Writings and Letters of Konrad Wolff

Name: Writings and Letters of Konrad Wolff
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ISBN: 9780253218803

ISBN-10: 0253218802

ISBN-13: 9780253218803

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ruth Gillen, Russell Sherman, Leon Fleisher, Ruth Gilen, Ruth Gillen

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An illustrated collection of insightful lectures and writings from one of the world's most brilliant pianists

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Prologue



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Biographical Sketch



Composers


Frescobaldi (1583-1643)


Bach (1685-1750)


His Last Work


Spirit, Style, and Forms


Bach-Reger


Brandenburg Concertos for Piano Duet


Mozart (1756-1791)


Quintet in D Major, K. 593


Beethoven (1770-1827)


Several Perspectives


Mostly Beethoven


On Beethoven's Trills


Bagatelles, Op. 119


The Ninth Symphony, Op. 125


Schubert (1797-1828)


Schubert's Reaction to Beethoven


Schubert's "L'istesso Tempo"


Schubert's String Quintet in C: A Misplaced Repeat Sign?


Schumann (1810-1856)


On Titles and Verbal Descriptions in Music


Liszt (1811-1886)


Beethovenian Dissonances in Liszt's Piano Works


Liszt's Approach to Piano Technique


Stravinsky (1882-1971)


A Modern Faust



Letters


From: Paul Badura-Skoda; Review of Interpretation on the Piano-What We Can Learn from Schnabel


From: Alfred Brendel


From: Paul Henry Lang


From: Rudolf Serkin


To: Leon Fleisher


To: Artur Schnabel


To and From: A Colleague


To and From: Sviatoslav Richter



Miscellany


Christmas Music


Music Appreciation 101


Authenticity


The Beginnings of Cyclic Form


Bach's Dedication to King Frederick


August Halm (1869-1929)


Observations


On Teaching


On Music and Musicians


A Lesson in Writing


Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Siciliano in F-Sharp Minor



The Brendel-Wolff "Debate"


The "Debate"


Addendum



Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index