Orientadores: Adriana Giarola Kayama, Maria José Carrasqueira Dias de Moraes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T07:41:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Goncalves_MarinaMachado_D.pdf: 33996037 bytes, checksum: fa2a5a9910b0af1e70f9ebcbe861dbc3 (MD5) Goncalves_MarinaMachado_D_ANEXO.zip: 141067324 bytes, checksum: 463533b6635561878048805d7a3d2ec9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objeto de estudo as canções para canto e piano do compositor goiano Estércio Marquez Cunha (1941). Elas foram escritas no período de 1968 a 2012 e englobam doze canções e dois ciclos, compostos de três e quatro canções cada, totalizando dezenove peças. Foram analisadas sob o ponto de vista de Stein/Spillman (1996) com o objetivo de dar subsídios para interpretações das mesmas. A escolha deste referencial teórico se deu em função da sua visão da interpretação do Lied alemão, na qual os autores propõem um estudo histórico, literário (análise da forma poética), textural, elementos de interpretação (dinâmica, timbre, métrica, conceitos de pessoas poéticas), linguagem musical (harmonia, tonalidade, melodia, motivo musical, rítmica, métrica, forma) e musicalização de poesias / Abstract: The subject of this work is the art songs for voice and piano of the Brazilian composer Estércio Marquez Cunha (1941). They were composed from 1968 to 2012 and they encompass twelve songs and two cycles, with three and four works each, totalizing nineteen pieces at all. These works were analyzed based on the principles of Stein/Spillman (1996). This theoretical reference was chosen to focus the performance of the songs, because of its approach on the interpretation of the German Lied, in which the authors propose a study of History, Literature (analysis of poetical form), texture, elements of interpretation (dynamics, tone colour, metrics, poetic personas), musical language (harmony, tonality, melody, musical motive, rhythm, metric, form) and musicalization of the poetry. We know that, even though the repertoire of German and Brazilian music are different, the way Stein/Spillman work with them, the analytical parameters ¿ poetic and musical ones ¿ are relevant to the discussion on the artsongs by Cunha / Doutorado / Praticas Interpretativas / Doutora em Música

Orientadores: Ricardo Goldemberg, Luiz Ricardo Basso Ballestero / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T21:29:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Costa_JoseFranciscoda_D.pdf: 7884743 bytes, checksum: 2e59a2cefbda738d63004504eeffd3e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Durante sua formação, um pianista pode receber treinamento para atuar em diversos campos profissionais: concertos e recitais, música de câmara, ensino e pesquisa, entre outras. Especialmente para algumas atividades relacionadas à música feita em conjunto, o pianista precisa ter a habilidade de ler à primeira-vista com desenvoltura e conseguir, através de uma leitura eficiente, preparar repertório em pouco tempo. Entretanto, leitura à primeira-vista é considerada por muitos jovens pianistas como uma habilidade inata, exigindo grandes esforços para adquiri-la. O fato é que os estudantes de piano, em sua maioria, não recebem o devido treinamento em leitura ao longo dos anos de sua formação, criando-se uma lacuna entre o nível de dificuldade do repertório solo e o da capacidade de reconhecimento, durante a leitura à primeira-vista, das informações contidas na partitura. Esta pesquisa, dividida em três etapas, procurou, inicialmente, a constatação deste fato através de testes de leitura à primeira-vista, aplicados a estudantes de graduação em piano. A segunda etapa tratou da criação de um laboratório experimental de leitura à primeira-vista aplicada à colaboração pianística, com o intuito de fornecer subsídios para a formação dos jovens pianistas nesta área. Contando com a participação voluntária de estudantes de graduação em piano, foi possível aplicar e avaliar esta proposta, utilizando-se como base o repertório para canto e piano. Por fim, buscou-se a confirmação desta deficiência em pianistas experientes e atuantes profissionalmente na área da colaboração pianística, através de entrevistas de caráter biográfico. Diferentemente de outros trabalhos, cujo foco principal é o levantamento bibliográfico, esta pesquisa se propôs a extrair dos sujeitos suas impressões, vivências e observações, através da coleta de dados contidos em depoimentos. A metodologia que mais se adequa a este tipo de abordagem é a qualitativa, tendo como ferramenta de tratamento dos dados a análise de conteúdo, a fim de organizar, categorizar e analisar os discursos. Comprovou-se, ao mesmo tempo, a deficiência na formação dos pianistas em leitura à primeiravista e as inúmeras contribuições que este treinamento, devidamente orientado, pode trazer em sua atuação profissional, especialmente na colaboração pianística / Abstract: During their formative years pianists can receive extensive training to act in several professional fields: concerts and recitals, chamber music, teaching and research, among others. Especially in activities related to ensemble playing, pianists need to develop the ability to sight-read with ease and should be able to prepare repertoire on short notice. However, sight-reading is regarded by many young pianists as either an innate ability or a very hard skill to acquire. The fact that the majority of the students do not receive specific training in sight-reading throughout their musical education creates a gap between the level of their solo piano repertoire and their capacity to recognize musical information on the score during their sight reading. This research is divided into three parts. The first one aimed to verify this fact by applying sight-reading assessment tests to undergraduate piano students. The second step dealt with the creation of an experimental laboratory of sight-reading applied to the collaborative piano in order to provide tools to improve undergraduate piano students' sight-reading skills. Using diverse vocal repertoire, it was possible to apply and evaluate this plan with volunteer undergraduate students. Finally, we sought to confirm similar absence of specific training in experienced and professional pianists, who are active in the collaborative piano field, through biographical interviews. Unlike other studies, whose primary focus is the literature, this research set out to assimilate the impressions, experiences and observations from the respondents, by collecting data in interviews. The methodology most suited to this type of approach is the qualitative one, and as a tool for data processing, we have used the content analysis (procedures) in order to organize, categorize and analyze speeches. The research demonstrated both the deficiency in the training of pianists in sightreading and the many contributions that a well oriented training can bring in their professional practice, especially in collaborative piano / Doutorado / Fundamentos Teoricos / Doutor em Música

Syftet med undersökningen är att jämföra keyboardistrollen med pianistrollen samt undersöka vad keyboard-musicerande innebär idag genom att utgå från tre perspektiv; musikerroller, ljudteknik och bransch. Musikerroller syftar på relationen mellan pianistrollen och keyboardistrollen. Ljudteknik handlar om de tekniska kunskaper och hantverket som måste innehas av en keyboardist. Bransch berör framtid och utveckling i musiklivet som sedan följs av en diskussion om hur pianoundervisningen kan komma att se ut i framtiden. Studien genomfördes med en intervjudel där tre aktiva musiker intervjuades var för sig. Den andra metoddelen bestod i att jag dokumenterade min förberedelse inför en konsert där jag agerade både keyboardist och pianist. Resultatet visar bland annat att keyboard-musicerande idag framförallt innebär att avsätta förberedelsetid för programmering och lära sig hantverket, ha en vilja att utvecklas inom ljudteknik och känna att det finns ett intresse i den delen av musicerandet.

This study highlights aspects of performance for the consideration of the pianist wishing to perform Rachmaninoff’s second piano sonata op. 36, using a combination of the two versions (1913 and 1931) published by Boosey&Hawkes. By providing a background to the composition, revision, and structure of this sonata, the study aims to inspect all aspects of the conception and revision of the work. Through a close examination of two recordings of this sonata - by Vladimir Horowitz and Van Cliburn - the study analyses and compares the performers’ choices regarding the selection and combination of material from the two versions for performance. Aspects such as technical difficulty, texture, structure and sonority are highlighted as points for the pianist to contemplate when attempting an alternative version of this work. These elements of successful performance are singled out by the detailed observation of the material selected by the performers, with conjectures as to the most probable reason for its selection. The various analyses and comparisons are illustrated by means of music examples. / Dissertation (MMus (Performing Arts))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Music / MMus / unrestricted

The Feldenkrais Method of somatic education has become popular with pianists for improving ease of motion and musculoskeletal health. This thesis contains three studies investigating motion-tracking technologies as means to objectively assess the impact of Feldenkrais training on pianist posture. The first study investigates the accuracy and reliability of Dartfish 2D motion tracking software. Results indicate that Dartfish tracking error is within +/- 0.25 centimeters. The second study uses Dartfish to track head, shoulder, and spine positions of 15 pianists during performance before and after receiving a Feldenkrais Functional Integration Lesson. Comparisons of pre- and post-test measurements indicate no group trends in posture change. However, intriguing changes to movement quality in the head and torso were observable for two participants. The third study compares tracking quality of Dartfish and the Microsoft Kinect for the head, shoulders, and arms of four pianists attending a weeklong Feldenkrais workshop. Results reveal frequent tracking errors with the Kinect sensor, making it unsuitable to measure the impact of somatic training on pianist posture.

Abstract The essay is an analysis by William Benckert where he defines and discusses the musical tools of expression he used when performing and composing music for his exam concert. Most of the compositions were created with strong influences from the Swedish jazz pianist ”Esbjörn Svensson”, therefore many of the musical concepts and tools discussed are ones that William associates with Svensson’s music.  In the essay he compares what tools of expression he used for particular pieces and which tools he used across multiple pieces. The musical aspects he analyses are the music’s harmonic content, rhythmics, melodics, form and overall emotion. The question he tries to answer is ”Which central tools of musical expression were used for specific songs and which were used across multiple songs, and how were these tools actually put to use in context?”.  In the conclusion he discusses how he will bring these tools of expression into his artistic process in the future. He also discusses what lessons he learned from his analysis. / <p>Kompositör och Arrangör: William Benckert</p><p>Piano: William Benckert</p><p>Trummor: Hans Nilsson</p><p>Gitarr: Emil Dahl</p><p>Bas: Tom Olovsson</p>

AFRIKAANS: Die doel van die navorsing was om te bepaal wat die status van die klassieke pianis in die postmoderne wêreld is, en hoe hierdie moontlikhede deur die loopbane van Lang Lang (1982- ) en sy model Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) vergestalt word. Die verhandeling begin met ‘n oorsig oor Lang Lang as pianis en mens. Dit dien as vertrekpunt vir die res van die besprekings. Lang Lang se pianistiek as ‘n voortsetting van ‘n reeds bestaande klaviertradisie word ook in oënskou geneem. Daar word spesifiek ondersoek ingestel na Horowitz se invloed op Lang Lang se musikale ontwikkeling. Die beeld van Lang Lang as pianis wat in die voorafgaande besprekings na vore gekom het, word aan die hand van tekste oor die Postmodernisme krities bespreek. In die gevolgtrekking word die postmoderne status van die hedendaagse pianistiek, met Lang Lang as verteenwoordiger daarvan, oorweeg. Aangesien die uitvoerende kuns in die eerste plek op kommunikasie met die luisteraar gemik is, speel die menings van ooggetuies ‘n buitengewoon belangrike rol in die bestudering van die uitvoerende kunstenaar se kuns. Data wat in die studie gebruik is, sluit onder andere resensies, koerantberigte, tydskrifartikels, transkripsies van radio-onderhoude, gepubliseerde onderhoude, gepubliseerde CV’s, biografieë en outobiografieë in. Tydens die studie het dit na vore gekom dat Lang Lang se klavierstyl byna parallel met dié van Horowitz loop. Verder is al die simptome van die Postmodernisme wat in hierdie studie in oënskou geneem is in ‘n meerdere of mindere mate in Lang Lang se pianistiek en bemarkingstrategieë teenwoordig. ‘n Interessante aspek is dat hierdie simptome, en spesifiek Lang Lang se herbenutting (“recycling”) van Horowitz se klavierstyl, as postmodern sowel as Romanties geïnterpreteer kan word. Indien die leser Andreas Huyssen en John Butt se siening huldig dat die Postmodernisme se herbenutting van historiese style as gevolg van die tydsverloop in wese nuut en daarom postmodern sal wees, kan Lang Lang se klavierstyl en die huidige klaviertradisie as postmodern beskou word. As die leser in ooreenstemming met Linda Hutcheon voel dat postmoderne herbenutting noodwendig ironies en daarom polities van aard moet wees, kan Lang Lang se pianistiek sowel as die hedendaagse klaviertradisie as Romanties beskou word. ENGLISH: The aim of this research was to determine the status of the classical pianist in the postmodern world, and how these possibilities are embodied by the careers of Lang Lang (1982-) and his model Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989). The dissertation commences with a summary of Lang Lang as a pianist and a person. This serves as a point of departure for the remaining discussions. Lang Lang’s pianism as a continuation of an already existing piano tradition is explored and Horowitz’s influence on Lang Lang’s musical development is assessed. Lang Lang’s image as a pianist, determined during the preceding discussions, is examined with reference to texts pertinent to Postmodernism. The postmodern status of contemporary pianism, with Lang Lang as its representative, is expanded upon in the conclusion. As performing art is primarily aimed at communication with the listener, the views of eyewitnesses play an exceptionally important role in the study of the performer. Data used in this study include, amongst others, reviews, newspaper clippings, journal articles, transcriptions of radio interviews, published interviews, printed CVs, biographies and autobiographies. During the study it came to light that Lang Lang’s piano style is similar to that of Horowitz. Furthermore, all the symptoms of Postmodernism investigated in this study are to a greater or lesser extent present in Lang Lang’s pianism and marketing strategies. An interesting aspect is that these symptoms, and specifically that of Lang Lang’s recyling of Horowitz’s piano style, can be interpreted as postmodern as well as Romantic. If the reader holds Andreas Huyssen’s and John Butt’s view that Postmodernism’s recycling of historical styles due to the lapse of time will be new in essence and consequently postmodern, Lang Lang’s piano style and the present day piano tradition can be viewed as postmodern. If the reader, following Linda Hutcheon’s views, feels that postmodern recycling should inevitably be ironic and therefore in nature political, Lang Lang’s piano style and the contemporary piano tradition can be considered Romantic. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Music / unrestricted

This study explored the experiences of prominent jazz vocalists regarding the collaboration between the vocalist and pianist during duo performances. The work relationship between a jazz vocalist and accompanist is a unique phenomenon due to the improvisatory and collaborative nature of jazz. Effective co-performer interaction and communication are two essential components within an improvisational music setting. A spirit of spontaneity ir required in order for improvisation and interpretation to take place in real-time and on stage; aspects which cannot be duplicated or replicated during rehearsals. A qualitative research approach was employed by means of a collective case study, exploring the views and experiences of three prominent South African and three international jazz vocalists. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews. Furthermore, artefacts including audio and audio-visual recordings of each of these performers were studied to ascertain aspects of the vocal-piano collaboration. Thematic data analysis presented four main themes: (1) individuality; (2) interactive relationships; (3) musicianship; and (4) the present moment. The findings revealed that the roles of both partners within the vocal-piano duo collaboration are evenly distributed, yet have distinctive functions. Each new performance between the same vocal-piano duo is an innovative execution, a skilful and artistic equilibrium. It embodies a companionship playing out on stage in view of an audience, yet with the subtle sharing of musical messages. / Mini Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / UP Postgraduate fund / Music / MMus / Unrestricted

Im März 1838 kam ein aus Schwabach in Mittelfranken stammender deutscher Pianist, Komponist und Klavierpädagoge in St. Petersburg an, um schließlich hier bis zu seinem Tode 1889 im niederschlesischen Bad Warmbrunn [poln. Cieplice ?lkaskie-Zdrój, heute Stadtteil von Jelenia Góra, dt. Hirschberg]ein namhafter Teil der russischen Musikkultur zu werden.

En repetitör är en pianist vars uppgift är att musikaliskt instudera sångarnas partier, både i utbildningssammanhang och i professionella sammanhang inför föreställningar. Det tillkommer spel under sceniska repetitioner, orkesterspel under föreställning och repetitionsdirigering. Det händer också ofta att pianister får ackompanjera hela operaföreställningar, när man inte har möjlighet att anlita en orkester. Ett klaverutdrag är i sin tur ett arrangemang eller en komprimerad version av en orkestersats, som är skriven för piano. Pianot får ofta agera orkester på grund av sitt breda register och möjlighet att spela många toner samtidigt. Det gör att pianot ofta får ersätta orkester i väldigt många sammanhang. Det kan vara ackompanjemang av andra soloinstrument, agera orkester i operasammanhang, balettrepetitioner och liknande. Å andra sidan är det ett instrument som saknar väldigt många av kvaliteterna som många av orkesterinstrumenten har. Tonen på ett piano dör ut ganska snabbt, det går inte att utveckla en ton i styrka och intensitet utan att ta om den. Det medför en del utmaningar med att försöka återskapa orkesterklang på piano.  Jag är själv pianist och repetitör och använder klaverutdrag i mitt arbete nästan dagligen. Intresset för att utforska den orkestrala klangen i klaverutdrag väcktes ganska tidigt, redan under mina studier på Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, när jag spelade en sångcykel av Gustav Mahler och arbetade med hans orkestrering av sångcykeln. Att arbeta med att utveckla gestaltningen av orkesterklangen är inte bara ett intresse, det är dessutom absolut nödvändigt för varje repetitör. Därför valde jag att utforska det här spåret i mitt magisterarbete.Min främsta forskningsfråga i det här arbetet lyder som följande: Hur gestaltar jag operamusik för orkester på pianot utifrån klaverutdrag med hjälp av partitur och befintliga inspelningar? Eftersom jag som operarepetitör jobbar med sångare, är det också relevant att ta in deras perspektiv, därav min andra fråga, eller en underfråga: Vilka val i gestaltningen av klaverutdraget främjar arbetet med sångare bäst?