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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Pianistic"”.
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Theorizing Pianistic Experience: Tradition, Instrument, Performer
… loop is considered as grounding a specifically pianistic cognitive ability which draws on both the haptic and auditory experience of sound at the piano. My approach to piano playing is rooted in work in critical ethnography as well as theories of cognitive function. These two seemingly disparate …
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Schubert: The Musical Poet Sonata D 959 and Its Pianistic Challenges
… instrumental works.</p> <p>Some research on pianistic challenges and my own experience playing the sonata have been applied to better understand and experience the depth of Schubert's music on a fuller scale. I have found that the particular challenge of the A Major Sonata in D 959 is the …
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A dissertation lecture recital of the Greek sonata for piano by Dimitri Mitropoulos: musical interpretation, pianistic challenges, and manuscript limitations
… use of ostinato. Lastly, I gave insight on pianistic considerations, including the interpretation of the work and its pianistic challenges. Throughout this last section, I highlighted the elements that helped me shape my interpretation of the Greek Sonata, to provide helpful information for …
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The Emergence of a Pivotal Role for the Thumb in Keyboard Fingering During the Early Eighteenth Century and Its Subsequent Impact on Pianistic Idiom
This thesis investigates the underlying changes in the approach to fingering of keyboard music (mainly harpsichord and piano) between the late 1500s and the mid-nineteenth century. The main focus of the work centers around the years c.1700-1775, as fingered sources and treatises of that time …
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Franz Liszt's "Dante Sonata": The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary
… is void of scales and arpeggios--very basic pianistic musical gestures. The score instead comprises innovative harmonies, creative use of octaves, chords, and original concepts of notation and rhythm. However, scales arpeggios, and indeed the gamut of 19th century pianism, are used by Liszt …
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Alberto Ginastera's Twelve American Preludes : descriptive analysis and performer's guide
… the study of specific compositional and pianistic techniques for the performer who wishes to develop a deeper understanding of this remarkable twentieth century work. Equally important is the attempt to develop a greater appreciation of the importance and contributions of one Argentina’s …
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"The ""Album des Six"" and pianism in the works of Les Six, 1917--1925"
… here defined as 1917-1925. Influences upon pianistic style in their works are examined, including those of other musicians such as Erik Satie; performers associated with them; and the cultural environment in which they moved, particularly the leadership of Jean Cocteau, the cabaret and its …
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The influence of romanticism on the evolution of the transcendental etudes of Franz Liszt
… the 'Transcendental' Etudes in relation to the pianistic and musical evolution of the work. The musical and pianistic content of the juvenile etude pour le piano en douze exercices (1827) takes after the didactic exercises of Karl Czerny. The intermediate version, known as the Grandes …
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Clarient solos with piano: a repertoire resource for post-secondary piano and collaborative piano instructors
… and to evaluate these works according to both pianistic and collaborative difficulty. To identify the most frequently taught and performed clarinet works within the contemporary pedagogical and performing canon, the researcher surveyed pre-established repertoire lists for state high school solo …
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Larry Sitsky’s Century: A response to selected twentieth-century notation, associated piano techniques, and performance possibility
… twentieth-century notation and of associated pianistic techniques. Furthermore, the study establishes Century as a valuable, although hitherto neglected, pedagogical resource.
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New Resources in Twentieth-Century Piano Music and Richard Wilson's Eclogue (1974)
… the spotlight to highlight their new musical and pianistic ideas. These composers, including Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartók, Cowell and others, brought new creative forces into piano music, generating many distinctive features of modern music. The discussion of new resources in harmonic …
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Um estudo sobre o conteúdo descritivo na interpretação da obra "Quadros de Uma Exposição" de: Mussorgsky
… composition, one of them being on the original pianistic version os "Pictures at an Exhibition" and the other on the orchestration of Ravel, identifying the composition procedures utilized by Mussorgsky to elaborate an essentially realistic and descriptive composition. Amongst the enclosures, …
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An Overview of Almeida Prado's "Transtonal" System in his Cartas Celestes, First Six Volumes, for Piano Solo
… piano with emphasis on touch, attacks, pedaling, pianistic gestures, and technique.
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Piano and popular culture: how Snow White and Charlie Brown made it to the concert hall
… or not they share compositional choices or pianistic strategies to represent the characters, stories, or motives found in the original compositions.
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Two-piano performance : its classification, history, and challenges, with a compilation of a detailed catalogue of works
… the duo piano genre and how it relates to other pianistic combinations, an examination of the history of two-piano works until 1950, a look at professional and artistic challenges of duo piano playing, and a catalogue of works written for the medium. Confusion exists about the meaning of the word …
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An analysis of stylistic elements and challenges of technique and improvisation in three late piano works by Surendran Reddy (1962–2010)
… style. It also represents the composer’s own pianistic virtuosity that renders them challenging to performers. The technical, stylistic and improvisational difficulties in these three works are investigated through a practice-led approach. The methodologies used to study and perform these …
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The Piano Works of Stefans Grové (1922-2014): A Study of Stylistic Influences, Technical Elements and Canon Formation in South African Art Music
… elements of piano technique and performance. His pianistic oeuvre is divided into style periods, and the seminal structural tools that recur throughout his creative career are evaluated. A study of the composer’s engagement with indigenous Southern African musical and cultural elements forms a …
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Structural processes in Gabriel Fauré's nocturnes for piano
… widely considered to be representative of his pianistic style and musical language, showing a great spectrum of compositional procedures and covering the different stages of his life. The investigation is contextualised through a history of nocturne form, a biographical background of the …
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Self-accompaniment and improvisation in solo jazz piano: Practice-led investigations of assimilation, ostinatos and ‘hand splitting’
… methods, the project sought to develop pianistic techniques and exercises that provide an independent approach in solo performance. Techniques such as ‘splitting’ the pianist’s hands to achieve multiple voices, voice-leading, ostinato, and rhythmic focus were explored as methods to …
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE’S CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND STRINGS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HIS PIANO WORKS
… life, followed by a discussion of his pianistic style, an analysis of his works for piano, and a discussion of his piano concertos. The sections consist of a discussion of his Concerto for Piano and Strings within the context of his other works of the time and works of literature. Part …
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