Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music
- Editor: Mccarrey, Scott
- Editor: Wright, Lesley A.
a significant achievement that provides a number of penetrating insights into the performance practice of the French piano tradition... a timely reminder that scores rarely give us all the information... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- Part I How Composers Communicate: Inside rather than under the composer's skin: another tilt at being authentic, Roy Howat
- Messiaen as pianist: a romantic in a modernist world, Christopher Dingle. Part II Teachers as the Conduit to the Composer's Intent: The genesis of Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux, Peter Hill
- A link to the French pianistic tradition: the teaching of Paul Doguereau, David Korevaar. Part III Historical Resources: Style, performance practice, and reception in the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue: placing and performing Cesar Franck, Richard Langham Sm
- Players and pianos: an overview of early recorded resources for the French piano repertoire, Christopher Dingle. Part IV Using Analysis for Informed Performances: Pianists' Views: Florent Schmitt and Maurice Ravel: measured time from the turn of the cent
- Messiaen to Murail, or, what sounds become, Marilyn Nonken
- Selected bibliography
- Index.