Piano Library

12/16/2014

Masterclasses (video)

B.Berman teaches Beethoven Eroica Variations - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

B.Berman teaches Beethoven Eroica Variations - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

B.Berman teaches Debussy Pour Le Piano - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

E.Ax teaches Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Variations - Verbier Festival Academy 2010

J.MacGregor teaches Messiaen Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant-Jésus - Royal Academy of Music 2009

S.Kovacevich teaches Beethoven Waldstein Sonata and Sonata No.31 - Verbier Festival Academy 2009

S.Kovacevich teaches Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 - Verbier Festival Academy 2011

S.Kovacevich teaches Chopin Fantasy in F minor - Verbier Festival Academy 2010

S.Kovacevich teaches Schubert Impromptus No. 1 and 3, Op. 90 - Verbier Festival Academy 2009

12/13/2014

Ryan McClelland, "Brahms and the Scherzo"

English | ISBN: 075466810X | 2010 | 344 pages | PDF | 12 MB

Despite the incredible diversity in Brahms' scherzo-type movements, there has been no comprehensive consideration of this aspect of his oeuvre. Professor Ryan McClelland provides an in-depth study of these movements that also contributes significantly to an understanding of Brahms' compositional language and his creative dialogue with musical traditions. McClelland especially highlights the role of rhythmic-metric design in Brahms' music and its relationship to expressive meaning. In Brahms' scherzo-type movements, McClelland traces transformations of primary thematic material, demonstrating how the relationship of the initial music to its subsequent versions creates a musical narrative that provides structural coherence and generates expressive meaning. McClelland's interpretations of the expressive implications of Brahms' fascinatingly intricate musical structures frequently engage issues directly relevant to performance. This illuminating book will appeal to music theorists, musicologists working on nineteenth-century instrumental music and performers.

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