Rink John. Chopin. The Piano Concertos

Cambridge University Press, 1997. — 152 p. — (Cambridge Music Handbooks).Chopin's E minor and F minor Piano Concertos played a vital role in his career as a composer-pianist. This Handbook reevaluates them so that their many outstanding qualities can be fully appreciated. It describes their genesis, Chopin's own performances and his use of them as a t eacher. A survey of their critical, editorial and performance histories follows, in preparation for an engaging narrative analysis of the concertos as embodied in sound. The final chapter investigates Chopin's enigmatic 'third concerto,' the Allegro de concert.Preface[
Contexts
The early nineteenth-century piano concerto
Chopin's early music
Creation
Genesis
First performances, first reviews, first editions
Chopin as teacher
Interpretation
On interpreting Chopin
Critics
Editors
Performers
Re-evaluation
Principles and premises
Op. 21, Maestoso
Op. 21,Larghetto
Op. 21, Allegro vivace
Op. 11, Allegro maestoso
Op. 11, Romance
Op. 11, Rondo
Coda
Chopin's third concerto
Contexts
Creation
Interpretation
Re-evaluation
Appendices
Reviews of Chopin's performances
Select editions
Select discograph
Notes
Select bibliography
Index