A Companion To Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas: Bar-To-Bar Analysis
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous owner
Few figures in the canon of Western classical music cast as long a shadow as Ludwig van Beethoven, and his thirty-two piano sonatas remain among the most studied, performed, and revered works in all of keyboard literature. Donald Francis Tovey's A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas presents a meticulous bar-to-bar analysis of these monumental compositions, guiding students, performers, and musicologists through the harmonic architecture, thematic development, and structural logic that underpin each work. Written with the authority of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated musical intellects — Tovey served as Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University — the text illuminates the inner workings of sonatas from the early Opus 2 set through to the towering late works, making the invisible visible. Tovey's prose is characteristically lucid and penetrating, blending rigorous technical analysis with an infectious passion for the music itself, a combination that has secured this volume's reputation as an indispensable reference for serious pianists. Published under the auspices of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the work carries the weight of academic and pedagogical authority, yet never loses sight of the interpretive freedom that great performance demands. For anyone who has ever sat before a Beethoven sonata and wondered what lies beneath its surface, Tovey's companion does not merely answer the question — it reframes it entirely.
Author: Donald Francis Tovey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Genre: Music
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners,Previous owner
Few figures in the canon of Western classical music cast as long a shadow as Ludwig van Beethoven, and his thirty-two piano sonatas remain among the most studied, performed, and revered works in all of keyboard literature. Donald Francis Tovey's A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas presents a meticulous bar-to-bar analysis of these monumental compositions, guiding students, performers, and musicologists through the harmonic architecture, thematic development, and structural logic that underpin each work. Written with the authority of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated musical intellects — Tovey served as Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University — the text illuminates the inner workings of sonatas from the early Opus 2 set through to the towering late works, making the invisible visible. Tovey's prose is characteristically lucid and penetrating, blending rigorous technical analysis with an infectious passion for the music itself, a combination that has secured this volume's reputation as an indispensable reference for serious pianists. Published under the auspices of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, the work carries the weight of academic and pedagogical authority, yet never loses sight of the interpretive freedom that great performance demands. For anyone who has ever sat before a Beethoven sonata and wondered what lies beneath its surface, Tovey's companion does not merely answer the question — it reframes it entirely.