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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Pianist"”.
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Dorothy Munger : pianist and pedagogue
… these relaxed wrist and arm techniques. Many pianists have come to Munger with physical problems due to tensions while practicing and performing. Dorothy Munger works with all students individually to teach them the basics for performing to their capacity without injury. This information may …
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Janetta McStay: A pianist and teacher's legacy
This thesis investigates the life and legacy of pianist and teacher Janetta Mary McStay (20 May 1917–14 June 2012) as one of the foremost musicians of the twentieth century in New Zealand, exceptional in her achievements and skill. McStay was the country’s first full-time lecturer in piano at the …
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New light on Nikolay Medtner as pianist and teacher
… limited. Edna Iles (1905–2003) was an English pianist and Medtner’s last pupil. She took numerous notes during and immediately following her lessons and, in 1997, donated all of her Medtner-related materials to the British Library. I am the fourth person to consult it. The scope of the EIMC is …
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Graduate voice recital: Elizabeth Wiley, soprano, and Dr. Korey Barrett, pianist
1 PDF file (1 volume (unpaged))
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The solo pianist : a critical analysis of concepts of musical giftedness
… the nature and development of the solo virtuoso pianist. Drawing on research in psychology, education and piano pedagogy, it examines the specific characteristics of the virtuoso performing experience with special reference to the relationship between the pianist and her$\sp1$ instrument, …
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A Case Study of an Artist-in-Residence: Ruth Slenczynska, Concert Pianist
… Ruth Slenczynska's musical career from concert pianist to artist-in-residence and the factors that kept her in the position for twenty-three years.
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How Much Do We Practice?: Defining a Course of Study for the Applied Pianist
Histories of higher education isolate the conservatory/music school from their purview by omission, while histories of music education and individual music schools give overviews but do not address in depth the traditions, development, effects, and tensions buried within courses of study and the …
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The Music of J.S. Bach and the Art of Transcription - Selected Bach Transcriptions by Pianist-Composers
… is a study of transcriptions by various pianist-composers of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The purpose of the study is to explore many different examples of this genre, to re-evaluate their significance in the Classical piano repertoire, and to further validate them as one of the …
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An approach for the advanced pianist toward developing concepts and control of vertical and horizontal motion : the two fundamental directions of movement in piano technique
This dissertation offers a pedagogical approach to the advanced piano student who needs technique refinement in the areas of dynamic control and disjunct motion. The approach is based on the writings of Otto Ortmann and later writers who have followed and extended Ortmann's studies of piano …
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Digital Pianoforte Tutor: A Computer based evaluator for Piano Playing
… of music experts most of the time. If one (i.e. pianist or piano player) needs to receive precise evaluation on his/ her piano playing (i.e. piano performance) of a music piece given in sheet music (i.e. manuscript having music notation for the music piece), he/ she will have to meet a music …
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Training the Church Pianist: Piano Pedagogy in Southern Baptist Church Music from the Era of the Broadman Hymnal (1940) through that of the Baptist Hymnal (1975)
… often modest resources, educated generations of pianists and organists in the arts of accompanying and service playing. Chapter 1 examines the genesis of this education movement, beginning with B. B. McKinney's interest through the Southern Baptist Convention's Music and Worship committee. …
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Automatic Page-Turner for Pianists With Wearable Motion Detector
… hands are engaged in other tasks. In case that a pianist sight-read, using one hand for turning the music sheets can cause distraction or short delay in their performance. Previous studies predominantly utilized audio or video processing techniques for following the musicians' performance. We …
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Resonant China: Transnational Music-making and the Construction of the Public, 1934-1958
… (1899-1977), the Italian conductor and pianist Mario Paci (1878-1946), the Chinese cellist and pianist Ma Siju (1920-2014), and the Chinese pianist Fou Ts'ong (1934-2020). This project shows how despite dynamic political changes shaping Chinese society from 1934 to 1958, the music public …
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Works for Violin and Piano by French Composers, 1870-1950
… works by Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud with pianist, Hyun-Jung Kim and Cesar Franck with pianist, Eunae KO. My second recital that was assisted by pianist, Hyun-Jung IOm featured three violin sonatas written by Claude Debussy, Gerrnaine Tailleferre, and Camille Saint-Saens. With pianist, …
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Queen of Heaven for piano and electronics
… allow for flexibility in pacing for the pianist by using sounds whose textures imply no particular metric stresses, and whose duration is such to allow a wide flexibility of tempo for the pianist. This model is broken by the explicitly metric character of the electronic sound in the fifth …
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Uncovering the unpublished chamber music of George Frederick Boyle Volume I: Dissertation
… strings by Australian--‐born American composer, pianist, and teacher, George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948). Boyle was somewhat of a prodigy in his younger years and contributed much to Australia’s burgeoning concert scene. In 1905 he left Australia to study with Ferruccio Busoni, and from 1910 …
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John Daniels Carter: a biographical and musical profile with original piano transcription of Requiem Seditiosam: In Memoriam Medgar Evers
African-American pianist and composer John Daniels Carter (1932-1981) is widely recognized for his Cantata for voice and piano (also arranged for voice and orchestra), Carter’s only published work. However, relatively little information has been published about Carter’s life, his compositional …
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Jon Christopher Nelson’s Fantasies and Flourishes: An Interactive Concerto for Disklavier and Orchestra: A Performance Analysis
… program. In interactive works for Disklavier, a pianist plays on the Disklavier while the Disklavier plays by itself, much like if a pianist were to play on a player piano while the piano was also playing by itself. However, in interactive Disklavier music the pianist’s performance affects what …
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Uno studio sui cambiamenti di traduzione applicati nell'adattamento cinematografico delle opere letterarie: Lo zoo di vetro, Il pianista e La tragedia di Macbeth
… The Glass Menagerie di Tennessee Williams, The Pianist di Władysław Szpilman e Macbeth di William Shakespeare. Utilizzando la teoria della traduzione intersemiotica di Roman Jakobson e il modello di cambiamenti di traduzione di Van Leuven-Zwart, questa ricerca analizza Here Without Me di Bahram …
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