Piano Duets: Romantic Composers (Piano Duets edited by Michael Aston) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193365685 ISBN 13: 9780193365681

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 2010

Synopsis

for piano duet
Piano Duets: Romantic Composers presents varied and accessible repertoire for every duet player. The collection includes attractive new arrangements of orchestral and chamber gems, alongside new editions of original works written specifically for piano duet. You'll find duet favourites by Brahms and Dvorak, and new arrangements of well-known orchestral pieces by Berlioz and Tchaikovsky. To complete its survey of the Romantic period, the collection includes an intricate piano study by Liszt, a movement from a piano quartet by Mendelssohn, and a nocturnal Lied by Fanny Mendelssohn. Ranging from the intimate to the virtuosic, these pieces are ideal for duettists looking for new recital material as well as those beginning to explore the medium.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Aston held an Exhibition for music at Cambridge University. After a short career in the Civil Service, he moved to Leeds, in 1979, and began a career as a freelance musician. A pianist specializing in accompaniment and piano duos, he taught piano and became involved in continuing education, presenting courses for the universities of Manchester, Nottingham, and Cambridge. He is a lifelong enthusiast for the music of William Walton, and has lectured widely on the subject and visited the Walton estate in Italy. He has written about Walton for Classical Music magazine and edited a volume of the William Walton Edition, published by Oxford University Press. He is the compiler of four volumes of piano duets published by OUP.

Review:

The book brings together both arrangements and original duets and certainly makes for entertaining diversion. * Hazel Fanning, Piano Professional Autumn 2010 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0193365685
• ISBN 13: 9780193365681
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72
• Editor: Aston Michael