Chopin performance tradition and its relationship to analysis.
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Title
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Chopin performance tradition and its relationship to analysis.
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Identifier
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AAI9431360
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identifier
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9431360
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Creator
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Graff, Steven Lewis.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Joel Lester
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Date
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1994
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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 | Education, Music
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Abstract
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Have great Chopin interpreters of the past and present demonstrated in their performances an awareness of the same issues that analysts have written so much about? What types of analytical ideas seem directly related to performance, and what seem purely theoretical? In this study I have taken my own analytical ideas, those of several analysts, determined what they suggest to pianism, compared them to various recordings, and arrived at conclusions regarding the relationship between the analysis and performance of a sampling of Chopin's music. I compare analyses of the A Minor mazurka, op. 59 no. 1, the A Major prelude, and the G Major prelude with recordings by Alfred Cortot, Moriz Rosenthal, Artur Rubinstein, William Kapell, Jorge Bolet, and Emanuel Ax. And as this study is designed primarily as a performance practice guide for the piano student, I expose some of the pianistic devices these Chopin interpreters have used to convey analytical concepts in their performances. Also, I discuss whether the evolution of Chopin interpretation in this century, a progression generally believed to show greater loyalty to the text yet a diminishing degree of personality, has shown an increased or decreased conformity to analytical thought.
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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.
