This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...in general it may be noted that the distinctly lyric composers, such as Schubert, Schumann, and Grieg, have not been conspicuously successful in those larger forms where this principle is most operative. The little motive of five notes with which the right hand part of the andante by Haydn begins illustrates this. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...in general it may be noted that the distinctly lyric composers, such as Schubert, Schumann, and Grieg, have not been conspicuously successful in those larger forms where this principle is most operative. The little motive of five notes with which the right hand part of the andante by Haydn begins illustrates this. There is hardly a measure of the original theme and of its variations in which this motive is not heard, and the variety Haydn imparts to it is quite remarkable. The trio theme, on the other hand, is more lyric--more song-like, and, as a consequence, we find the variations consist of elaborate ornamentations of the theme rather than of new ideas germinated from it. Variation I is a particularly interesting example of Haydn's style. The syncopation in the right hand part, with its delicacy of utterance, and its occasional tender poignancy (as at measure 52) gives to this portion of the piece an unusual charm. The transposition of the syncopation to the left hand (at measure 56) is particularly interesting because of the delicate dissonances that result. The passage at measures 83-88 might almost have been written by Rameau or Couperin, so full is it of trills and other ornaments. This is in the old harpsichord style of the generation before Haydn. Variation II preserves the harmony of the original theme, but supplants its melody by a fluent and interesting passage in sixteenth notes that passes at will from one hand to the other. These two free variations, through which the original theme has dimly shone, are now succeeded by a finale, so called, in which the theme is presented in its simple form as if to bring the listener home again after his excursions afield. And here, it should be specially noted, Haydn omits all reference to the trio theme, a...
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Good. No Jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, in green boards with gilt lettering. Some penciled margin notes and underlining else VG. High quality paper which held up well. 228pp. Discourses on Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, Chopin, Grieg, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Franck, Tschaikowsky, Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Debussy.
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