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The Baroque Piano: The Influence of Society, Style, and Musical Trends on the Great Composers, w/CD.(Book review)
The Baroque Piano: The Influence of Society, Style, and Musical Trends on the Great Composers, w/CD, selected, edited and annotated by Nancy Bachus. CD recordings by Daniel Glover. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (16320 Roscoe Blvd., PO. Box 10003, Van Nuys, CA 91410), 2006. 128 pp. $24.95. Intermediate.
The title of this fine anthology indicates a collection that would most likely have been written for harpsichord, with some pieces appropriated even in the 18th century for the early pianos. The title of the volume is in keeping with the series that Alfred has published as A History of Piano Masterworks, in which there are four volumes, The Baroque Piano, The Classical Piano, The Romantic Piano and The Modern Piano.
This collection of 45 keyboard pieces by 25 composers is divided into two parts. "Part I: The Influence of Baroque Society, Style, and Musical Trends," includes 21 pieces that illustrate the many facets of the baroque style in outline form, along with com poser biographies. "Part II: The Influence of 16 Great Baroque Composers" includes 24 pieces along with composer biographies, some of which overlap those of Part I. The pieces are not graded, some are familiar, ...
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