Twentieth-Century Piano Music (Studies in Musical Genres and Repertories) - Hardcover

Burge, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028703219 ISBN 13: 9780028703213

Publisher: Schirmer Books, 1990

Synopsis

Now in paperback! In Twentieth-Century Piano Music, David Burge offers a personal and inviting overview of the often challenging music written for solo piano during this century, an artistic response by a pianist and educator widely acclaimed for introducing much of this literature to the repertoire. Divided into four sections, each covering a key historical period, the text examines the development of different styles and compositional techniques, and integrates historical and artistic details with a sophisticated and accessible approach to the music. Burge offers cogent performance suggestions for selected works of Copland, Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, Cage, Crumb, and others.

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Review:

[Burge] succeeds in describing hundreds of pieces in a manner that gives each a unique identity, no small achievement...Twentieth-Century Piano Music fills a gap in the available literature on the subject and should be required reading for advanced pianists of all ages.--Kendall Feeney "Clavier "

David Burge is one of our finest concert pianists, and his playing of twentieth-century music is always splendid. His new book will be an indispensable guide.--David Dubal, Professor of piano, The Juilliard School, New York

It is the fact that Burge has known so many composers personally, including especially Crumb, Berio, and Krenek, that makes his insights so very valuable to the reader.--Thomas Warburton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Sonneck Society Bulletin "

Synopsis:

Divided into four sections, each covering a key historical period, this trenchant examination of the development of different styles and compositional techniques integrates historical and artistic details with a sophisticated and generally accessible approach to the music. Burge (piano, Eastman School of Music) offers cogent suggestions for the per

About this edition

• Publisher: Schirmer Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0028703219
• ISBN 13: 9780028703213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352