Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works / For the Use of Teachers, Players, and Music Clubs
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES OF PIANO WORKS
FOR THE USE OF TEACHERS, PLAYERS, AND MUSIC CLUBS
EDWARD BAXTER PERRY
PHILADELPHIA
THEODORE PRESSER CO.
LONDON, WEEKES & CO.
Copyright, 1902, by Theodore Presser
International Copyright
Printed in the United States of America
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Edward Baxter Perry
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Contents
Introduction
Esthetic versus Structural Analysis
Sources of Information Concerning Musical Compositions
Traditional Beethoven Playing
Beethoven: The Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 (C Sharp Minor)
Beethoven: Sonata Pathétique, Op. 13
Beethoven: Sonata in A Flat Major, Op. 26
Beethoven: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2
Beethoven: Sonata, C Major, Op. 53
Beethoven: Sonata, E Minor, Op. 90
Beethoven: Music to “The Ruins of Athens”
Turkish Grand March
The Dance of the Dervishes
Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Weber: Rondo in E Flat, Op. 62
Weber: Concertstück in F Minor Op. 79
Weber-Kullak: Lützow’s Wilde Jagd, Op. 111, No. 4
Schubert: (Impromptu B Flat) Theme and Variations, Op. 142, No. 3
Emotion in Music
Chopin: Sonata, B Flat Minor, Op. 35
The Chopin Ballades
Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23
Ballade in F Major, Op. 38
Chopin: Polonaise, A Flat Major, Op. 53
Chopin: Impromptu in A Flat, Op. 29
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66
Chopin: Tarantelle, A Flat, Op. 43
Chopin: Berceuse, Op. 57
Chopin: Scherzo in B Flat Minor, Op. 31
Chopin: Prelude (D Flat Major), Op. 28, No. 15
Chopin: Waltz, A Flat, Op. 42
Chopin’s Nocturnes
Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9, No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 37, No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 37, No. 2
Chopin’s Polish Songs, Transcribed for Piano by Liszt
The Ring
The Poetic and Religious Harmonies by Franz Liszt
Liszt’s Ballades
First Ballade
Second Ballade
Transcriptions for the Piano by Franz Liszt
Wagner-Liszt: Spinning Song, from the “Flying Dutchman”
Wagner-Liszt: Abendstern
Wagner-Liszt: Isolde’s Love Death
Schubert-Liszt: Transcriptions
Der Erlkönig
Gretchen am Spinnrad
Liszt: La Gondoliera
The Music of the Gipsies and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies
Rubinstein: Barcarolle, in G Major
Rubinstein: Kamennoi-Ostrow, No. 22
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46
1. Peer Gynt and Ingrid
3. Death of Ase
4. Arabian Dance
5. Anitra’s Dance
6. Solveig’s Song
7. Morning
9. Solveig’s Cradle Song
Grieg: An den Frühling (Spring Song), Op. 43, No. 6
Grieg: Vöglein (Little Birds), Op. 43, No. 4
Grieg: Berceuse, Op. 38, No. 1
Grieg: The Bridal Procession, from “Aus dem Volksleben.” Op. 19, No. 2
Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d’Omphale
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Counterparts among Poets and Musicians
