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Interpreting Tempo and Rubato in Chopin's Music
Interpreting tempo and rubato in Chopin’s music: A matter of tradition or individual style? Li-San Ting A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales School of the Arts and Media Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences June 2013 ABSTRACT The main goal of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of Chopin performance and interpretation, particularly in relation to tempo and rubato. This thesis is a comparative study between pianists who are associated with the Chopin tradition, primarily the Polish pianists of the early twentieth century, along with French pianists who are connected to Chopin via pedagogical lineage, and several modern pianists playing on period instruments. Through a detailed analysis of tempo and rubato in selected recordings, this thesis will explore the notions of tradition and individuality in Chopin playing, based on principles of pianism and pedagogy that emerge in Chopin’s writings, his composition, and his students’ accounts. Many pianists and teachers assume that a tradition in playing Chopin exists but the basis for this notion is often not made clear. Certain pianists are considered part of the Chopin tradition because of their indirect pedagogical connection to Chopin. I will investigate claims about tradition in Chopin playing in relation to tempo and rubato and highlight similarities and differences in the playing of pianists of the same or different nationality, pedagogical line or era. I will reveal how the literature on Chopin’s principles regarding tempo and rubato relates to any common or unique traits found in selected recordings. -
A Survey of Czech Piano Cycles: from Nationalism to Modernism (1877-1930)
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: A SURVEY OF CZECH PIANO CYCLES: FROM NATIONALISM TO MODERNISM (1877-1930) Florence Ahn, Doctor of Musical Arts, 2018 Dissertation directed by: Professor Larissa Dedova Piano Department The piano music of the Bohemian lands from the Romantic era to post World War I has been largely neglected by pianists and is not frequently heard in public performances. However, given an opportunity, one gains insight into the unique sound of the Czech piano repertoire and its contributions to the Western tradition of piano music. Nationalist Czech composers were inspired by the Bohemian landscape, folklore and historical events, and brought their sentiments to life in their symphonies, operas and chamber works, but little is known about the history of Czech piano literature. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the unique sentimentality, sensuality and expression in the piano literature of Czech composers whose style can be traced from the solo piano cycles of Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Leoš Janáček (1854-1928), Josef Suk (1874-1935), Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1935) to Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942). A SURVEY OF CZECH PIANO CYCLES: FROM ROMANTICISM TO MODERNISM (1877-1930) by Florence Ahn Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts 2018 Advisory Committee: Professor Larissa Dedova, Chair Professor Bradford Gowen Professor Donald Manildi Professor -
From Piano Girl to Professional: the Changing
University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--Music Music 2014 FROM PIANO GIRL TO PROFESSIONAL: THE CHANGING FORM OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION AT THE NASHVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY, WARD’S SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, AND THE WARD- BELMONT SCHOOL, 1816-1920 Erica J. Rumbley University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Rumbley, Erica J., "FROM PIANO GIRL TO PROFESSIONAL: THE CHANGING FORM OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION AT THE NASHVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY, WARD’S SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, AND THE WARD-BELMONT SCHOOL, 1816-1920" (2014). Theses and Dissertations--Music. 24. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/24 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--Music by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained needed written permission statement(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine) which will be submitted to UKnowledge as Additional File. I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. -
Cinq Études De Jazz
CINQ ÉTUDES DE JAZZ: A STUDY OF JAZZ AND MODERNISM by JEREMEY JAMES MCMILLAN KEVIN THOMAS CHANCE, COMMITTEE CHAIR EDISHER SAVITSKI THOMAS S. ROBINSON JOSEPH SARGENT JACOB W. ADAMS WILLIAM A. MARTIN A DOCUMENT Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the Department of Music in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2019 Copyright 2019 Jeremey McMillan ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT When Erwin Schulhoff’s Cinq Études de Jazz appeared in 1926, the major cities in the United States and Europe were witnessing a global jazz phenomenon. Paris was among the major cities and cultural centers where the spirit of jazz ventured beyond the dance hall. Although the French reception of jazz has been thoroughly documented, this study offers a unique vantage point through a close musical analysis of this work. Schulhoff was a Czech composer who used his vantage point as an outsider to witness the influence of jazz on French culture and modern art. Besides the musical analysis, this study treats Schulhoff’s Cinq Études as a documentary by examining the unfolding of developments in the arts during the seventy-year period that preceded the 1920s. By examining the concurrent emergence of the European avant-garde and jazz, along with their similar ethos as a reaction to the sociopolitical climate of the time, this document seeks to implore the reader to consider that jazz—not simply a mere influence to modernism—is itself a branch of modern art. ii DEDICATION This document is dedicated to the memory of my father, Jerry Charles McMillan (1947- 2010). -
Alberto Jonas' Master School and Its Role in Early
ALBERTO JONAS’ MASTER SCHOOL AND ITS ROLE IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY PIANO VIRTUOSITY by ROSS EDILLOR SALVOSA B.Mus., Conservatory of Music at Lynn University, 2002 M.Mus., Conservatory of Music at Lynn University, 2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Piano) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2018 © Ross Edillor Salvosa, 2018 The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: Alberto Jonas’ Master School and Its Role in Early Twentieth-Century Piano Virtuosity submitted by Ross Edillor Salvosa in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance Examining Committee: Prof. L. Mark Anderson, Piano Performance Supervisor Dr. Alexander Fisher, Musicology Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Terence Dawson, Piano Performance Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Scott Goble, Music Education University Examiner Prof. Rena Sharon, Piano Performance University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Supervisory Committee Member Supervisory Committee Member ii Abstract First published in 1922 by Carl Fischer Music in New York, Alberto Jonas’ monumental seven-volume Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity is the most comprehensive early twentieth-century treatise on piano playing. The present study provides a survey of the rise of the piano’s popularity, evolution of piano construction, and development of piano playing technique during the nineteenth century, as well as comparative studies of preparatory exercises found in commonly used volumes during Jonas’ lifetime, namely Franz Liszt’s Technical Studies (1873), Carl Tausig’s Daily Studies (1873), and Rafael Joseffy’s School of Advanced Piano Playing (1910). -
Bach Ŕ 32 Mains
Understanding Bach, 8, 87–137 © Bach Network UK 2013 Bach à 32 mains: Joseph Proksch and his Role in Bohemian Bach Reception TANJA KOVAČEVIĆ Although the public concert is today regarded as very much a staple of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in reality, orchestral and operatic performances at the time were still a luxury for most music lovers. On the other hand, the piano, that emblem of bourgeois status, was increasingly making its way into even the most modest of middle-class households. Consequently, before the invention of the phonograph and radio, nineteenth-century musicians found piano transcriptions and arrangements a convenient vehicle for the dissemination and iteration of the symphonic, chamber and choral repertoire. Already by 1822, the popularity of piano transcriptions and arrangements had become so great, and their number so staggering, that a critic for the Quarterly Musical Magazine felt that ‘the passion for arrangement is, we think, a little run mad’.1 The sources housed in the archive of the Prague Conservatoire include curious transcriptions of works by Bach, Handel, Beethoven and others, arranged for multiple pianos involving up to sixteen players. Of particular interest to this study is an arrangement of the Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major on the name of BACH (BWV 898), for eight pianos, each for four hands—thirty-two hands in total. What would have been the purpose of such an arrangement? Why was it written for what seems to be an extraordinarily impractical number of performers and instruments? Who was the arranger? Was it ever performed? If so, who were the performers and where did all the pianos come from? And why was this particular work chosen? These are just some of the enigmas posed by this peculiar find, which will be addressed in the following discussion. -
Cordula Heymann-Wentzel Das Stern'sche Konservatorium Der Musik in Berlin
Cordula Heymann-Wentzel Das Stern’sche Konservatorium der Musik in Berlin Rekonstruktion einer verdrängten Geschichte Danksagung Den langen Entstehungsprozess dieser Arbeit haben viele Personen begleitet und unterstützt. Erinnern möchte ich an dieser Stelle an meinen Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Rainer Cadenbach, der am 22. Mai 2008 verstorben ist. Mit ihm verband mich über viele Jahre eine enge Zusammenarbeit, über weite Strecken hat er die vorliegende Arbeit begleitet. Sein Tod ließ mich tatsächlich „verwaist“ zurück. Frau Prof. Dr. Dörte Schmidt (Universität der Künste Berlin) hat mit großem Engagement die Betreuung übernommen und sehr zielführend und konstruktiv die Fertigstellung vorangetrieben. Meine zweite Doktormutter, Frau Prof. Dr. Beatrix Borchard (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg), hat mich während des gesamten Arbeitsprozesses unterstützt, ihr ist letztendlich sogar die Themenidee zu verdanken. Stellvertretend für alle Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der genutzten Archive danke ich Herrn Dr. Dietmar Schenk, dem Leiter des Universitätsarchivs der Universität der Künste und seinen Mitarbeiterinnen Karen Krukowki und Antje Kalcher, wie auch Leonore Maier vom Jüdischen Museum Berlin. Dr. Sabine Utsch und Dr. Richard Zahn in Frankfurt a. M. gestatteten mir die Einsicht in die persönlichen Dokumente der Familie Stern und gaben die Abdruckgenehmigung für zahlreiche Fotos der Familie. Hannelore Psathas hat bei der zeitintensiven Zeitungsrecherche geholfen. Frank Wentzel danke ich für die Anfertigung und Bearbeitung fast aller Fotos, das Layout der Stammbäume und die Fotomontage auf dem Titelblatt. Außerdem gilt mein Dank den zahlreichen KorrekturleserInnen dieser Arbeit: Dr. Julia Bummel, Prof. Dr. Susanne Fontaine (UdK Berlin), Malte Vogt, Florence Däbel, Nadine Frischmuth, Sandra Pohl, Inge Hoppner, Susanne Heiter, Marvin Gasser, sowie meinen Kollegen an der UdK, Dr. -
The Legacy of Theodore Leschetizky As Seen Through His Pedagogical Repertoire
THE LEGACY OF THEODORE LESCHETIZKY AS SEEN THROUGH HIS PEDAGOGICAL REPERTOIRE AND TEACHING STYLE Bret Serrin, B.M., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS May 2010 APPROVED: Joseph Banowetz, Major Professor Steven Harlos, Committee Member Adam Wodnicki, Committee Member Graham H. Phipps, Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Music James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music Michael Monticino, Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Serrin, Bret. The Legacy of Theodore Leschetizky as Seen through His Pedagogical Repertoire and Teaching Style. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), May 2010, 61 pp., 8 musical examples, references, 66 titles. Theodore Leschetizky’s singular pianistic legacy survives to this day because of his revolutionary pedagogical methods and his compositions for the piano repertory. The amalgamation of these two aspects formed his distinctive contributions to the fields of piano and piano pedagogy and left an indelible mark on the history of the instrument. His students lead an impressive list of the greatest artists of the previous century, each influencing the evolution of pianism with their own remarkable style and personality. While Leschetizky was arguably without peer as a pedagogue, many pianists today are unaware of the vast number of compositions that he wrote. These pieces were intended not only for the concert stage, but also as a very specific pedagogical repertoire that he used within his own teaching studio. It is imperative that the pianists of our current generation understand the dual aspects of his contribution to our art form, in order to fully grasp the way in which he has changed the face of pianism. -
A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist DICTIONARIES for the MODERN MUSICIAN
A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist DICTIONARIES FOR THE MODERN MUSICIAN Series Editor: Jo Nardolillo Contributions to Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist lists of key terms designed to fully cover the field of study and performance for major instruments and classes of instruments, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from composing to conducting. Focusing primarily on the knowledge required by the contemporary musical student and teacher, performer, and professional, each dictionary is a must-have for any musician’s personal library! All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary by Jo Nardolillo, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Singer by Matthew Hoch, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Clarinetist by Jane Ellsworth, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player by Elisa Koehler, 2015 A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor by Emily Freeman Brown, 2015 A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist by Stephen Siek, 2016 A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist Stephen Siek ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2017 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Siek, Stephen, author. -
October 1895) Theodore Presser
Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 10-1-1895 Volume 13, Number 10 (October 1895) Theodore Presser Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Presser, Theodore. "Volume 13, Number 10 (October 1895)." , (1895). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/398 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 312 t ‘ „ IQ ""•I MUUt durrtf mimim 11 IUS1G Jfit rfh'trr P Schmidt Our 1.JL wii yiA J B fsaP'UJ.AAAAAWi Ujj B*o,otopy la the Home of the Beven-Ootave orsan. Tie Claitoi; Sumy Co, I4B BOYLSTON ST., BOSTOS, BISS., SOLE REPRESENTATIVES IN OHIOAQO FOR THE MUSIC PUBLISHED, PPPi| | OHICKERINQ P.ANO. SOLE Aaiw m fHl tJHHlB STASIS WOU • " PUBLISHIRS AND IMPORTERS Of MUSIO, Henry Lifolff, Bruiwwlok, ©amainyi Edition ©hanot (Violin Music), mi tin® Vtanns ©8R8®wst©rf „ General Dealers in Sheet Music and Music Editi®n ef IS® Books of the Better Class, PIANOFORTE CLASSICS. 220 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. PIANOFORTE SOLOS. IIStEfS.!., TONAZ. Op. 72. -
June 1944) James Francis Cooke
Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 6-1-1944 Volume 62, Number 06 (June 1944) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 62, Number 06 (June 1944)." , (1944). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/216 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AND STAMPS FOR VICTORY Atttfrt L\v«n ( * * '* • f t n'» • i • . — FOUR NEW YORK SINGERS, three men one woman, are announced as the P I A and N 0 winners of this season’s Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. Regina Res- MUSI c Wil- nik, soprano; Morton Bowe, tenor; Favorites baritone; and Hugh These IN liam Hargrove, All baritone, were the four se- Thompson, H E E T lected from seven finalists who survived a twenty-week competition. Each received Opera O R M a contract with the Metropolitan are in GROUP Company, a cash, award of one thousand ECONOMY Priced at dollars, and a silver plaque. A fifth con- PRESSED Raffaelli, of Chicago, re- testant, Angelo SOLOS Grade THREE— >t- scholarship ONE PIANO — ceived a five-hundred-dollar PIANO SOLOS—Grade Title and Composer Cat. -
Hot Sonate Michael Pendowski, Alto Saxophone Jeremy Samolesky, Piano
WORKS BY IRWIN SCHULHOFF | NIKOLAI GIRSHEVICH KAPUSTIN | JOHN TOWNER WILLIAMS GEORGE GERSHWIN | VERNON DUKE | JIMMY DORSEY Hot Sonate Michael Pendowski, alto saxophone Jeremy Samolesky, piano WWW.ALBANYRECORDS.COM TROY1861 ALBANY RECORDS U.S. 915 BROADWAY, ALBANY, NY 12207 TEL: 518.436.8814 FAX: 518.436.0643 ALBANY RECORDS U.K. BOX 137, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA8 0XD TEL: 01539 824008 © 2021 ALBANY RECORDS MADE IN THE USA DDD WARNING: COPYRIGHT SUBSISTS IN ALL RECORDINGS ISSUED UNDER THIS LABEL. German Dada movement through the painter George Grosz and moved to Berlin. The Music During this period, Grosz introduced Schulhoff to jazz, dance music, and ragtime. His Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was a Czech composer and pianist of German descent and music of the early 1920s was heavily influenced by popular dance music. He abandoned was one of a number of musicians whose successful careers were cut short by the rise of the influence of the Second Viennese school, and looked instead to folk music and the the Nazi regime in Germany. His work spanned a wide scope of genres and he was influ- works of French neo-classicism. He returned to Prague in 1923, and for the next decade enced by a number of compositional styles. Among the major influences on his compo- enjoyed considerable success. Though his financial situation was always precarious for sitional style, Schulhoff credited Debussy, Strauss, and Stravinsky as well as Czech com- lack of a steady academic position, his compositions were published and performed, and posers including Janáček and Dvořák. He was also one of the first generation of classical he became an internationally known pianist and composer with successful appearances composers to find inspiration in the rhythms of jazz music, and frequently drew elements throughout Europe and Scandinavia.