Liszt's "Mazeppa": Examining a composer's conception through his orchestration
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Title
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Liszt's "Mazeppa": Examining a composer's conception through his orchestration
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:c2770b01666d:10511
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identifier
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10729
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Creator
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Shinn, Michael,
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Contributor
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Raymond Erickson | Norman Carey
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music | Etudes d'Execution Transcendante | Liszt | Mazeppa | Symphonic Poem | Transcendental Etudes
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Abstract
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Franz Liszt composed three complete versions of his Etudes d'execution transcendante over the span of twenty-five years, the Etude en douze exercices (1826), the Grandes Etudes (1837), and the final form of the Etudes in 1851. In addition, Liszt wrote another piano version of the fourth Etude, Mazeppa, most likely in 1840, as well as a symphonic poem in 1854. This document attempts to direct the understanding of Mazeppa's compositional development, especially that of the symphonic poem, into an informed interpretation of the 1851 piano version of Mazeppa..;The introductory chapter details the evolution of the Etudes and discusses the extant studies. The second chapter then explores the structural and motivic developments of Mazeppa in its four versions for solo piano. The composition of the last of these works is intertwined with the symphonic poem's development, in that Liszt wrote the particella for the symphonic poem prior to completing this so-called "final" version of the piano Etude (1851). The relationship between these works is the basis for an analysis of the published symphonic poem in the third chapter. The analyses are followed by a comparative discussion of each version's unique features.;The final chapter offers a pianist's perspective on the interpretation of Mazeppa based on its numerous manifestations. By examining Liszt's lifelong devotion to Mazeppa both in its pianistic and symphonic forms, this document seeks to enlighten pianists in their own performances of this tour de force..
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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D.M.A.
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Program
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Music
