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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Rachmaninoff"”.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Understanding the Composer Through the Etudes-Tableaux, OP. 33
Rachmaninoff's stylistic identity, as well as that of any composer, can be perceived through an examination of the compositional devices which he tends to use repeatedly. The choice and re-use of a particular element or device obviously appeals to a composer and to him seems to be most successful …
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VIRTUOSIC ELEMENTS IN THE COLLABORATIVE PIANIST’S REPERTOIRE: SELECTED SOLO, VOCAL, AND CHAMBER WORKS OF RACHMANINOFF AND RAVEL
… The material was chosen from the works of Rachmaninoff and Ravel because of the technically and musically demanding yet idiomatic piano writing. This virtuosic piano writing also extends into the collaborative repertoire. The pieces were also chosen to demonstrate these virtuosic elements …
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Doctoral thesis recital (piano (lecture))
A discussion of the similarities between Rachmaninoff's Cello sonata op.19 and Piano concerto no.2 op.18
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Doctoral Thesis Recital (viola)
… in G minor for cello and piano, op.19 / Sergey Rachmaninoff.
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Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43; Analysis and Discourse
This dissertation on Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43 is divided into four parts: 1) historical background and the state of the sources, 2) analysis, 3) semantic issues related to analysis (discourse), and 4) performance and analysis. The analytical study, which constitutes the …
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The Changing Style of Playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Music
Rachmaninoff was not only a fine composer but also an extraordinary pianist. Due to his virtuosity, he established a powerful interpretative style for his music that clearly influenced his contemporaries. However, the way people have performed his piano music has changed over the years. In this …
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Doctoral thesis recital (organ)
… in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 / Sergei V. Rachmaninoff ; trans. Louis Vierne -- Trois impressions. [2], Clair de lune : op. 72, no. 2 / Sigfried Karg-Elert -- Sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 42. III, Final / Alexandre Guilmant.
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Graduate Recital, Piano
… keyboard to evoke a myriad of water images. Rachmaninoff was only 23 when he composed his B Minor Moment musical, Op. 16, No. 3 in 1896, but even so early in his life, he had established his compositional voice. He composed his G Minor Etude-tableau, Op. 33, No. 7 in 1911, and premiered the …
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Young-Jo Lee's Variations on the theme of Baugogae: In search of his own language, a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of J. Haydn, S. Rachmaninoff, R. Schumann, O. Messiaen, and F. Liszt
The objective of the dissertation is to examine Young-Jo Lee's (b. 1943) musical language as exhibited in his piano composition, Variations on the theme of Baugogae. Subjects of discussion include Lee's use of direct and indirect musical borrowings from past European composers and traditional …
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The geophysical evolution of impact basins and volcanic structures on Mercury and the Moon
… the pattern of fractures on the floors of the Rachmaninoff, Raditladi, and Mozart peak-ring impact basins on Mercury reveals the contours of the underlying terrain; that the present-day gravitational and topographic signatures over Orientale Basin emerged due to a combination of syn- and …
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Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915): An Analysis of His Piano Concerto in E-flat Major and Its Relationship to Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No.1
… in the works of his famous student Sergei Rachmaninoff through examples from Taneyev's Piano Concerto in E-flat Major and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. Taneyev's Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 have both similarities and differences that resulted from the …
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Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.4, Op.40 – A Historical Survey and Motivic Analysis of the Third Movement
Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Concerto is an anomaly in his output. It is a mystery whether the work was largely produced in Russia or America; therefore it is hard to make a claim as to which musical and extramusical influences pre- and post-emigration contributed to the aesthetic. In addition, the …
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An historical and analytical survey of the Transcendental Etudes by Sergei Liapunov.
… in the music composed during the same period by Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. Liapunov continued and enriched the great traditions of Russian music started by Glinka and The Mighty Five. He did not discover bold new ways of composing, and at the same time did not succumb to the temptation of …
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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
… Field, Chopin, Liszt, Moussorgsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Bartok, Webern, Fontyn, Orff, and Copland. These present clearly isolated problems of horizontal or vertical motion as well as complex combinations of both basic motion forms. The commentaries to each excerpt are directed …
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Emma Lou Diemer : solo and chamber works for piano through 1986
… Her earliest works reflected her stated models, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Gershwin, in their programmatic titles, energetic rhythms, and full keyboard sound. In them one can see her affection for low sustained resonant tones and for Prokofiev-like brilliant high register sounds. She frequently …
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Nietzsche's orphans: music and the search for unity in revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921
… divisions of nation. The compositions of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) were seen as the expression of a Russian “national” voice. Heightened nationalist sentiment and the impact of the Great War spelled the doom of this musical worldview. Music became an increasingly nationalized sphere within …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… set the text of the Romantic poet Victor Hugo. Rachmaninoff's Six Songs, Op. 38 represent the post-Romantic (nearly Impressionist) period and explore Russian Symbolist poetry.
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An evaluation of certain aspects of the study and teaching of piano technique
… the realms of the modern composers like Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofieff. These various schools had culminated in the efforts of Matthay in London, Breithaupt in Berlin, and Philipp in Paris, all of whom had succeeded Leschetizky in Vienna. The approach, or method which evolved from a study …
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The Problem of Tonal Disunity in Sergeĭ Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, op. 37
… Russian sacred works, with special emphasis on Rachmaninoff's <em>All-Night Vigil</em> (1915). This work, though in many ways tonal, relies largely on the structural principles of Russian sacred repertoire, a reliance that is especially evident in movements that challenge traditional Western …
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