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The Significance of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata Op.12
… bring forth the significance of Shostakovich's Piano Sonata Op.12. This sonata is a hybrid of the German musical tradition, Russian Modernism, and Liszt's thematic transformation technique. It demonstrates Shostakovich's highly intellectual compositional skills influenced by the education that …
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Franz Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor: Context, Analysis and Hermeneutics
… works for his principal composition medium, the piano. This thesis seeks to explore the genesis of Liszt’s magnum opus for the instrument, the Sonata in B Minor, to uncover the time-frame in which the work was composed and from where its inspiration was derived.<br/>Considering the historical …
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The Piano Sonata in the Musical Life of the Early 19th Century
"The development of the sonata's function is also examined. The sonata in the classical era was a domestic genre. Its original purpose was either pedagogical or for amateur entertainment. Numerous ""galant"" sonatas were composed for young females of the wealthy, genteel families to demonstrate …
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Performance Approach in the Recorded History of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1
… considers the recording history of Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata, Op. 1. Chapter 1 examines fifteen performers’ approach to the first twelve measures, enabling their categorization according to temporal shape, structural articulation, and score fidelity. Descriptive analysis was joined with empirical …
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The Performer as Analyst in the Piano Sonata Opus 12 by Jean Sibelius
… features of musical works, using the Piano Sonata, Opus 12 by Jean Sibelius as a case study. The unique character and structure of each of the three movements suggests an equally wide range of approaches to analysis, including studies in sonata form, construction of a musical narrative …
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Alexander Moyzes and His Piano Sonata in the Context of Slovak Music Between the Wars
… composer Alexander Moyzes and his Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 2 (1942), virtually unknown outside Slovakia. The style of the Sonata represents a retreat from earlier, more experimental positions of its author; this shift can be explained by a closer look at historical and aesthetic …
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Piano sonata no. 4 in C minor, op. 27, by Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky : a musical analysis
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A Survey of the Piano Sonatas of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) with Performance Suggestions for the Piano Sonata in G Minor
… brief analysis of the formal structures of five sonatas and performance suggestions for the G minor piano sonata of Wilhelm Stenhammar. This paper explores aspects of piano performance, such as the basic technical approach, interpretation suggestions, as well as examinations of pedaling, possible …
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The stylistic traits of Charles Griffes's piano music: "Roman Sketches", Op. 7 and Piano Sonata (1917--1918)
Like most composers, Charles Griffes's piano works display certain recurring stylistic traits. These traits transcend the three periods in which his music is categorized. A comparison of two of his best known piano works, Roman Sketches, Op. 7 and the Piano Sonata (1917--18), illustrates the …
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Doctoral thesis recital (piano)
Piano sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 / Joseph Haydn -- Widmung = (Dedication) / Robert Schumann ; transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt-- Liebestraum no. 3 ; Grandes etudes de Paganini, S. 141 / Franz Liszt -- Piano sonata no. 3 in B minor, op.58 / Frederic Chopin.
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Dual-Interval Spaces: Interrelations Between Interval Classes 1 and 5, Local Pitch Centers and Form in Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
<p>Dmitri Shostakovich’s <em>Piano Sonata No. 1</em>, written in 1926, is one of his most complex and lengthy works for piano. In contrast to the conservative style used in his critically-acclaimed Symphony No. 1, Op. 10, composed a year earlier, the sonata employs a highly modernistic idiom which …
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The piano sonatas by Harold Shapero: a stylistic synthesis
… investigation into the stylistic language of the piano sonatas of Harold Shapero (1920-2013)—a twentieth-century American composer who is recognized as a member of the “Stravinsky School,” particularly for his emulation of Stravinsky’s Neoclassical style. Within its consideration of Neoclassical …
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A Performance Guide to Fancis Poulenc's 15 Improvisations in B Minor and C Major; Franz Schuert's Piano Sonata in a Minor OP 42, D845; Claude Dubussy's L'Isle Joyeuse
… of Humanities degree, which emphasizes on piano performance, is a guide to the Graduate Recital held on April 19th, 2007 at Angelico Concert Hall of Dominican University of California. The project provides information about Francis Poulenc’s 15 Improvisations in b minor and C major, Franz …
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The Solo Piano Works of Henri Dutilleux: A Stylistic Analysis
… development of Dutilleux's works in the solo piano genre. As evidenced throughout his compositional oeuvre, Dutilleux wrote and published solo piano works in each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s. However, no critical studies exist that examines the stylistic development of Dutilleux's solo …
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Pairings: Quintets and Duos from the Collaborative Piano Repertoire
Chamber music with piano comprises some of the greatest masterpieces in the Western canon. The works range from duo sonatas with various instruments through septets. In regard to duo sonatas, the violin is the instrument most frequently paired with the piano. Of all the chamber works for larger …
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The study of African rhythm as a model for understanding rhythm in two representative twentieth-century American works
… music tradition, represented by two works--the Piano Sonata of Aaron Copland, and the String Quartet #2 of Milton Babbitt.
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An exploration of Franz Schubert's Sonata in G Major, D. 894: compositional significance, technical challenges, and musical interpretation
… lecture recital was on Franz Schubert’s G Major Sonata, D. 894. During this dissertation lecture recital, I explored the question: what makes a highly expressive musical experience? I then provided historic background on Schubert’s life and looked at the compositional significance of his G major …
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Through the Lens of Freemasonry: The Influence of Ancient Esoteric Thought on Beethoven's Late Works
… of view: the Bagatelle, op. 119, No. 7, the Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 111, and the String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131.
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