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Topic: Where can I find analysis of works?  (Read 1511 times)

Offline colour

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Where can I find analysis of works?
on: September 14, 2013, 09:07:58 AM
I'm starting back at music after 20 years absence.
I'll be going grade 8 ABSRM in 2 months and then onto the piano teaching diploma.

I'm immersing myself in recordings of music but what I'd love to find is some on-line resources to help me understand the music I'm listening to or playing. At most basic a guide to help me pick out the various instruments playing, the various themes, the forms of the music etc. Also where can I find discourse on the background/context of a piece.

Would love to find something similar and detailed for piano music I might be playing - analysis of the piece, also context and composers' motivation for the actual piece.

Hoping to find some great sites out there....
 

Offline yale_music

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Re: Where can I find analysis of works?
Reply #1 on: September 15, 2013, 06:45:55 AM
There isn't much out there right now, to be honest. I'm trying to fill that gap, though. It's obviously a huge project to do so, but something is in the works. In the meantime, you can visit the following YouTube channel for some analyses of Beethoven sonatas: https://www.youtube.com/user/Drewsical.
 

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