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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"prepared piano"”.
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Concerto for Prepared Piano and Ensemble
Concerto for Prepared Piano and Ensemble is a chamber concerto in one movement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 percussion, solo prepared piano, 2nd piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass. The piece is divided into seven sections, beginning with an …
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"Marvelous Accidents": The Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra of John Cage
John Cages Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950-51) holds a unique position within the composers oeuvre as the first work based in part on chance-derived compositional procedures. Cage entered into such practice gradually, incrementally abandoning subjective taste and personal …
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Piano literature by Argentine composers from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century : an annotated catalog
The piano pieces by Argentine composers are a significant contribution to piano literature. They represent the voice of a nation that has enjoyed a strong musical tradition, with a noted European influence and a unique fusion of Argentine folk dances and songs. In that regard, these works possess …
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Portfolio of compositions with commentaries 2012-2015
… work. It sets out two case studies (prepared piano and postcard notations) before proceeding to a selected set of commentaries. Finally, the notion of the functioning of written and acoustical ''marks'' developed in the preceding commentaries is generalised as I develop an aesthetics …
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Eclectic Compositional Styles in the Piano Works of Craig Walsh
… the eclectic styles found in the three solo piano works by Craig Walsh: Rhapsody, Black Scissors for prepared piano, and Lines. The research will provide a formal analysis and a detailed investigation into the stylistic characteristics of each work. The discussion on Rhapsody will focus on …
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A Pedagogical Guide to Extended Piano Techniques
Extended piano techniques, which mainly involve playing directly on the internal components of the piano, emerged early in the twentieth century, mainly in the United States. Henry Cowell (1897-1965) explored some of these techniques in short piano pieces such as The Tides of Manaunaun (1917; …
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Three case studies in twentieth-century performance practice
Since the middle of the twentieth century, the study of performance practice has increasingly drawn the interest of musicologists; however, despite the extensive documentation pertaining to matters of performance, the twentieth century has largely been neglected. Twentieth-century composers often …