| Uniform title | Ludwig van Beethoven. English |
| Portion of title |
Piano sonatas : history, notation, interpretation |
| Contents |
1. The Sonatas: Overview-Form and Content -- 2. Beethoven's Pianism -- 3. The Piano in Beethoven's Time -- 4. Performance Practice and Beethoven's Notation -- Types of Touch -- From ""Common"" Touch to Legato -- Legato -- Prolonged Touch -- Detached Touch -- Beaming -- Pedaling -- Rubato -- Character and ""Heavy"" and ""Light"" Execution -- Meter and Metrical Construction -- Uneven Metrical Constructions -- Meter and Subdivisions -- Tempo -- The Metronome -- 5. The Editions -- 6. Style and Interpretation -- 7. The Recordings -- Appendix: Keyboard Actions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Autographs in Facsimile Editions -- Index of Sonatas -- Index of Persons. |
| Abstract |
A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas. |
| General note | Translated from the German. |
| General note | "Originally published in German. Title of the original German edition: Ludwig van Beethoven : die Klaviersonaten, Interpretation und Aufführungspraxis by Jan Marisse Huizing, ED 21349, © 2012"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Huizing, Jan Marisse. Ludwig Van Beethoven. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021] 9780300251609 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 0300262744 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9780300262742 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv22f68xk JSTOR |
