Virtuosity and the Musical Work

The Transcendental Studies of Liszt

by: Jim Samson

Virtuosity and the Musical Work
Author: Jim Samson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

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Publication date: 28 January 2005

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ISBN: 051103038X ISBN 13: 9780511030383 This product is an E-publication based on: Virtuosity and the Musical Work (2009)

Virtuosity and the Musical Work by Jim Samson

Considers the nature of nineteenth-century instrumental music through three sets of etudes by Liszt. Top page

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This book is about three sets of etudes by Liszt: the Etude en douze exercices (1826), its reworking as Douzes grandes etudes (1837), and their reworking as Douzes etudes d'execution transcendante (1851). At the same time it is a book about nineteenth-century instrumental music in general, in that the three works invite the exploration of features characteristic of the early Romantic era in music. These include: a composer-performer culture, the concept of virtuosity, the significance of recomposition, music and the poetic, and the consolidation of a musical work-concept. A central concern is to illuminate the relationship between the work-concept and a performance- and genre-orientated musical culture. At the same time the book reflects on how we might make judgements of the 'Transcendentals', of the Symphonic Poem Mazeppa (based on the fourth etude), and of Liszt's music in general. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

City: Cambridge

Pages: 250

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC21) 786.2

Departments: Composers & musicians;

Record updated at: 14 May, 2011 time: 11:40

Summary Virtuosity and the Musical Work Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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; Bibliography; Index. Top page

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