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The New Grove early romantic masters 1 : Chopin, Schumann, Liszt / Nicholas Temperley, Gerald Abraham, Humphrey Searle.

Author/creator Temperley, Nicholas
Other author/creatorAbraham, Gerald, 1904-1988.
Other author/creatorSearle, Humphrey.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st American edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Norton, ©1985.
Description392 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 21 cm.
Subject(s)
Series The Composer biography series
Composer biography series. ^A665630
Contents Fryderyk Chopin / Nicolas Temperley, Kornel Michalowski (bibliography). Birth and ancestry ; Childhood and youth, 1809-31 ; Personal characteristics ; Paris, 1831-8 ; Years with George Sand, 1838-47 ; Last years, 1847-9 ; Approach to composition ; Pianistic style ; Harmony ; Form ; Historical position ; Editions ; Work-list -- Robert Schumann / Gerald Abraham, Eric Sams (work-list, bibliography). Early years, 1810-27 ; Leipzig and Heidelberg, 1828-31 ; 1832-40 ; 1840-44 ; Dresden, 1844-50 ; Dusseldorf, 1850-52 ; Last years, 1852-6 ; Influences and piano music ; Songs ; Orchestral and chamber music ; Choral and dramatic music ; Critical writings ; Work-list -- Franz Liszt / Humphrey Searle (with Sharon Winklhofer). Life ; Character and personality ; Liszt the pianist ; Style and structure ; Solo piano music ; Orchestral and other instrumental music ; Sacred choral music ; Opera and secular vocal music ; Harmonic development ; Work-list.
General noteFirst published in The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (London: Macmillan, 1980)
Bibliography noteIncludes lists of works, bibliographies, and index.
Other titleEarly romantic masters 1.
ISBN0393016919
ISBN0393300951 (pbk.)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML390 .T45 1985 ✔ Available Place Hold