Project Gutenberg 2014-02-14 Public domain in the USA. 248 Perry, Edward Baxter 1855 1924 02024501 Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works For the Use of Teachers, Players, and Music Clubs Produced by Sean (scribe_for_hire@yahoo.com), based on page images generously made available by the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descriptiveanaly00perriala). "Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works" by Edward Baxter Perry is a musical reference manual written in the early 20th century. This work serves as an educational resource for teachers, players, and music clubs, providing in-depth analyses of various piano compositions, particularly focusing on their emotional and descriptive content rather than solely their structural or technical aspects. It aims to bridge the gap between technical musicology and the appreciation of music as an expressive art form. The opening of the book introduces the author’s intentions and insights regarding music interpretation and appreciation. Perry explains his approach, which emphasizes the need for understanding the emotional and historical contexts of musical works. He argues that traditional methods of analysis often overlook the expressive qualities of music, proposing an "esthetic analysis" that captures the artistic significance of compositions. The opening also reflects on the challenges faced by performers in conveying the emotional depth of the music they play, setting the stage for the subsequent analyses of specific piano works, including those by renowned composers like Beethoven and Chopin. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44910/44910-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 45.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Piano music -- Analysis, appreciation MT Text Category: Music Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 437129 2025-09-18T08:22:44.090796 text/html 418514 2024-10-24T02:43:13 text/html 233803 2025-09-18T08:22:49.389810 application/epub+zip 237671 2025-09-18T08:22:44.895806 application/epub+zip 237671 2025-09-18T08:22:44.479808 application/epub+zip 378699 2025-09-18T08:22:53.070783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330204 2025-09-18T08:22:48.950793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330304 2022-09-20T13:46:40.371634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391932 2025-09-18T08:22:43.648813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 372064 2024-10-24T02:43:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16114 2025-09-18T08:22:53.199745 application/rdf+xml 21080 2025-09-18T08:22:44.579804 image/jpeg 3185 2025-09-18T08:22:44.532781 image/jpeg 216938 2025-09-18T08:22:44.125806 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog