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.

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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