Paul Wittgenstein's Transcriptions for Left Hand
PAUL WITTGENSTEIN'S TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR LEFT HAND: PIANISTIC TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS, A LECTURE RECITAL, TOGETHER WITH THREE RECITALS OF SELECTED WORKS OF R. SCHUMANN, S. PROKOFIEV, F. LISZT, M. RAVEL, AND F. CHOPIN Won-Young Kong, B.Mus., M.M. APPROVED: Major Professor Minor Professor Commi ember Dean o e Co ge f Music Dean of the Robert B.'Toulouse School of Graduate Studies 377 PAUL WITTGENSTEIN'S TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR LEFT HAND: PIANISTIC TECHNIQUES AND PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS, A LECTURE RECITAL, TOGETHER WITH THREE RECITALS OF SELECTED WORKS OF R. SCHUMANN, S. PROKOFIEV, F. LISZT, M. RAVEL, AND F. CHOPIN DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS By Won-Young Kong, B.Mus., M.M. Denton, Texas August, 1999 Kong, Won-Young, Paul Wittgenstein's transcriptions for left hand: pianistic techniques and performance problems, a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of R. Schumann, S. Prokofiev, F. Liszt, M. Ravel, and F. Chopin. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August, 1999, 85 pp, 3 tables, 76 examples, bibliography, 56 titles. Paul Wittgenstein (1887-1961) made significant contributions to the piano literature for the left hand through numerous commissioned works as well as his own transcriptions. In the transcriptions, Wittgenstein preserved the texture of two-hand music, aiming for the simulation of the original works. This requires special techniques in the performance by the left hand alone. This dissertation investigates technical means and performance problems associated with the transcriptions as well as Wittgenstein's own recordings of selections from his works.
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