Preludes in all Twenty-four Major and Minor Keys, op. 67 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel: An investigation and analysis.
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Title
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Preludes in all Twenty-four Major and Minor Keys, op. 67 by Johann Nepomuk Hummel: An investigation and analysis.
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Identifier
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AAI3037408
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identifier
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3037408
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Creator
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Jung, Ja Young.
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Contributor
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Adviser: John Graziano
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Date
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2002
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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
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Abstract
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778--1837), a talented and skilled improviser, and renowned pedagogue, wrote a prelude collection for pianoforte in 1814. This dissertation presents an investigation and analysis of the little-known Vorspiele vor Anfang eines stuckes aus allen 24 Dur and Moll Tonarten zum nutzlichem Gebrauch fur Schuler (Preludes Before the Beginning of a Piece in All Twenty-four Major and Minor Keys for the Practical Use of Students).;The twenty-four preludes are didactic models for the brief improvised preludes, played before the beginning of a piece to be performed, of the early nineteenth-century concert stage. Used not only as didactic models, Hummel's preludes also exhibit some overall consistency: each prelude presents a similar harmonic structure and exhibits a distinctive mood.;Hummel's collection shows an interesting pattern of keys, which circumnavigate the circle of fifths, pairing major keys with their relative minors: this is the same tonal plan adopted by Chopin in his op. 28. The comparison of prelude collections by Hummel's forerunners, such as Tomaso Giordani and Muzio Clementi, and younger contemporaries, such as Johann B. Cramer, Maria Szymanowska, Henri Herz, Frederic Kalkbrenner, Ignaz Moscheles, Joseph C. Cassler and Chopin, demonstrates that Hummel was the first composer after J. S. Bach to use all twenty-four keys to complete a set of twenty-four preludes.;The later rise of independent preludes coincided with the disappearance of the preluding tradition, and Hummel's preludes were possibly the turning point for this change.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.M.A.
