virtuosity, and Performance Après une lecture de Czerny?: Liszt's Creative Virtuosity - Kenneth Hamilton Transforming Virtuosity: Liszt and Nineteenth-Century Pianos - Olivia Sham Spirit and Mechanism: Liszt's Early Piano Technique and Teaching - Nicolas Dufetel Paths through the Lisztian Ossia - Jonathan Kregor Brahms ""versus"" Liszt: The Internalization of Virtuosity - David Keep Part Two: Lisztian Virtuosity: Theoretical Approaches The Practice of Pianism: Virtuosity and Oral History - Jim Samson Liszt's Symbiosis: The Question of Virtuosity and the Concerto Arrangement of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy - Jonathan Dunsby From the Brilliant Style to the Bravura Style: Reconceptualizing Lisztian Virtuosity - Robert Doran Part Three: Virtuosity and Anti-Virtuosity in ""Late Liszt"" Harmony, Gesture, and Virtuosity in Liszt's Revisions: Shaping the Affective Journeys of the Cypress Pieces from Années de pèlerinage III - Dolores Pesce Anti-Virtuosity and Musical Experimentalism: Liszt, Marie Jaëll, Debussy, and Others - Ralph P. Locke Virtuosity in Liszt's Late Piano Works - Shay Loya"ReviewsThis splendid volume dispels any lingering prejudices against nineteenth-century piano virtuosity and especially against Franz Liszt--often suspected of practicing a musical dark art. By casting new light on Liszt's singular virtuosity in essays on his instruments, technique, and teaching through to his revolutionary compositional aesthetic, the internationally distinguished authorship aspires to a level of understanding no less transformational than the work of the spectacular figure at center stage. --John Rink, Professor of Musical Performance Studies, University of Cambridge Author InformationROBERT DORAN is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Music Theory Departmentat the Eastman School of Music. ROBERT DORAN is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Music Theory Departmentat the Eastman School of Music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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