The Cambridge Companion to Liszt (Cambridge Companions to Music) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521644623 ISBN 13: 9780521644624

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Although the music of Franz Liszt is becoming ever more popular in the concert-hall and the subject of much recent research, there are few books available for a general reader that present up-to-date scholarship on the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, this Companion provides an authoritative overview of Liszt's music, its context and performance practice.

About this title

Book Description:

The music of Franz Liszt is becoming ever more popular in the concert-hall and has been the subject of much ground-breaking recent research, but there are few books available for a general readership that present up-to-date scholarship in an accessible fashion. Written by some of the leading specialists in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Liszt provides an authorative overview of Liszt's music, its context and p erformance practice in a way that will be invaluable to music professionals and amateurs alike.

About the Author:

Kenneth Hamilton is pianist-in-residence and senior lecturer in music at the University of Birmingham, UK. A virtuoso pianist with an international reputation, he is also an authority on Liszt and has a special interest in nineteenth-century performing techniques. He is the author of the Cambridge Music handbook Liszt: Sonata in B Minor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521644623
• ISBN 13: 9780521644624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Hamilton Kenneth