History of the pianoforte and pianoforte players

Name: History of the pianoforte and pianoforte players
Author: Bie, Oskar

Bie, Oskar

Pianists; Piano -- History

England and France, p. 41. The Dance, p. 43. The Dance and
     Common Life, p. 43. The Dance and the Stage, p. 45. The
     _Danseuses_, p. 45. Allusions in Dance Names, p. 48. Old
     Programme-Music, p. 49. The Titles, p. 51. Chambonnières,
     p. 52. Couperin, p. 53. Rameau and others, p. 65.

III. SCARLATTI                                                      68

     A Preface by Scarlatti, p. 68. His Life, p. 70. His Style
     and the Italian Musical Emotion, p. 71. Technique, p. 73.
     Love of Adventure, p. 74. The Opera, p. 75. The position
     of Music, p. 77. Chamber Music, p. 78. Clavier Pieces, p.
     79. Frescobaldi and Pasquini, p. 80. Corelli, p. 82. The
     Da Capo Style, p. 84. Scarlatti’s Sonatas, p. 86. Other
     Italians, p. 89.

IV. BACH                                                            91

     German Music, p. 91. Kuhnau, p. 92. Bach and Musical
     History, p. 93. Bach’s Life, p. 94. His Formal Principle,
     p. 95. The Inventions and Symphonies, p. 97. The Toccatas,
     p. 98. The Fugues, p. 100. The _Wohltemperiertes Klavier_,
     p. 101. The Original Editions, p. 102. The Suites, p. 104.
     The Fantasias, p. 109. Bach’s Forms, p. 111. Technique,
     p. 116. The Hammer Clavier, p. 121. Bach and the Modern
     Pianoforte, p. 112.

V. THE “GALANTEN”                                                  126

     The Change of Taste, p. 127. The “Professional Musician,”
     p. 129. Spread of Clavier Music, p. 131. Musical
     Periodicals, p. 131. Pianoforte Factories, p. 133. Stein
     and Streicher, p. 134. Handel, p. 137. Philip Emanuel Bach,
     p. 138. Haydn, p. 149. Mozart, p. 151.

VI. BEETHOVEN                                                      157

     Beethoven Contrasted with the old Composers of the Empire,
     p. 159. Cosmopolitan Life of the Pianist, p. 161. Viennese
     Pianists, p. 160. Public Contests of Pianists, p. 161.
     Dussek, p. 164. The Sonata of the Time, p. 165. Beethoven’s
     Nature, p. 167. Music as a _Speech_, 167. The “Development”
     of Motives, p. 171. Rise of the Tragic Sonata, p. 172.
     The Sportive Beethoven, p. 173. His Forms, p. 175. His
     Archaism, p. 177. His tendency to the “Galant” style, p.
     179. His Last Works, p. 181.

VII. THE VIRTUOSOS                                                 183

     Beethoven’s Technique, p. 183. The Clavier Schools of this
     period, p. 185. The groups of Technicians, p. 189. The Life
     of the Virtuoso, p. 192. Concerts and Improvisations, p.
     196. Compositions, p. 197. Piano and Opera, p. 201. The
     Étude, p. 203. Clementi, p. 208. Cramer, p. 210. Hummel, p.
     211. Czerny, p. 216. Kalkbrenner, p. 218. Weber, p. 218.
     Moscheles, p. 221.

VIII. THE ROMANTICS                                                224

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