Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works, credited to Edward Baxter Perry, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works by Edward Baxter Perry. Read in English by Edmund Bloxam A look at the poetic motivations behind certain piano works. An understanding of these pieces on purely poetic grounds, with little insight into the technical or objective side of the music. How to understand the pieces in terms of an assumed poetical meaning for performer and listener. - Summary by Reader

Recording facts

• Recording title: Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works
• Author credits: Edward Baxter Perry
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 6:21:50

Catalogue topics

• music
• chopin
• Beethoven
• Schubert
• Grieg
• piano
• saint saens
• rubinstein

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction — 35:39
2. 02 - Beethoven — 1:07:26
3. 03 - Schubert and Emotion — 41:34
4. 04 - Chopin I — 47:06
5. 05 - Chopin II — 33:24
6. 06 - Chopin III — 27:46
7. 07 - Liszt — 1:01:05
8. 08 - Rubinstein — 9:59
9. 09 - Grieg — 29:11
10. 10 - Saint Saens — 28:40

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