A Short History of Keyboard Music[This book] attempts to deal with the whole repertory of solo keyboard music from the historical point of view, with musical examples. The larger proportion of works covered are those after 1750. -- cf. Preface. |
Contents
Chapter One THE KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS THEIR HISTORY | 1 |
Chapter Two KEYBOARD MUSIC to the End of THE SIXTEENTH | 29 |
Chapter Three THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 63 |
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accompaniment Adagio Allegretto Allegro Andante appears arpeggios Bach Bach's Ballade Baroque Bartók's bass Beethoven Brahms cantabile cantus firmus Capriccio character pieces characteristic Chopin chords chromatic coda composed concert contrapuntal dances Debussy early Edited eighteenth century elements employed etudes example f-sharp fantasia figuration French fugue genre German harmonies harpsichord important Intermezzo Italian Johann Kassel keyboard instruments keyboard music large form Leipzig Lento Liszt lyrical mazurkas Mendelssohn minuet Moderato Mozart musical composition Neo-Classical nineteenth century nocturnes notes octave orchestral organ music partita passages pianist piano duet piano music piano sonatas Pièces polonaise Prelude and Fugue principal theme prominent published rhythm rhythmic ricercare Romantic rondo scherzo Schönberg Schubert Schumann seen set of variations slow movement sonata form Sonata in B-flat Sonata in f Sonata in f-sharp song style suite symphony thematic material theme and variations toccata tradition trio virtuoso waltzes