A Player's Guide to Chamber Music

by Paul Jeffery

Overview

Chamber music includes some of the world's greatest music. It is widely played in homes, without an audience, by players who are mostly amateurs, and much of the repertoire is playable even by those of quite moderate ability. A Player's Guide to Chamber Music gives advice on what music is available and helps the player to identify what is suitable. It covers chamber music from the seventeenth to the later twentieth century and all instrumental combinations including strings, piano, wind instruments, duet sonatas and baroque ensembles. All the significant composers and musical aspects of playing are covered along with works suitable for inexperienced players. Illustrated with 63 black & white illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719825071
Publisher:	Robert Hale Non Fiction
Publication date:	09/14/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Paul Jeffery is a graduate of Cambridge University and has spent most of his career in the computer industry. Playing the violin and the viola, he has many years of experience in a variety of chamber ensembles.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Introduction 9

Chapter 1 The Chamber-Music Art-Form 11

Chapter 2 Playing Chamber Music for Pleasure 28

Chapter 3 Aspects of the Music 36

Chapter 4 The Composers and Their Works

Arriaga 41

Bach 42

Barber 45

Bartók 46

Beethoven 49

Berg 68

Boccherini 69

Borodin 71

Brahms 73

Britten 81

Bruch 83

Bruckner 85

Chopin 86

Corelli 86

Danzi 88

Debussy 89

Dohnányi 90

Dvorák 92

Elgar 99

Fauré 100

Franck 102

Grieg 103

Handel 104

Haydn 109

Hummel 144

Janácek 148

Mendelssohn 149

Mozart 157

Ponlenc 180

Prokofiev 182

Purcell 184

Rachmaninoff 185

Ravel 186

Reicha 187

Richter 190

Saint-Saëns 191

Schoenberg 194

Schubert 197

Schumann 208

Shostakovich 212

Sibelius 217

Smetana 218

Strauss 219

Stravinsky 221

Tchaikovsky 222

Vaughan Williams 225

Verdi 226

Vivaldi 227

Weber 230

Webern 231

Appendix I Further Composers 235

Appendix II Repertoire by Instrumental Combination 243

Glossary 248

Index 251