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Kemova, Ksenia S. "Sonatas for Piano Four Hands by Muzio Clementi." Observatory of Culture 18, no. 5 (October 29, 2021): 506–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2021-18-5-506-519.
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The article considers seven sonatas for piano four hands by Muzio Clementi. The relevance of the research is accounted for by the attention paid by performing piano duos to the four-hand repertoire in its diversity. In this connection, there is a necessity of a theoretical analysis of this topic, which has not yet been discussed in music science. The article aims to trace the evolution of Clementi’s sonatas for piano four hands, outline the historical context of their creation, and identify their typical features. The research suggests a two-aspect approach to the analysis of the sonatas: they are looked at from the point of view of the evolution of the composer’s style in the period 1779—1786, as well as in terms of the thematic process, sonata structure and four-hands piano texture.Clementi’s duet sonatas (belonging to the number of early four-hand works, together with the sonatas by W.A. Mozart, J.C. Bach, Ch. Burney) form a line reflecting his life impressions and representing his creative search. The first three sonatas for piano four hands — as an integral part of op. 3 — were written and published in London at the time when Clementi was gaining a reputation of a virtuoso and teacher. The sonata that opens op. 6 appeared in Paris, where Clementi started his European tour; it reflects his interaction with the contemporary music phenomena. Op. 14, which consists of three sonatas for piano four hands, was inspired by young composer’s romantic experience during his stay in Lyon (it is dedicated to Maria-Victoria Imbert-Colomes); the work sums up his achievements in this genre. Researchers list the sonatas of op. 14, which are full-fledged concert works, among Clementi’s best works and rank them on a par with four-hand sonatas by Mozart. In general, the sonatas show a tendency towards the unity of form, common thematic features within a piece, diversity of texture.It is fair to say that the sonatas for piano four hands, as well as the composer’s solo sonatas, became for Clementi a field of experiments in the sphere of piano — an instrument to which he devoted his performing, teaching and, eventually, business activities. The temperament and expression of Clementi’s sonatas, combined with their virtuosity, makes them concert compositions that can sound impressively on the big stage in the modern situation. At the same time, they can also be an excellent training material for performers of different levels.
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Lebedeva, N. S. "Sonatas № 2 end № 9 as Milestones in the Evolution of the Piano Style of A. Scriabin." Culture of Ukraine, no. 71 (April 2, 2021): 86–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.31516/2410-5325.071.11.
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The article is devoted to the consideration of two piano sonatas by A. Scriabin, representing in a complex the peculiarities of his piano style as an integral phenomenon. The two-part sonata No. 2, classified as a musical landscape, is considered in comparison with the performing versions proposed by S. Richter and V. Ashkenazy. The one-part Sonata No. 9, called “Black Mass”, is considered in comparison with the performing interpretations of V. Sofronitsky and V. Horowitz.
It is noted that the Scriabin’s piano style is inherently mixed, compositional and performing, and its grandiose macrocycle of 10 sonatas appears as a compendium of the principles of piano thinking for the post-romantic era. The universalism of Scriabin’s writing is confirmed using the comparative method of analysis, for the first time proposed in this article in relation to the works under consideration.
It was revealed that the style in music appears as “a system of stable features of musical phenomena, a way of their differentiation and integration at various levels” (S. Tyshko). The style is distinguished by a tendency to identify the individual, unique, “humanistic” in the broad sense of the word and has a hierarchical structure, within which there is a level characterized as “the style of any kind of music” (V. Kholopova), among which the piano style stands out.
Scriabin’s piano sonatas combine the categories of “instrument style”, “author’s style” and “performer’s style” at the style level.
It was revealed that the figurative and artistic duality of the Second sonata is reflected in the interpretations presented by S. Richter (the “classical” version, focused on the exact observance of the author’s text remarques, sounding in some places even like in Beethoven’s works), and V. Ashkenazy (the “romantic” version containing a whole complex of articulatory means added by the performer, most of all close to Chopin’s “sonic placers”).
The main factor that determines the peculiarities of the performance of the Ninth sonata is the transfer of the playing of harmonic timbre-colors, in which the melodic horizontal turns out to be inert in itself and manifests itself only in harmonic lighting in combination with articulatory attributes. It is noted that A. Scriabin creates in the Ninth sonata actually a special type of texture, accentuating the parameter of depth, based on the stereophonic effect “further — closer”.
In the conclusions on the article, it is noted that the stylistic “arch” of two Scriabin’s sonatas highlighted in it helps to comprehend the holistic character and contextual connections of the sonata-piano style of the great Russian composer-innovator, to find “keys” to actual interpretations of his other piano sonatas, an example of which is analyzed interpretation samples of such masters as V. Sofronitsky and V. Horowitz (Ninth sonata) and S. Richter and V. Ashkenazy (Second sonata).
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Anatolii, Tarabanov. "Performance and existential chronotope of clavier sonatas of the late Baroque and Classicism." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 61, no. 61 (December 31, 2021): 50–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-61.03.
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Some spatial-time characteristics of the selected keyboard sonatas by D. Scarlatti, С. P. E. Bach, J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, and M. Clementi are revealed from the viewpoint of a piano performer. The term “chronotope”, used in the research, is interpreted in two main meanings: as an existence of the piano sonata phenomenon in space-time continuum in the context of listeners’ perception and comprehension, as well as a specific performer’s feeling of time and space in sonatas by the mentioned composers. The purpose of the study is to identify the peculiarities of the performance chronotope of these works that are relevant for the modern pianist in the context of social existence and the demand for the sonata genre in the 21st century, including attempts of its authentic interpretations, on the basis of the analysis and concert performance of selected clavier sonatas of the late Baroque and Classicism epochs. Experimental8 and analytical research methods with elements of comparativistics allow examining the chronotope of the selected keyboard sonatas in the whole creative-scientific process that determines the scientific novelty of the study. Results. Today, the problem of perception of musical classics in terms of preparedness of the listener, their ability to decipher the “sign system” of a musical work is very relevant. There are also not enough listeners of academic music, if taking into account all those people with an access to concerts halls and Internet. Therefore, attention of broad public to academic music is to be aroused. One of the most crucial places in solution of this problem belongs to the sonata genre as an organizing basis opposing contemporary human society multidirectional dissipation. With regard to its perfect structured composition principles, the piano sonata can be of great importance for the reconstructing of architectonic thinking patterns in listener’s minds. In order to fulfill such a difficult task successfully, a lot of new live performances of proficient pianists are needed. This can help the audience gain listening experience and attract probable admirers to their own musical practicing. Some characteristics of the performance chronotope of baroque and classical sonatas, such as interaction and interbalancing of statics and dynamics; organizing function of performance time in music forming; metrorhythmic performance inertia; continuity of the music thought development, necessity of performer’s anticipation, were defined with the help of the experimental-analytical method. Conclusion. The found characteristics of piano sonatas chronotope can be used both on the stage of conceiving a mission of music interpretation and during musical trainings and a concert performance itself.
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Serhiі, Dikarev. "Genre and style specifics of Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Paul Hindemith." Aspects of Historical Musicology 24, no. 24 (October 13, 2021): 127–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-24.07.
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Statement of the problem. The works of Paul Hindemith, one of the most outstanding composers of the twentieth century, is distinguished by its universality. P. Hindemith is known as the author of a large number of sonatas for various instruments, among which is Sonata for Double Bass and Piano. The genre and style specificity of P. Hindemith’s chamber sonatas cannot be considered in isolation from the peculiarities of the instruments chosen by the composer, the sound image of which contributed to the formation of certain specific genre features. Sonata for Double Bass and Piano, which became the culmination of the development of double bass music in the composer’s work, can be considered indicative in this respect. Analysis of recent research and publications. There is a great deal of research works devoted to P. Hindemit’s compositions, particularly chamber sonatas, as well as to the peculiarities of his style. One of the most fundamental works is the monograph by T. Levaya and O. Leontieva (1974), which deals with the works of the composer. Among other researchers who turned to the work of Hindemith, we should mention B. Asafev (1975), V. Polyakov (1987), T. Morgunova (2000), V. Batanov (2016). Despite the fact that the stylistic and genre principles of P. Hindemith’s work are outlined in detail in the works of domestic musicologists, most researchers have overlooked the Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by P. Hindemith, which certainly deserves a detailed analytical understanding both in the context of the genre and in terms of the development of double bass performance. Main objective of the study. Today, Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Paul Hindemith, the performance of which requires significant technical and artistic skill from double bass players, occupies an important place in the double bass repertoire, which is why this article is relevant. The purpose of the article is to determine the genre and style specifics of Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by P. Hindemith in order to further understand the development of solo and orchestral double bass means of expression and rapidly increase the repertoire for double bass in modern art. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the insufficient study of P.Hindemith’s double bass work in the context of Ukrainian double bass school. As a result of the structural-compositional and genre analysis it was possible to conclude about the uniqueness of Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by P. Hindemith as a vivid example of the composer’s search for non-standard means of expression, which lies in choosing the timbre of the solo instrument and the specifics of formative factors. The research methodology includes the following scientific methods: ● historiographic approach (in the aspect of clarifying the data on the double bass compositions by P. Hindemith); ● stylistic approach (in connection with the study of the composer’s work); ● genre approach (which is necessary for referring to certain genres of P. Hindemith’s work); ек ● structural and functional approach (which is used in analytical descriptions); ● comparative, which is applied in connection with the study of different editions of Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by P. Hindemith. Results. In the course of the study, a detailed structural and compositional analysis of P. Hindemith’s Sonata for Double Bass and Piano was carried out, as well as a comparative analysis of two editions of this sonata. The filling of the classical sonata form with modern musical language, the appeal to the means of polyphonic music, the introduction of the genre features of the instrumental concerto, the traditional German song Lied and operatic intonations make this work a vivid example of neoclassicism in the repertoire of double bass players around the world. The varied palette of lines and the flexibility of the imaginative sphere of the Sonata generalize the long-term composer’s search for individual means of expression in contrabass music. Conclusions. The result of the evolutionary path traversed by the double bass from a modest instrument of a symphony orchestra to a brilliant solo instrument was Sonata for Double Bass and Piano – a vivid example of P. Hindemith’s chamber work, which embodied the features of the composer’s mature period. Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by P. Hindemith poses difficult technical and artistic tasks for the performers, the solution of which must be associated not only with the use of all the skills and abilities of the musician, but also with a deep understanding of the internal structure and specifics of the compositional and dramatic solution of the author’s intention.
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Anatolii, Tarabanov. "Performance Chronotope in the Piano Sonatas by Beethoven (op. 27 No. 2) and Schubert (D. 958)." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 62, no. 62 (September 16, 2022): 55–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-62.04.
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The article examines the specifics of the performance chronotope (time-space) of two masterpieces written by outstanding composers-contemporaries, whose lifetime is characterized by a gradual transition from the classical to the romantic style. Its essential characteristics and the significance of their awareness by the pianist-performer in the practice of working at a musical piece are highlighted. The “performance chronotope” is one of the parameters involved in the field of contemporary music-performance interpretation (Nikolaievska, 2020: 144). This publication is related to our previous work, where space-time characteristics of clavier sonatas by D. Scarlatti, С. Ph. E. Bach, J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, and M. Clementi were revealed from the viewpoint of a piano performer (Tarabanov, 2021). Some parameters of the performance chronotope that have been outlined before – interaction and mutual balance of statics and dynamics, organizing function of performance time in sound musical form, metrorhythmic performance inertia, continuity of space-time and performance prediction (anticipation) – are supplemented by others, such as performance understanding of the form through working at details, and psychological space-time of the performer (as one of the components of the performance chronotope of the work). This is attributable to new interpretative tasks of the pianist in Beethoven’s and Schubert’s Sonatas under consideration. These works have not yet been the subject of analysis from the standpoint of performance chronotope characteristics, which, along with the use of an experimental research method (with the involvement of the author’s experience in concert performance of the considered works10), determined the scientific novelty of the presented study. The results of the study are supposed to be helpful for piano performers in their learning of these works and similar ones. It is especially relevant, because the greatest composer of piano sonatas, Ludwig van Beethoven, is in the spotlight all the time. His so-named “Moonlight” Sonata (op. 27 No. 2) continues to attract new generations of listeners, performers, and researchers (Rosen, 2002; Waltz, 2007; Gordon, 2017, and others). Beethoven’s direct successor, Franz P. Schubert created no less fascinating works in the genre of piano sonata. Among them is the Sonata D. 958 in C minor, where Beethoven’s influence is observed to a great extent. As in the case with concrete musical examples analyzed in the article, the piano performer can realize on practice their own interpretative searches connected with the use of timespace characteristics. In particular, a method of “expanding the performance chronotope” is recommended, which should significantly facilitate the mastering of complicated technical episodes.
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Mikhieieva, Nadiia. "The clarinet and the viola in Sonatas op. 120 by J. Brahms and a pianist’s performing strategy." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 59, no. 59 (March 26, 2021): 145–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-59.10.
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Background. Johannes Brahms composed his two Clarinet Sonatas, op. 120, in 1894, and dedicated them to the outstanding clarinet player Richard Mühlfeld. These were the last chamber pieces he wrote before his death, when he became interested in the possibilities the clarinet offered. Nowadays they are considered to be masterpieces of the clarinet repertoire, legitimizing the combination of piano and clarinet in new composers’ works. Brahms lavished particular care and affection on these works, and he clearly wished them to have the widest possible circulation, for he adapted them – with a certain amount of recomposition in each case – in two parallel forms: as sonatas for viola and piano, and for violin and piano. The violin versions are rarely heard, but the viola sonatas have become cornerstones of this instrument’s repertoire, just as the original forms have for the repertoire of the clarinet. Brahms was effectively establishing a new genre, since before they appeared there were virtually no important duo sonatas for viola and piano. These sonatas embody his compositional technique in its ultimate taut, essentialized, yet marvelously flexible manner. The purpose of this article is to show the interaction of variable and invariant components of the musical text as a factor influencing performance decisions in the process of working on a piece of music. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of the musical text of clarinet and viola parts in the Sonatas of J. Brahms op 120, which are the material of this study. The article relevance is in the importance of comprehension the performing differences for pianists (especially, for those specialized on the sphere of chamber music) working J. Brahms’ Sonatas op. 120 with clarinetists or violists. Every piece could offer its own unique complex of special “challenges”, thus the need of analyzing specifics of performance in every such a piece of music appears. This uniqueness is the basis for the innovativeness of the results of the study of the performance specifics of J. Brahms’ Sonata op. 120 in a selected aspect. Results of the research. Clarinet and viola versions Sonatas by J. Brahms op. 120 occupy a prominent place in the performing repertoire, including training. Because the article provides a comparative analysis of the musical text of clarinet and viola parts with the same piano part; provides a comparative overview of the specifics of the artistic expression of the clarinet and viola to determine the performing strategy of the pianist in the ensemble. The differences found in the viola and clarinet parts are divided into the groups – octave transfers, addition of double notes and melismatics, changes in melodic lines, difference in the strokes (staccato, non legato, tenuto, portamento etc.). There is also a detailed description of clarinet and viola timbres. Due to the different possibilities of the instruments, it is quite obvious that the pianist faces certain creative tasks and in general they can be formulated as follows: when playing the viola, the dynamic range of the piano should be smaller than when performing with the clarinet. In addition, you need to pay attention to other details, such as pedal, texture quality, articulation. Yes, the viola sounds much more confident against the background of a “thick” pedal, while the clarinet in this case loses the volume of its sound. With regard to phrasing, it should be borne in mind that the clarinetist needs to take a breath, and the violist’s ability to lead a bow for a long time does not depend on his physiological characteristics. The question arises: which is more important – tempo or phrasing? In this situation, the specificity is that phrasing should be given more attention. The tempo when performing with the clarinet varies significantly than with the viola, and it is also chosen and changed for practical reasons that follow from the physical data of the performer. The pianist should also pay special attention to the differentiation of voices and the quality of articulation. In terms of sound balance, it is obvious that the clarinet needs more piano support than the viola, because it is dynamically brighter. Nevertheless, this does not mean that piano shades “p” should be avoided, because the contrast of dynamics expands the acoustic range of Sonatas and their expressive potential. Conclusion. The comparative-analytical description contributes to the awareness of the differences in the dynamic balance due to the change of the obligatory instrument. Accurate knowledge of where and how such changes occur not only focuses the musicians’ attention on the relevant details in the performance process, but also encourages them to make more informed decisions about the dynamic balance of performance in general.
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Ivanova, I. L. "“3 Piano Sonatas for the Young” op. 118 in a context of last works by Robert Schumann." Aspects of Historical Musicology 13, no. 13 (September 15, 2018): 26–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-13.03.
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Background. In recent years, there has been an increased interest of musicologists in the phenomenon of “late Schumann” in the aspect of usage of different historical and cultural traditions by the composer, that constituted problematic aura of given research. Modern scholars investigate this matter from several positions: bounds of Schumann’s style with antecedent music, Viennese classics and art of Baroque (K. Zhabinskiy; 2010); formation of aesthetic and stylistic principles of composer in 1840s–1850s, foreseeing musical phenomena of second half of XIX century (A. Demchenko; 2010), realization of natively national cultural meanings in “Album for the Young” op. 68 in his late works (S. Grokhotov; 2006). The content of given above and other modern researches allows to reconsider still unfortunately widely accepted conception of a “twilight” of Schumann’s genius in the last years of his creative life (D. Zhytomirskiy) and to re-evaluate all the works created by the composer in that time. In the given article, one of them is studied, “3 Piano Sonatas for the Young” op. 118, one of the last among them. This choice is effectuated by two main reasons: by op. 118 being an example of “children music” of R. Schuman, that adds additional marks to the portrait of composer, taking a journey through happy pages of his life, preceding its tragic ending; and by possibilities to study typically “Schumannesque” on this example in constantly changing artistic world of German Romantic, who was on the verge of radical changes in national art of second half of XIX century. In order to conduct a research, the following methods of studying of musical phenomena are used: historical, evolutional, genetic, genre and typological, compositional and dramaturgic, comparative. Regarded through the prism of traditions, Sonatas for the Young reveal simultaneous interjections of contained ideas both with musical past, practice of national culture, including modern one, and with author’s own experience. Dedicating every Sonata to one of his own daughters, R. Schumann continues tradition of addressing his works, a tradition, that in fact has never been interrupted. As one can judge by R. Schumann’s dedications, as a rule, they mask an idea of musical portrait. The First Piano sonata op. 11, 6 Studies in canon form op. 56, Andantino from Piano sonata op. 22 are cited (the last one – according to observation of K. Zhabinskiy). The order of the Sonatas for the Young has clear didactic purpose, as if they were mastered by a child consecutively through different phases of learning piano, that gives this triad a feeling of movement towards general goal and makes it possible to perceive op. 118 as a macrocycle. Another type of cyclization, revealed in this article, discloses legacy of works like suites and variations, created by R. Schumann in 1830s, a legacy effectuated in usage of different variative and variant principles of creating the form on different levels of structure. For example, all the movements of the First sonata are bound with motto, consisting of 4 sounds, that allows to regard this cycle simultaneously as sonata and as variations, and if we take into consideration type of images used, we can add a suite cycle to these principles. In a manner, similar to “Carnival” and “Concerto Without the Orchestra”, author’s “explanation” of constructive logic lays within the composition, in the second movement (“Theme and Variations”). To end this list, the Finale of the Third Sonata for the Young contains a reminiscence of the themes from previous Sonatas, that in some way evokes “Children’s scenes” op. 15 (1838). Suite-like traits of Sonata cycles in the triad op. 118 can also be seen in usage of different-leveled titles, indicating: tempi (“Allegro”, “Andante”), programme image (“The Evening Song”, “The Dream of a Child”) or type of musical form (“Canon”), that underscores a bound of Sonatas for the Young with R. Schumann’s cycles of programme miniatures. In addition to that, a set of piecesmovements refl ects tendency of “late Schumann” to mix different historical and cultural traditions, overcoming the limits of autoretrospection. Tempo markings of movements used as their titles allows to regard them predominately as indications of emotional and imagery content, that resembles a tradition of composer’s practice of 17th – 18th centuries. “Allegro” as a title is also regarded as an announcement of the beginning of the Sonata cycle, and that especially matters for the fi rst Sonata, that, contrary to the Second and Third, is opened not with sonata form, but with three-part reprise form. Of no less signifi cance is appearance of canon in “children” composition with respective title, a canon simultaneously referring to the music of Baroque epoch and being one of obligatory means of form-creating, that young pianist is to master. The same can be addressed to the genre of sonata. Coming from the times of Viennese Classicism, it is preserved as the active of present-day artistic horizon, required from those in the stage of apprenticeship, that means sonata belongs to the present time. For R. Schumann himself, “child” triad op. 118 at the same time meant a return to the genre of Piano sonata, that he hadn’t used after his experiments of 1830s, that can also be regarded as an autoretrospection. Comparative analysis of Sonatas for the Young and “Big Romantic” sonatas, given in the current research, allowed to demonstrate organic unity of R. Schumann’s style, simultaneously showing a distance separating the works of composer, belonging to the different stage of his creative evolution. Created in the atmosphere of “home” routine, dedicated to R. Schumann’s daughters, including scenes from everyday life as well as “grown-up” movements, Three Sonatas for the Young op. 118 embody typical features of Biedermeier culture, a bound with which can be felt in the last works of composer rather distinctly. The conclusion is drawn that domain of “children” music of the author because of its didactic purpose refl ects stylistic features of “late Schumann”, especially of his last years, in crystallized form.
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Нrebeniuk, Nataliіa. "F. Schubert’s last Piano Sonatas in the aspect of his song-like thinking." Aspects of Historical Musicology 21, no. 21 (March 10, 2020): 150–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-21.10.
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Background. Close relationships to a song is one of the constants of F. Schubert’s individual thinking. As it embraces all the genre spheres in composer’s heritage, it acquires a universal status, resulting in interchange of author’s findings in chamber-vocal and instrumental works, particularly piano ones. The researchers reveal influence of songs in non-song works by F. Schubert on two main levels: intonationally-thematical and structural. This raised a question about premises, which had created conducive conditions for integration of compositional principles, characteristic for songs and instrumental works by F. Schubert. This question is regarded on the example of three last Piano Sonatas by F. Schubert. Having been written in proximity to composer’s death, they demonstrated unity of composer’s style, achieved by him by integrating his innovations in song and instrumental genres into a unity of the highest degree. Objectives and methodology. The goal of the given article is to study the structure of selected songs by F. Schubert, marked by throughout dramatic development, and to reveal their influence on composer’s last piano sonatas. In order to achieve these goals, compositionally-dramaturgical and comparative methods of analysis were used. Theoretical preconditions. As a reference point for studying of influence of F. Schubert’s songs on his instrumental works, we might consider an article by V. Donadze (1940). In this research author for the first time formulated a view on composer’s song lyricism not only as on central element of his heritage, but also as on a factor, penetrating and uniting all the genres, in which the composer had worked. Thus, concept “song-like symphonism” entered musicological lexicon. The fruitful idea about song-like thinking of F. Schubert found rich development in numerous works of researchers of next generations and keeps its relevance up to nowadays. Results. Even in the one of the very first masterpieces of a song – “Gretchen am Spinnrade” – the author creates unique composition, organized by a circular symbol, borrowed from J. W. Goethe’s text. Using couplet structure as a foundation, F. Schubert creates the structure in a way, creating illusion of constant returning to the same thought, state, temporal dimension. The first parts of every couplet repeat, the second ones – integrate into a discrete, although definitively heading to a culmination, line of development. Thus, double musical time emerges simultaneously cyclical and founded on an attempt to achieve a goal. In the sonata Allegri, regarded in this article, the same phenomenon is revealed in interaction of classical algorithm of composition and functional peculiarities of recapitulations, which are transformed into variants of exposition. As an example of combination of couplet-born repetitions with throughout development we may name song “Morgengruss” from “Die schöne Müllerin”. The same method of stages in the exposition and recapitulation can be found in sonata Allegro of Sonata in C Minor. Polythematic strophic structure with throughout development is regarded on example of “Kriegers Ahnung” (lyricist Ludwig Rellstab) from “Der Schwanengesang”, which is compared to Andante from the before mentioned Sonata. Special attention is drawn to the cases in which cyclical features, characteristic for F. Schubert’s songs, find their way into sonata expositions and recapitulations. In the first movement of Sonata in B-flat Major these chapters of musical structures consist of three quite protracted episodes, which might be identified as first subject, second subject and codetta, respectively. Each of these episodes has its own key, image and logic of compositionally-dramaturgic process, while being marked by exhaustion of saying, which approximates the whole to a song cycle. The logic governing the succession of the episodes is founded not on causation (like in classical sonata expositions and recapitulations), but on the principles of switching from one lyrical state to another. The same patterns of structure are conspicuous in exposition and recapitulation of the first movement of Sonata in C Minor, in which the first section is marked by throughout development, the second one is a theme with two different variations, and the third one, the one recreating the process of rumination, with long pauses and fermatas, interrupting graduality of the movement, is founded on the contrast between playful and lyrical states. The outer movements of Sonata in A Major consist of several episodes. The first subject in ternary form has contrasting middle section; quite uncommon for F. Schubert linking episode dilates so much its function of “transition” is almost lost; enormous second subject eclipses the codetta in every section; it is an unique world, a palette of moods, images, musical events. Conclusions. Innovativity, characteristic for F. Schubert in the field of Romantic song, reveals itself not only in the spheres of images and emotions, musical language, interaction between vocal melody and piano part, but also in the organization of a structure. This allowed to re-evaluate means of organization of compositionally-dramaturgic process in piano sonatas by the composer as in the genre of instrumental music. While in the songs and song cycles these principles of structure were closely connected to extra-musical content, conditioned by it, in instrumental works, specifically, in piano sonatas, they became a feature of the musical content, immanent for music. This particularly helps to explain, why is it possible to use these principles without song-like intonations, usual for them. By the same token, even in this “isolated” variant they remind of their song origin, so songs and song cycles by F. Schubert become a “program” of his piano sonatas and works in another instrumental genres, in a similar fashion to opera, which has become crucial source for development of classical symphony.
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Piechnat, Mateusz. "Scriabin – piano music in the context of the composer’s creative ideology. Part 2." Notes Muzyczny 2, no. 10 (December 20, 2018): 103–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.9814.
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The article is the second part of the text devoted to the profile and piano works of Alexander Scriabin. The composer had an extraordinary piano talent and the ability of coloured hearing. He worked out an innovative musical language based on a unique harmonic style. He was an unprecedented visionary of art, he had knowledge on philosophical topics, he was also a mystic who wanted to save the mankind thanks to his creative output. Throughout the period of around 20 years, Scriabin’s musical language transformed drastically, which is most fully shown in his piano pieces, especially miniatures and sonatas. The second part of the article presents a general characterisation of Scriabin’s piano compositions and musical language in subsequent stages of his creative work. The analysis refers to style and form-related topics, melodics and harmony he used, texture and timbre phenomena and the connections between piano and symphonic pieces. The author of the article reflects on the essence of Scriabin’s artistic orientation and the fact whether the change of his musical language can be called an “evolution” as such. An important element of the article is the presentation of the structure of each piano sonata. The included characterisation of the change of his musical language is an addition to the first part of the cycle, enabling the reference to the stages of the composer’s life juxtaposed there with the description of the transformation of his artistic views.
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Kutluieva, Dar’ia. "PIANO QUARTETS OF L. BEETHOVEN: MOZART’S PROTOTYPES AND AUTHOR’S INITIO." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 58, no. 58 (March 10, 2021): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-58.01.
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Background. The article provides an analysis of L. Beethoven’s piano quartets through the prism of the ensemble writing and composition experience by W. A. Mozart. The disclosure of the successive ties between the two great Viennese classics in the field of chamber instrumental music contributes to the scientific understanding of the history of this genre, which is not sufficiently covered in musicology. The analysis revealed that the four piano quartets of L. Beethoven are focused on Mozart’s prototypes, or rather, on sonatas for violin and piano. It was found that the formative principles of Beethoven’s piano quartets grow from the above-mentioned compositions by W. A. Mozart, but the content and the ensemble-dramatic solution reflect the independence and originality of the young composer’s thinking, revealing the sprouts of a future mature style. The purpose of this article is to disclose the ways of rethinking the prototypes of Mozart in the piano quartets of L. Beethoven. The piano quartets of the latter serve as the musical material of the article: No. 1 Es-dur, No. 2 D-dur, No. 3 C-dur WoO 36, and No. 4 Es-dur op. 16. Results. L. Beethoven changes the algorithm of ensemble events contained in Mozart’s opuses, where the theme is presented in turn by piano, violin, followed by the conversation of the two. The composer immediately includes all members of the quartet in the presentation of the leading material, which specifies this genre, revealing its “intermediateness” between the intimacy of the trio and the “representativeness” of the concerto. Since the genetic origins of the genre of the piano quartet are the trio sonata, the string quartet and the clavier concerto with the accompaniment of a string ensemble, these genres influenced the type of Beethoven’s piano quartets. Thus, Beethoven’s Bonn quartets resemble in their writing a string quartet; and the piano quartet Es-dur op. 16 resembles a clavier concerto with orchestra. These compositions are related to the first of the above mentioned prototypes by the consistent application of the trio principle, which is expressed in various combinations of ensemble voices. In the timbre refraction, the trio-principle underlies the pairing of stringed instruments, where the bowed instruments form a strictly homophonic vertical with the traditional functional relationship according to the “upper voice ‒ bass ‒ middle” model. Another dimension of the trio principle arises when one of the string parts of the piano is displaced, as a result of which a multi-timbre sound field is formed. There is an obvious desire of the composer for the equality of four voices in the piano quartet. At the same time, the timbre uniqueness of the piano and the virtuosity of its part make it possible to recognize in it the leader of the ensemble union. Conclusion. The leading role of the piano in L. Beethoven’s piano quartets brings this genre closer to a piano concerto. At the same time, the piano has a variety of role functions: it can act as an equal partner, being one of the voices of the quartet score; as a concert instrument demonstrating its virtuoso capabilities; as a leader of an ensemble, a kind of conductor, giving impetus to performance, initiative in ensemble play. Similar functions can be observed in W. A. Mozart’s sonatas for violin and piano, which L. Beethoven was guided by.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sonatas (Piano) Analysis"
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Yang, Eun-Kyoung. "The Piano Sonatas of Carl Vine: A Guideline to Performance and Style Analysis." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1048801477.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2003.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 97 p.: ill., music. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Caroline Hong, School of Music. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-97).
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Seidel, John A. (John Allen). "The Trombone Sonatas of Richard A. Monaco." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330825/.
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This lecture-recital investigated the music of Richard A. Monaco, especially the two sonatas for trombone (1958 and 1985). Monaco (1930-1987) was a composer, trombonist and conductor whose instrumental works are largely unpublished and relatively little known. In the lecture, a fairly extensive biographical chapter is followed by an examination of some of Monaco's early influences, particularly those in the music of Hunter Johnson and Robert Palmer, professors of Monaco's at Cornell University. Later style characteristics are discussed in a chapter which examines the Divertimento for Brass Quintet (1977), the Duo for Trumpet and Piano (1982), and the Second Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1985). The two sonatas for trombone are compared stylistically and for their position of importance in the composer's total output. The program included a performance of both sonatas in their entirety.
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Campbell, Grace M. "Evolution, Symmetrization, and Synthesis : The Piano Sonatas of Alberto Ginastera." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279098/.
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When Alberto Ginastera's oeuvre is viewed as a whole, an essential continuity between compositional ideas often appears in different works. This is especially apparent in the three piano sonatas, where each sonata represents an evolution and a condensation of ideas occurring in the previous one. The evolution of ideas throughout the three sonatas takes place through two primary processes. The first is a shift in cultural focus from reliance on Ibero-American material in the first sonata (1952) to Amerindian in the second (1981), to a synthesis of the two cultural elements in the third (1982). The second means of evolution from sonata to sonata is through a process of symmetrization. Along with constructions using symmetrical scales, material in each of the three sonatas is subjected to various symmetrical procedures which correspond musically to basic geometric symmetry types or operations (bilateral, rotational, and translatory, for instance). The decreasing number of movements evidences a negative dilatation of material, moving from four movements in the first sonata to three in the second, to one in the third. In each case, corresponding material from the previous sonata is integrated into the following sonata. Both independently and as a group the three piano sonatas exhibit "invariance under a transformation."
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Tentser, Alexander. "The second piano sonata by Dmitrii Shostakovich a style analysis /." Full text available online (restricted access) Full text available online (restricted access), 1996. http://images.lib.monash.edu.au/ts/theses/9713417.pdf.
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Andrade, Liliana Michelsen de. "O primeiro movimento da Sonata II para piano solo de Bruno Kiefer : uma análise interpretativa." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/10551.
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Este estudo do primeiro movimento da Sonata II para piano de Bruno Kiefer parte do ponto de vista do executante. Reunindo cartas, documentos e outras evidências do arquivo do compositor, apresenta uma análise que expõe uma concepção pessoal dos significados referenciais transmitidos pela obra. O entendimento da linguagem musical do compositor, obtido através dos processos composicionais e dos ambientes emocionais constituem-se em ferramentas de suporte para a interpretação.This study approaches the first movement of Bruno Kiefer’s Piano Sonata II from the performer standpoint. Based on letters and other archival material as well as an extensive analysis of compositional elements, the author presents referencial meanings related to emotional states resulting in an interpretive analysis.
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Baldwin, Richard Philip. "An analysis of three violin sonatas by William Bolcom." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1094823557.
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Polk, Kristin Marie. "An analysis of form and tonality in Arnold Cooke's Sonata for oboe and piano (1957)." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-6061.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2008.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded Mar. 7, 2005, Oct. 10, 2005, Mar. 6, 2006, and Feb. 4, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).
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Jones, Everett N. III. "Intervallic coherence in four piano sonatas by George Walker an analysis /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1119363851.
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Thesis (Dr. of Musical Arts)--University of Cincinnati, 2005.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb. 26, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: George Walker. Includes bibliographical references.
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JONES, EVERETT N. III. "INTERVALLIC COHERENCE IN FOUR PIANO SONATAS BY GEORGE WALKER: AN ANALYSIS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1119363851.
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Treber, Stefan L. "A Schenkerian Analysis of Beethoven's E Minor Piano Sonata, Opus 90." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28486/.
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This thesis examines the history and origins of Beethoven's E minor Piano Sonata and examines the possibility of the programmatic conception of the work. Dedicated to Beethoven's friend Count Moritz Lichnowsky, the sonata may have been inspired by the Count's illicit affair with his future wife, the singer and actress Josefa Stummer. Providing a thorough Schenkerian analysis of both movements, the inner harmonic structure of the composition is revealed and explained. The author also investigates and details the unpublished original analyses of the composition by Heinrich Schenker, Erika Elias, and Hans Weisse. Both English and German language sources are incorporated into a comprehensive examination of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, op. 90.
Books on the topic "Sonatas (Piano) Analysis"
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Beethoven piano sonatas. London: Ariel Music, 1986.
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Studien zum Verhältnis von Harmonik, Metrik und Form in den Klaviersonaten Ludwig van Beethovens. München: E. Katzbichler, 1987.
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Kämper, Dietrich. Die Klaviersonate nach Beethoven: Von Schubert bis Skrjabin. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1987.
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Beethoven's piano sonatas: A short companion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
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A companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: (bar-to-bar analysis). London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 1989.
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1949-, Cooper Barry, ed. b companion to Beethoven's pianoforte sonatas: Bar by bar analysis. London: Associated Board of Music of the Royal Schools of Music, 1998.
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Drake, Kenneth. The Beethoven sonatas and thecreative experience. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.
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Reti, Rudolph Richard. Thematic patterns in sonatas of Beethoven. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1992.
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Beethoven, the Moonlight and other sonatas, op. 27 and op. 31. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Smirnov, Dmitriĭ. The anatomy of theme in Beethoven's piano sonatas. Berlin: Kuhn, 2008.
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Montiel, Mariana. "Manuel M. Ponce’s Piano Sonata No. 2 (1916): An Analysis Using Signature Transformations and Spelled Heptachords." In Computational Music Science, 189–97. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47337-6_19.
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Pace, Ian. "Sources, Aesthetics, and Performance in Rădulescu’s Piano Sonatas." In The Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music, C6S1—C6N74. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190633547.013.6.
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Abstract This chapter constitutes a form of analysis, both based upon the scores and coming out of and reflecting back upon practice, from one who has regularly performed Horaţiu Rădulescu’s six piano sonatas for almost two decades. The chapter considers the sonatas from various angles—their titles, musical borrowings, textures, harmonic language, form (especially the use of sonata form), use of mensuration canons—and considers the implications for touch, rhythm, tempo, rhetoric, rubato, virtuosity, while also adding observations on how particular approaches to various of these parameters can affect the projection of various possible conceptions of the work. Focusing in particular upon the Third and Sixth Sonatas, the chapter also situates these relatively late works in the context of the composer’s wider aesthetic developed since the late 1960s, and considers his use of Byzantine chant and consequent implied musical provenance in the context of the cultural and political milieu in which he grew up, in communist Romania. It also compares his use of Romanian melodies, most of which were collected by Béla Bartók, with the older composer’s own settings of some of the same melodies. It draws upon, but modifies, the analytical strategies developed for engaging with the works’ harmonic language developed by Bob Gilmore, while arguing for a greater consideration of linear progression. Rejecting a prescriptive approach to the relationship between analysis and performance, the chapter elucidates some of the range of creative but intelligent possibilities available for interpreting these works.
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Liddle, Jamie. "The Sublime as a Topic in Beethoven’s Late Piano Sonatas." In Music, Analysis, Experience, 301–14. Leuven University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt180r0s2.25.
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Auerbach, Brent. "Exemplars of Basic Motivic Analysis." In Musical Motives, 183–204. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197526026.003.0007.
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Chapter 6 demonstrates the BMA method from start to finish by applying it to two complete sonata movements by Beethoven. The first section presents a pitch/pitch-class motivic analysis, and the second a rhythm motive analysis. The results of investigation across these two pieces shed light on a remarkable, shared trait. Both works pose a prime motive at the start and telegraph a set of expectations of how that motive will combine with itself. Paired fifth pitch-class motives chase each other over the course of Beethoven’s First Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 2, no. 1 (I). Paired six-note rhythmic motives do the same over the course of his Fifth Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 (III). The pairs are always in flux, redefining their interrelations across their respective movements.
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Hepokoski, James. "Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333/i (Allegro)." In A Sonata Theory Handbook, 24–39. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197536810.003.0002.
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Chapter 2—which may be read before chapter 1, if that is the preference of the reader—is the book’s first illustration of Sonata Theory in practice. It provides a close reading of the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333, that simultaneously presents an introduction to the theory’s specific mode of analysis and its most central concepts and terms. Not least of its concerns are its urgings that the listener/analyst is a co-creator of the work’s meaning (resulting ultimately in a responsible hermeneutic reading): Sonata Theory analysis seeks to be an aesthetically receptive, interactive dialogue with an individual work. Even in its most language-technical moments, it tries to integrate methodical observation with a personal sensitivity to the affective contours and colors of music as music. Two other features of the book are also introduced here: a historical/contextual backdrop for the work under consideration (including dating, original purpose, and aesthetic); and the inclusion of other modes of analytical practice to suggest their compatibility with Sonata Theory.
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Schachter, Carl. "Beethoven, Piano Sonata, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”), first movement." In The Art of Tonal Analysis, 244–72. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190227395.003.0012.
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Schachter, Carl. "Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 481, Adagio." In The Art of Tonal Analysis, 126–53. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190227395.003.0007.
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Brown, Earle, and Simon Obert. "Analysis of the Piano Sonata, op. 81a (c. 1949)." In Ignition: Beethoven, 40–42. 3rd Party UK, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1jpf5tk.8.
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Korczyńska, Klaudia. "Kornel Ujejski jako tłumacz pianistycznych interpretacji Leonii Wildowej. Wokół Marsza pogrzebowego z cyklu Tłumaczeń Szopena." In W kręgu relacji międzyludzkich i intertekstualnych w literaturze romantyzmu (i wokół niej), 45–64. Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/9788381387439.03.
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Kornel Ujejski as a Translator of the Piano Interpretations by Leonia Wild: On “The Funeral March” from the Cycle Translations of Chopin The aim of this article is to analyse the influence which Kornel Ujejski’s acquaintance with the pianist Leonia Wild had on his cycle Tłumaczenia Chopina [Translations of Chopin]. The analysis focuses on one of the poems in the cycle, Marsz żałobny [The Funeral March], which, according to the author, is not merely a verbal attempt to illustrate the meanings contained in its intertext. Ujejski’s creative imagination was particularly influenced by Leonia Wild’s piano interpretations of Chopin’s works. The characterization of the third movement of the Sonata in B flat minor included in the analysis demonstrates a multi-layered relationship between the musical piece and the poem, but it also draws attention to differences in themes, probably resulting from the fact that the works drew inspiration from different sources. The article is thus a contribution to the study of the relationship between Romantic music and literature, which developed thanks to, among other things, salon culture.
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Hare, John. "Kant, Aesthetic Judgement, and Beethoven." In Theology, Music, and Modernity, 42–65. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846550.003.0003.
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This chapter explores Kant’s conception of the relation of the beautiful and the sublime to freedom and to moral theology. It then turns to Beethoven’s conception of the sublime, and illustrates this by an analysis of the slow movement of his early piano sonata Op. 2, No. 2, and an analysis of the first movement of the Eroica. The thesis of the chapter is that a Kantian ‘optimistic’ account of the sublime fits these pieces better than some other accounts of the sublime that the chapter describes, namely ‘the uncanny sublime’, ‘the authoritarian sublime’ and ‘the solipsistic sublime’. The chapter ends with a brief remark about the relation between Kantian freedom and the Christian faith.
Conference papers on the topic "Sonatas (Piano) Analysis"
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Wang, Siwen. "A Brief Analysis of Prokofiev's Three Later Piano Sonatas." In Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Education, Culture and Social Sciences (ECSS 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/ecss-19.2019.70.
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Cheng, Yingjie. "The Music Analysis of Beethoven 's Piano Sonata qFarewellq." In 2017 3rd International Conference on Economics, Social Science, Arts, Education and Management Engineering (ESSAEME 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/essaeme-17.2017.75.
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"Analysis of the Third Movement of Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13, Pathetique." In 2017 4th International Conference on Literature, Linguistics and Arts. Francis Academic Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.25236/iclla.2017.52.
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Shuqing, Liu. "Academic Influence Analysis of Highly Cited Paper on Research on “Beethoven Piano Sonata” Based on Citespace." In proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.521.
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Wang, Xiao. "An Analysis of the Composing Elements of the First Movement of Shubert’s “Piano Sonata in C Minor” D958." In The 6th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210106.010.
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