The Dawning of American Keyboard MusicBloomsbury Academic, 19.10.1988 - 438 Seiten Clark provides an extensive survey of the keyboard culture of the young American nation. Written in straightforward, accessible style, the volume covers the period 1787-1830. Clark's unusual organization of the music by genre . . . reveals the wide expanse of the early musical output. . . . This volume belongs in every academic library and on the shelves of all pianists interested in US national musical heritage. Clark's `overriding wish is that some of this music will be played and heard again.' This reviewer heartily concurs and applauds this book as a solid cornerstone upon which his wish may be built. Choice |
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... pieces were written as long ago as the 15th century -- the date of Heinrich Isaac's A la battaglia . Battle pieces for keyboard were apparently more popular in the first fifty years of the United States than was the hallowed keyboard ...
... pieces were Blewitt and Ogilvy.9 American Battle Pieces The same features are also found in battle pieces by American composers during the same period . 10 They use low notes or chords to represent the sound of cannons , and have ...
... pieces associated with the place of Heinrich's birth and upbringing . The march itself is dedicated to the citizens ... pieces is balanced with The Minstrel's Petition , with its nine pieces , dedicated to the Empress Charlotte Augusta ...
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Sonatas Rausch to Heinrich | 1 |
120 | 18 |
110 | 22 |
Urheberrecht | |
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