Pianoforte Music Its History, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of Its Greatest Masters

''Pianoforte Music Its History, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of Its Greatest Masters'' is a comprehensive book written by John Comfort Fillmore that explores the history of pianoforte music. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the development of pianoforte music from its origins to the present day. It includes biographical sketches and critical evaluations of the greatest pianoforte masters, including Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Schumann, among others. The book also delves into the technical aspects of pianoforte music, including the evolution of the instrument itself and the various techniques used by pianists throughout history. Overall, ''Pianoforte Music Its History, with Biographical Sketches and Critical Estimates of Its Greatest Masters'' is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and evolution of pianoforte music.1892. Fillmore writes that his objective in writing this volume was: To discriminate clearly the natural epochs into which the history of pianoforte music divides; to give a lucid statement and exposition of the principles of composition which have governed and determined the creative activity of those epochs; to trace the development of these principles as manifested in the phenomena of composition, and to point out the relation of the work of each epoch to what preceded and what followed it; to call attention to the great epoch-making composers whose work furnishes the chief examples of those characteristic principles; to give a clear and discriminating account of their work, a trustworthy estimate of their relative rank and place in history, and to furnish biographical sketches of them sufficiently full to give general readers a not inadequate notion of the men and their lives; to notice the work and lives of minor composers and performers with as much fullness as the limits of the book would permit; to trace the development of the technique of the pianoforte; to give a sufficient account of the instruments which preceded the pianoforte, and of their relation to that instrument.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.