Liszt’s Representation of Instrumental Sounds on the Piano: Colors in Black and White (pdf)

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Liszt’s adaptation of existing music is staggering in its quantity, scope, and variety of technique. He often viewed the model work as a source that he strove to improve, rival, and even surpass. Liszt’s Representation of Instrumental Sounds on the Piano: Colors in Black and White provides a comprehensive survey of Liszt’s reworking of instrumental music on the piano, particularly his emulation of tone colors and idiomatic gestures. The book relates Liszt’s sonic reproductions to the widespread nineteenth-century interest in visual-art reproduction.