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 creatednot a dry exercise but a work of considerable imagination. Intellectual achievement and sheer delight in playing are shown not to be mutually exclusive. The Ludus is a graphc example of the composer's delight in the fantastic,offered to his wife, born under the sign of Leo, as a birthday present. He illustrated the work with colored pencil, among other things drawing a lion for each entry of the subject of the fugues and for each of the twelve adifferent kind of lion, according to the character of the music, originally published in a limited edition but providing an instructive formal analysis of the music. Facsimile - German - English - French - Spanish - Japeneselanguage. Full color.
| Instrument | Piano |
| Sidor | 63 |
| Media | Bog(softcover) |
| Bidragsgivare | Hindemith, Paul(Composer) Schubert, Giselher(Artist) |
| Språk | Engelska, French, Spanish, Tysk |
| ISBN | 9783795702892 |
| ISMN | 9790001083928 |