TY - BOOK ID - 89908233 TI - Liszt, Sonata in B minor PY - 1996 SN - 0521465702 0521469635 0511620136 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Romantiek KW - Sonates KW - Analyses KW - Liszt, Franz, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:89908233 AB - Liszt's B minor Sonata is now regarded as his finest work for piano, and one of the pinnacles of Romantic piano music. This handbook opens with a survey of Liszt's early attempts at sonata composition - which include some well-known pieces that, hitherto, have been unrecognised as sonata forms - and clears away some of the persistent myths regarding programme music in Liszt's output. In the central chapters, built around an analysis of the B minor Sonata, Kenneth Hamilton discusses various interpretative approaches, arguing that the contradictory writings on the subject stem from the deliberate formal ambiguity of the piece itself - one reason for its perennial fascination, perhaps. The book concludes with a chapter on the performance practice and the performing history of the work, which should be of particular interest to pianists. ER -