Interpreting Mozart
The Performance of His Piano Pieces and Other Compositions
Price: $95.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-97750-0
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 19th May 2008
- Pages: 496
About the Book
Paul Badura-Skoda is considered to be one of the great pianists of his generation, as well as an important scholar who has created definitive editions of many of the works of the Viennese masters, most notably Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart. With his wife, the noted musicologist Eva Badyra-Skoda, he wrote the highly influential Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard, first published in German in 1957, then in English and Japanese in 1962 and 1963, respectively. Long out of print, this important work has never been updated to reflect the last half-century of scholarship on Mozart's music. Now, the husband-and wife team have tackled this project, producing an entirely new text that will serve students and scholars of keyboard literature and of the great composer.Table of Contents
Introduction 1 Mozart’s World of Sound 2 Dynamics 3 Problems of Tempo and Rhythm 4 Articulation 5 Ornaments 6 Improvised Embellishments 7 Cadenzas and Lead-Ins (Eingänge) 8 "Expression and Gusto" 9 In Search of the Best Text 10 Playing with Orchestra 11 Some Technical Questions in the Piano Works 12 Remarks on the Interpretation of Selected Piano Works Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3
About the Author(s)
Paul Badura-Skoda is a world renowned performer and scholar, specializing in both period and modern instruments.
Eva Badura-Skoda is a musicologist, publishing extensively on the history of the piano and on performance-practice problems of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.