The Life and Music of John Field 1782–1837: Creator of the Nocturne – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780520322813,0520322819

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• ISBN-10: 0520322819
• ISBN-13: 9780520322813
• Author: Patrick Piggott
  

Apart from the fact that John Field invented the nocturne, very little has been known about the composer and his strange and colorful life. Although is compositions were once widely popular, they are now neglected and misunderstood and even his beautiful nocturnes are seldom played. The author makes the first important reassessment of the composer’s life and music, following Field’s career from his childhood as an infant prodigy in Dublin and then as Clementi’s pupil in London, through his brilliantly successfully years as the favorite of St. Petersburg and Moscow society, the vicissitudes of his love life, his final appearance in London and Paris, his unhappy years of wandering through Europe, to his eventual return to Moscow where he died in 1837. The nature of Field’s greatness as a pianist is extensively discussed and the accounts of his teaching and playing methods are based on the numerous and detailed impressions of the composer’s pupils and friends. All Field’s known compositions are fully considered, including several works recently discovered by the author. Together with the many illustrations and music examples, this is a brilliant study of a composer whose music is at last put into perspective.

Table contents:

I. A Child Prodigy in Dublin
II. In London with Clementi
III. Arrival in Russia
IV. Lionised by St. Petersburg Society
V. Moscow and Marriage
VI. A Liaison in St. Petersburg
VII. Moscow: the Unproductive Years, 1823-31
VIII. The Return to London
IX. A Season in Paris
X. A Concert Tour ends in Disaster
XI. Death in Moscow
XII. Field as Pianist and Teacher
XIII. Nocturnes
XIV. Concertos
XV. Works for Piano with String Quartet
XVI. Sonatas

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