The evolution of Chopin's 'structural style' and its relation to improvisation

This dissertation has four principal goals: 1. to provide Heinrich Schenker's theoretical notion of improvisation with an historical context, thus laying the groundwork for a Schenkerian study of Chopin's 'improvisatory' compositions; 2. by analysing most of his early pieces and...

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Main Author: Rink, John
Published: University of Cambridge 1989
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305563