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Influence And Innovation: Beethoven's Impact On The Sonatas For Piano And Cello By Mendelssohn And Chopin, Patrick T. Bellah

Dissertations, 2020-current

The bulk of the scholarship in this paper centers around Beethoven’s five sonatas written for piano and cello and how he established a new normal within the genre. This is evidenced by what are arguably the two most noteworthy sonatas for the same instrumental medium, written by Mendelssohn and Chopin, following Beethoven’s death. I posit that the five sonatas written by Beethoven establish a series of models upon which the latter two works by his successors are based.

Chapters two and three of this document are separated into subsections that detail the plausibility of Beethoven’s influence through circumstantial evidence, musical …

Questions Of The Performing Interpratation Of The Song Without Words Op.109 F. Mendelssohn, Galina Shamirzaeva

Eurasian music science journal

The article examines some issues of the performing interpretation of the Song without Words, Op.109 for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi. Songs without words occupy a special place among Mendelssohn's chamber works. The composer, relying on everyday music, created a new type of romantic piano miniature. Eight notebooks, written for piano, which embodied the artistic ideals of the era of romanticism, very soon gained popularity. Song without words, op. 109. for cello and piano, the only one among this genre fits organically into a single sphere of romantic images.

The primary tasks of the interpretation of this work include …

Artistic Aspects Of The Performing Interpretation Of Piano Ensemble Music By The Ligeti György, Marat Gumarov, Madina Fayziyeva, Vladimir Ovchinnikov

Eurasian music science journal

This article is the result of international scientific collaboration of leading pianists-performers from Uzbekistan and Russia. Turning to the study of piano ensemble music by György Ligeti (1923-2006), the authors focus on piano pieces in four hands that date back to the early period of the leader of the modern musical avant-garde, revealing their artistic world, reflecting the composer's aesthetics. The aim is to study Ligeti's works for piano in four hands, revealing their stylistic features. The musical material for the study is original miniatures for the four-handed piano (March and Three Wedding Dances), in which the composer's innovative style …

Degree Recital: Jeremy Ahn, Department Of Music

Student Degree Recitals 2020-2021

Jeremy Ahn, piano, presents his Senior Degree recital. Performing works by Bach, Mussorgsky, and Kapustin.

Graduate Recital: Muyu Zou, Department Of Music

Student Degree Recitals 2020-2021

Muyu Zou, piano, presents his Masters degree recital. Performing works by Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, and Ravel.

Brienna Weigner, Senior Piano Recital, Brienna Weigner

Junior and Senior Recitals

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Piano Night At The Movies: A Recital, Mason Mckinney, Ben Hodde, Katie Bayer, Eryn Riley, Jenna Barnes, Sam Youmans, Anna Weyenberg

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the poster and program from the recital, "Piano Night at the Movies," held on October 30, 2020, at the OBU Amphitheater.

Elizabeth Dunkel, Senior Piano Recital, Elizabeth Dunkel

Junior and Senior Recitals

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The Mutability Of The Score: An Examination Of The Value Of Score Alteration In Virtuosic Piano Repertoire, Wayne Weng

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation is a defense of the value of score alteration in virtuosic piano repertoire. Score alteration is a performance practice, much heard during the so-called “Golden Age” of pianism, in which pianists would freely modify the score in order to suit their interpretation and make their performances more effective. In our present age of urtext editions and absolute fidelity to the score, I believe that a re-examination of score alteration is crucial to any modern performer.

I have examined numerous recordings and performances (many of them rare and not commercially released), to explore how the practice of score modification …

Nadia Boulanger’S Fantaisie Variée Pour Piano Et Orchestre A Study Of A Significant Unpublished Piece, Sarah Elias

Dissertations

The research consists of a brief historical and biographical overview of Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), a main focus of a thematic and motivic analysis of her work Fantaisie variée pour piano et orchestre, along with touching upon the influences of Fauré, Debussy, Widor, Reger, and Franck on its composition, and a mention of the process of obtaining the Fantaisie from the Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger. Boulanger produced works in a variety of genres, including: a fugue; more than thirty songs for voice and piano; two completed works for solo piano; three works for organ; several chamber works; three works …

The Role Of The Piano In The 12 Poems Of Emily Dickinson By Aaron Copland, Krista Benesch

Honors Theses

In the song cycle 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copland, one may observe the interplay between the piano and the narrator. Throughout all twelve songs, the piano plays different roles. In several songs, the piano plays a certain character: in “Nature, the gentlest mother,” the piano is personified as Nature, while in “Dear March, come in!” the piano is March. In other songs, the piano reacts to the narrator—for example, in “Going to Heaven!”, the narrator announces a statement, and the piano follows with fast, tumbling eighth notes that portray the narrator’s scattered thoughts. Every song in the …

Young Artist Concert 2020, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2019-2020

Andrews University Department of Music presents the Young Artist Concert 2020, featuring the winners of the Young Artist Competition performing solos alongside the Andrews University Symphony Orchestra. Featuring works from Ravel, Delibes, Gershwin, and others.

"Dancing In The Rain" Anna Rorabeck Senior Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Senior piano student Anna Rorabeck presents her degree recital. Featuring works by Bach, Debussy, and Chopin.