Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

A Handbook for Performers

Stewart Gordon

• Presents each sonata in easy-reference format, highlighting important conceptual, structural, harmonic, technical, and interpretive characteristics of each
• Includes elucidation of emotional and spiritual values, as they have been perceived by musicians through the ages
• Elaborates historic performance problems attending the sonatas, including references to important research that has been done on these issues
• Written by well-known interpreter and editor of Beethoven's keyboard works