Research Catalog

Title

Music for three or more pianists : a historical survey and catalogue / by Grant L. Maxwell.

Author

Maxwell, Grant L. (Grant Lyle), 1960-

Publication

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993.

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Details

Description

ix, 467 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Hugely popular in the 19th century, and starting to regain popularity now, the literature for multiple pianos is relatively unknown. J. S. Bach began the history of keyboard music for three or more players around 1730; Mozart contributed to the literature. Other important composers Czerny, Moscheles, Smetana, Glazunov, and Rachmaninov continued the tradition for particular pianists and occasions. Louis Moreau Gottschalk used a large number of pianos and pianists for his popularly acclaimed 'monster concerts' in the Americas. By the early 20th century, a mass of transcriptions and arrangements had accumulated. Later in the century, such important 20th-century composers as Ives, Stravinsky, Antheil, Orff, Dallapiccola, Milhaud, and others composed original works for the medium. Includes a comprehensive bibliography with an illustrative, detailed guide to the catalogue.

Alternative Title

Music for 3 or more pianists

Subject

• Piano ensembles > History and criticism
• Piano ensembles > Bibliography
• Piano ensembles
• Sechs- und mehrhändige Klaviermusik
• Verzeichnis
• Pianomuziek

Genre/Form

• Bibliography
• bibliographies.
• Bibliographies.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-442) and index.

Contents

pt. I. Historical Survey. Ch. 1. The Multiple Keyboard Concertos. Ch. 2. Pioneering Pieces. Ch. 3. The Monster Concert. Ch. 4. Novel Horizons. Ch. 5. Recent Eclecticism -- pt. II. Catalogue. 1. Nineteenth-Century Works. 2. Twentieth-Century Works. 3. Works with Orchestra/Orchestral Reductions. 4. Works with other Instrumentalists/Singers. 5. Works with Variable Instrumentation. 6. Works with other Acoustic and Electronic Instruments/Tape -- Miscellanea. 7. Salon Works. 8. Transcriptions/Arrangements. 9. Pedagogical/Graded Pieces for Class Piano. 10. Some Anthologies and Collections.

ISBN

• 0810826313
• 9780810826311

LCCN

92037842

OCLC

• ocm26851706
• 26851706
• SCSB-14266466

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library