MTU Cork Library Catalogue

The life and music of John Field, 1782-1837 : creator of the nocturne / Patrick Piggott.

By: Piggott, Patrick, 1915-1990 [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Faber and Faber Limited, 1973Description: xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0571101453 (hardback0.Subject(s): Field, John, 1782-1837 | Composers -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.92 FIE
Contents:
A child prodigy in Dublin -- In London with Clementi -- Arrival in Russia -- Lionised by St. Petersburg society -- Moscow and marriage -- A liaison in St. Petersburg -- Moscow : the unproductive years, 1823-31 -- The return to London -- A season in Paris -- A concert tour ends in disaster -- Death in Moscow -- Field as pianist and teacher -- Nocturnes -- Concertos -- Works for piano with string quartet -- Sonatas -- Works in variation form -- Works in rondo form -- Pieces for four hands -- Miscellaneous pieces.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.92 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00205425
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.92 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00101311
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: (pages 271-275) and index.

A child prodigy in Dublin -- In London with Clementi -- Arrival in Russia -- Lionised by St. Petersburg society -- Moscow and marriage -- A liaison in St. Petersburg -- Moscow : the unproductive years, 1823-31 -- The return to London -- A season in Paris -- A concert tour ends in disaster -- Death in Moscow -- Field as pianist and teacher -- Nocturnes -- Concertos -- Works for piano with string quartet -- Sonatas -- Works in variation form -- Works in rondo form -- Pieces for four hands -- Miscellaneous pieces.

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