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Tasteful Piano Performance In Classic-Era Britain, James Huntingford

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

In recent decades, British solo piano repertoire of the Classic era has attracted increasing interest from researchers. A number of scholars have sought to identify the compositional elements that comprise late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British piano music. Despite this interest, there has been little research into the conventions of performance with which this repertoire is inextricably associated. Moreover, scant attention has been given to the notions of taste that are so often encountered in contemporaneous music treatises and philosophical writings. This thesis addresses these gaps in the existing literature by examining tasteful piano performance in late eighteenth- and early …

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 …

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.

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.

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 Program: Senior Projects (Public)

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.

Linda Sanchez Graduate Piano Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Linda Sanchez, piano, performing her graduate degree recital. Featuring works from Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and others.

Sms- Chi Yong Yun Piano Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2019-2020

Pianist Chi Yong Yun performs masterworks by the Romantic greats.

Rebecca Kim Senior Piano Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Rebecca Kim presents her senior recital presenting works by Beethoven, Brahms and Debussy.

Piano Studio Recital: An Evening Of Chopin, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2019-2020

Piano students of Dr. Chi Yong Yun present an evening of pure Chopin.

10.22.2019 Departmental Assembly, Andrews University

Department Assembly Recitals 2019-2020

Pianists Linda Sanchez and Emily Jurek perform works from Scriabin and Mozart.

Whitcomb Towers Recital Series, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2019-2020

Recital series featuring Department of Music students from various disciplines such as Voice, Piano, and Strings performing works by Brown, Chopin, Bach, and Vieuxtemps.

In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

American girls and women used the parlor piano to reshape their lives between 1880 and 1920, the years when the instrument reached the height of its commercial and cultural popularity. Newspapers, memoirs, biographies, women’s magazines, personal papers, and trade publications show that female pianists engaged in public-facing piano play and work in pursuit of artistic expression, economic gain, self-actualization, social mobility, and social change. These motivations drove many to use their piano skills to play beyond the parlor, by studying in conservatory, working as classical and popular music performers and composers, founding and teaching at schools, working as department store …

Performing Rhythmic Dissonance In Ligeti’S Études, Book 1: A Perception-Driven Approach And Re-Notation, Imri Talgam

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Interpretive approaches to the Études have been limited by Ligeti’s choice of notation, which creates several layers of difficulty in the presentation of complex rhythms. In order to resolve some of these difficulties, this dissertation includes a complete re-notation of four Etudes, using a methodology based on research in cognition and perception of rhythm.

Based on this new score, the notion of rhythmic dissonance is developed as an analytical tool to investigate in-time perception of rhythmic complexity, drawing on existing work on metric entrainment and metric dissonance. Different compositional strategies for the production of rhythmic dissonance are shown to have …

Megan Mocca - Graduate Voice Recital, Department Of Music

Student Degree Recitals 2018-2019

"Life and Death"

Megan Mocca featuring works by Mahler, Moore, Gounod, and Delibes.

Ronnie Zanella, piano

Katia Nikolaus, mezzo soprano

Piano At The Conservatoire De Paris During The Interwar Period: A Study In Pedagogy And Performance Practice, Audrey Abela

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores the specificities of the French piano school between 1920 and 1940, a defining time in the history of French pianism. This research focuses on the musical and technical traditions established at the Conservatoire de Paris and provides a comparative analysis of the pedagogy and musical aesthetics of three influential French artist-teachers of the twentieth century: Marguerite Long, Isidor Philipp, and Lazare-Lévy.

Abandoning Abuse: Acknowledging Adoption In The 21 Century, Deborah Elizabeth Ellis

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The inspiration for this set of pieces arose from a friendship with fellow grad student Morgen Cavanah. Morgen and I were both adopted as children, and it this common background that gave rise to these pieces. The poems chosen were written by Morgen about individuals or events in her life. Though I had planned to set 9 of the original 12 poems, this set is comprised of my four favorites. Each piece uses repetitive piano motives that underlie the melodic lines of the voice, flute, and cello. This choice explores harmonic and melodic possibilities that expand minimal accompaniment. Much of …

Chamber Studio Recital, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2018-2019

Students of the Department of Music featuring works by Beethoven, Borodin, Schumann, Debussy, and Schubert.

Waus Thank You Concert, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2018-2019

Andrews University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Crhis Wild, featuring works by Rachmaninoff, Bartok, Guizar, and Borodin.

Piano, Dr. Chi Yong Yun.

Wind Studio Recital, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2018-2019

Students of the Department of Music featuring works by Poulenc, Britten, and Brahms.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Graduate Recital, John Seals, Saxophone, John Seals

2019 Performances

John Seals, Saxophone, in collaboration with:

Dr. Johan Botes, piano
Dr. Júlio Alves, guitar
Dr. Adam Dalton, conductor
The Emerald Saxophone Quartet

Freedom Village Concert, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2018-2019

An Evening with Friends

Students of the Department of Music featuring music by Telemann, Bach, Beethoven, and Paganini.

Departmental Assembly, Department Of Music

Concerts and Event Programs 2018-2019

Students from the department of music featuring works by Mahler, Bach, Beethoven, and Bruch.

Guest Recital, Richard Tirk, Suzanne Tirk, Karen Bauman Schlabaugh

Faculty Articles & Research

Flyer for the Plymouth Fine Arts Series in Wichita, Kansas on April 6th, 2019.

Featured Dr. Richard Tirk playing the trumpet, Dr. Suzanne Tirk playing the clarinet, and Dr. Karen Bauman Schlabaugh playing the piano.

Tuesday's Choice, Andrews University

Department Assembly Recitals 2018-2019

Piano recital series performed at Departmental Assembly.