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Graduation Recital, Piano

Abstract

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This graduate recital features significant piano works from the major periods in music history. The opening pieces - the Scarlatti sonatas - are technically challenging but allow the pianist to show a great deal of expression. Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39 as well as the Weisgarber Sonatine are collaborative works; the first features a soprano soloist and the second is written for flute, clarinet, and piano. Ending the first half of the program is Schumann's Concerto in A minor, op. 54, extremely challenging for both soloist and accompanist, especially during the cadenza. The second half of the recital includes another contemporary work, Sketches in Color (Volume 2) by Robert Starer; these are short, exciting pieces based on tertiary colors. The recital closes with Debussy's Estampes, a set of works that were one of his earliest compositions for solo piano.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
MM
Level thesis:degree_level
Immediate Access
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Music Performance
Year dc:date.available
2012

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Mazza, Jamie
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Kenneth Burky
  • David Allen Wehr
  • Sr. Marie Agatha Ozah
  • Dr. Stephen Benham
  • Edward Kocher

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/896
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1912

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2026-07-24
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citation

Mazza, Jamie. Graduation Recital, Piano. Immediate Access thesis, 2012. https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/896