Gordon, Stewart - Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

In Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon addresses textual issues, Beethoven's pianos, performance practices, composer's indications, and the composer's development, pointing to patterns of structure, sonority, keyboard technique, and emotional meaning. In addition, each sonata appears in a helpful outline-chart format for easy-access reference.

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CONTENTS

Preface
Measure Numbering
Part I
Considerations
Chapter One: Sources
Chapter Two: Beethoven and the Piano
Chapter Three: Performance Practices
Chapter Four: Beethoven's Expressive Legacy
Chapter Five: The Windmills of Beethoven's Mind
Part II
The Sonatas
The Opus. 2 set
Opus 7
The Opus 10 set
Opus 13 Pathetique
The Opus 14 set
Opus 22
Opus 26
The Opus 27 set: sonatas like a fantasy
no. 2 Moonlight

Opus 28 Pastoral
The Op. 31 set: no. 2 Tempest
no. 3 Hunt
The Op. 49 set: Two Easy sonatas
Opus 53 Waldstein
Opus 54
Opus 57 Appassionata
Opus 78
Opus 79 alla Tedesca
Opus 81a Lebewohl
Opus 90
Opus 101
Opus 106 Hammerklavier
Opus 109
Opus 110
Opus 111
Bibliography