Composer: Paul Hindemith

Ludus Tonalis (1942)
Studies in Counterpoint, Tonal Organization and Piano Playing
Publisher: Schott
Category: Keyboard & Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Series: Schott
Format: Paperback

The cycle of fugues is introduced and concluded by a Praeludium and Postludium, the second formed by turning the Praeludium upside down and reading it backwards. In solving technical problems he posed himself, Hindemith created a work of considerable imagination. Intellectual achievement and sheer delight in playing are shown not to be mutually exclusive. The Ludus is a graphic example of the composer's delight in the fantastic. He illustrated the work with colored pencil, drawing a lion for each entry of the subject of the fugues. And for each of the twelve, a different kind of lion according to the character of the music, providing an instructive formal analysis of the music.

Inventory # : 49004546
UPC: 73999979305
ISBN: 3795795621
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.178"
Product Weight: 0.6 lbs.
Number of Pages: 60