Romantic pianism and modern performance 1st by hamilton, kenneth isbn. The spontaneity, creativity, informality and personal effect of concertizing in the 19th century, when such events had the freshness of jazz concerts today, are compared in kenneth hamiltons after the golden age romantic pianism and modern performance oxford university press, 2008 with the prerequisite solemn decorum and scholarly adherence to the printed page of a piano recital today. Every week of the season, from around the beginning of october to the end of march, a steady stream of piano pupils would come to study with fryderyk chopin. Yet the work remains very poorly understooddisagreement prevails on issues from its tonic and twokey structure to its posited relationship with the poems of adam mickiewicz.
This chapter uncovers the roots of the myth of a pianistic golden age in the 19th and early 20thcenturies, along with offering a preliminary discussion of national performance styles, and the influence of beethoven, czerny, liszt, and chopin. Kenneth hamilton after the golden age romantic pianism and modern performance free ebook download as pdf file. It is written both for players and for members of their audiences by a pianist who believes that scholarship and readability can go handinhand. Romantic pianism and modern performance by kenneth hamilton, a professor at the university of birmingham, argues that the worst excesses of the 19th century romantic age of performance were more lively and fun than what he sees as todays tedious and stuffy concert scene. After the golden age inbunden, 2007, inbunden find the lowest prices at pricerunner compare prices from 3 stores dont overpay. After the golden age inbunden, 2007, inbunden compare. Pdf mendelssohn in performance by siegwart reichwald. The book recounts how classical concerts evolved from exuberant, sometimes riotous events into the formal, funereal trotting out of predictable pieces they. Kenneth hamilton after the golden age romantic pianism and. Kenneth hamilton kenneth hamiltons book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oftinvoked myth of a great tradition, or golden age of pianism.
Romantic pianism and modern performance hamilton, kenneth on. Romantic pianism and modern performance by kenneth hamilton find, read and cite all the research you need on. Romantic pianism and modern performance, by kenneth hamilton. Romantic pianism and modern performance by kenneth hamilton is a great read about how much of the tradition behind classical performance specifically pianohas been lost in the last century. Romantic pianism and modern performance 9780195178265 by hamilton, kenneth and a great selection of similar new, used. The inspiration for this recording is identical to the motivation for my book after the golden age. Ritual and social design in a chantbook from early renaissance toledo by lorenzo candelaria kenneth kreitner. Romantic pianism and modern performance kenneth hamilton isbn. After the golden age ebook by kenneth hamilton rakuten kobo. Chopins polish ballade is a reexamination and close analysis of this famous work, revealing the ballade as a piece. After the golden age is written in a engaging and entertaining style, and it covers a wealth of material, making a major contribution to the study of performance style.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Performance practice musichistory19th century, performance. A dictionary of literary symbols this is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than universal psychological archetypes, m. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading after the golden age. Pianism definition of pianism by the free dictionary. Romantic pianism and modern performance, which was published in symposium of the college music society. Kenneth hamiltons book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oftinvoked myth of a great tradition, or golden age of pian. After the golden age kenneth hamilton oxford university press. He then goes on to discuss the performance style great pianists, from liszt to. She is known for her rich, round tone, and singing voicelike phrasing, characteristics of the romantic style of piano playing that was predominant in the golden age of pianism. Romantic pianism and modern performance kindle edition by hamilton, kenneth.
Playing only exactly whats on the page is a very recent construct, and the art of improvisation has sadly dissapeared from modern. The vexed claim of a continuous performance tradition is analysed and shown to be erroneous. Hamilton takes a long look at the tradition of the solo recital. Romantic pianism and modern performance\u22 by kenneth hamilton. Romantic pianism and modern performance, kenneth hamilton challenges the monopoly of modern performance practice on romantic repertory. Review the only one worth listening to when devising performance approaches. A new polemic from oxford university press, after the golden age. Romantic pianism and modern performance by kenneth hamilton. Preludes to chopin sonatas, barcarolle, polonaise orca. You can publish your own pdf file online for free in a few minutes. Request pdf on oct 23, 2008, jonathan bellman and others published kenneth hamilton, after the golden age. It discusses the performance style of great pianists from liszt to paderewski and busoni, and delves into the farfrominevitable development of the piano recital. Its history traced to the great exhibition of 1851 2nd edition. He made up for lost time by being taught by a teacher musically descended from franz liszt and by the age of 15 was playing movements from concertos by.
After the golden age this page intentionally left blank after golden age the romantic pianism and modern performance kenneth hamilton 1 2008 1 oxford university press, inc. Read after the golden age romantic pianism and modern performance by kenneth hamilton available from rakuten kobo. Great tradition, grand manner, golden age oxford scholarship. Kenneth hamiltons recent book about the piano explores the changes in performance practices that took place from the nineteenth century to the contemporary era. He has presented papers at several national music conventions. Kenneth hamiltons book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oftinvoked myth of a great tradition, or golden age of pianism. While a rather regimented diet of compositions from bachs period through oursalmost always ordered chronologicallyis the norm today, hamilton demonstrates that concerts during the golden age assumed a number of stylistic profiles. Bluntly, it should be required reading for all piano literature classes, read by all serious students of the piano, and likewise by anyone interested in the ways performance. The romantic and modern attitudes are especially at odds in regards to the solo recital, the focus of chapter 2. Kenneth hamilton hamilton dissects the oft invoked myth of a great tradition, or golden age of pianism. Two new books, kenneth hamiltons after the golden age. He argues that what we now think of as the formal, proper, traditional recital is a recent and arbitrary thing. Nocturnes, waltzes and other works features nine preludes, performed as they were originally intended, as.
It discusses the performancestyle of great pianists from liszt to paderewski and. Kenneth hamiltons book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oftinvok. Lindeman and others published after the golden age. After the golden age romantic pianism and modern performance kenneth hamilton. Romantic pianism and modern performance this book dissects the oftinvoked myth of a romantic golden age of pianism.
Ben started learning the electronic organ at the age of 7, and was a relatively late starter with the piano, not starting learning until the age of 11. The mexican film industry became the center of commercial films in latin america. Romantic pianism and modern performance has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The inspiration for this recording is similar to that which prompted me to write my book after the golden age. Where he attended the same music school where greenday frontman took singing lessons. Focusing on the socalled golden age of pianism, ca. Kenneth hamiltons book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oftinvoked myth of. This book dissects the oftinvoked myth of a romantic golden age of pianism. A second album of chopins preludes, performed by professor kenneth hamilton in combination with other pieces by the same composer, will be released this month.
831 382 1018 1170 1320 80 324 403 435 105 1462 227 440 64 672 37 1309 1432 921 35 1169 1385 1423 322 1490 1430 1014 160 441 1048 1475 758