After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance

by Kenneth Hamilton

Kenneth Hamilton's book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oft-invoked myth of a Great Tradition, or Golden Age of Pianism. It is written both for players and for members of their audiences by a pianist who believes that scholarship and readability can go hand-in-hand. Hamilton discusses in meticulous yet lively detail the performance-style of great pianists from Liszt to Paderewski, and delves into the far-from-inevitable development of the piano...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195178262
• ISBN13: 9780195178265
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"