Reclam's piano music guide
Reclam's Piano Music Guide is a music guide in two volumes. It was first published in 1967/68 by the Philipp Reclam jun. published in Stuttgart and is currently in the 8th edition.
Structure and content
The first volume appears with the subtitle Early, Baroque and Classic , the second with From Franz Schubert to the Present . The two volumes each contain a preface, the lexicon and an appendix.
The lexicon part contains life pictures ( biographies ), music-historical classifications and descriptions of the composers' works . The composers are arranged chronologically according to the year of their birth. Every outstanding composer is presented in detail with his piano works (e.g. preludes , fugues , sonatas , fantasies , variations and piano concertos ). Numerous examples of notes explain the verbal statements.
The appendix of each volume contains a bibliography and an alphabetical index of the composers and their works. The volumes close with the table of contents.
literature
- Werner Oehlmann (Ed.): Reclam's piano music guide. Volume I: Early, Baroque and Classical. Stuttgart 2005, 8th A. ISBN 3150101123
- Werner Oehlmann (Ed.): Reclam's piano music guide. Volume II: From Franz Schubert to the present. Stuttgart 2003, 8th ext. A. ISBN 3150105196