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This thesis begins by describing the piano's history and development and then goes into how Claude Debussy used the piano in his music and the style in which he composed for the piano.

The purpose of this research was to explore the fundamental elements that constitute, shape and define the thinking and creative processes embodied in musical style of ten prominent South African jazz pianists. The study was qualitative and underpinned by an exploratory research design. Using a collection of case studies, the study used semi-structured interviews to probe participants’ backgrounds, formative influences, and musical style within a South African context. An analysis of the findings resulted in the emergence of three main themes, namely; Developing a musical identity; Negotiating a personal style; and, Finding the South Africanness in jazz. The first main theme outlined the core influences that shaped the participants’ earliest conceptions of musical style, and thus their developing identities. Family members: modelling their parents’ and siblings’ musical interests, immediate environment, interacting with professional jazz musicians, and the socio-political environment, were found to be highly influential. Other factors included; learning which happened through formal, informal, social and self-directed. Listening and musical preferences were also found to be key to the forming identities of the pianists. The second main theme reflected a progression from an ‘outward’ technical understanding of style to an assimilated ‘inner’ one. The first manifested in the descriptions of noticeable elements in jazz music that have been shaped over time, while the second describes ways in which the pianists’ individual social and cultural experiences inform their musical styles. The third theme highlights participants’ challenge in defining a South African style, resulting in a need to conceptualise a term(s) that would better describe the nature of the music. South African works were found to be at the core of acquiring an understanding of the musical styles of South African jazz pianists. External influences within the South African musical style, and idiosyncratic features based on indigenous musical influences were key to the musical identities of South African jazz pianists. Furthermore, understanding the metanarratives that serve as creative inspirations for these compositions is vital. The study concludes that a South African jazz style represents an amalgam of internal and external musical influences, evolving over time. The incorporation of eclectic musical elements from the indigenous ‘musics’ of the various South African ethnic cultures add an inimitably South African articulation and prosody to the jazz language. The unique histories and narratives of South African jazz pianists have resulted in their distinct approach to the jazz style. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Music / DMus / Unrestricted

The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the piano style of Maurice Ravel, including his musical style and influences of other composers on his piano works.

A clinically-focused music appreciation training program (MATP) was developed for use by recipients of cochlear implants (CI) and wearers of hearing aids (HA). It aimed to enhance listeners’ music appreciation abilities, with a specific focus on timbre and musical style. The MATP was pilot-tested on 17 adult postlingually deafened CI recipients (8 female, 9 male, mean age = 60.2 years) and 13 adult HA users (7 female, 4 male, mean age = 63.9 years), with each device group divided into a control and a training group. The training groups were asked to use the MATP for 30 minutes per day four times a week for 10 weeks. The control groups were asked to continue with their normal listening habits for the same time period. Both the training and control groups were assessed on tests of instrument, ensemble and style identification as well as pleasantness ratings of musical excerpts, before and after the 10-week period. Participants in the training groups also completed a program evaluation questionnaire at the end of the training period. The results showed that the training program significantly improved the quality ratings of CI recipients for ensemble stimuli (p = .034). There were, however, no significant improvements for CI users on the timbre discrimination tasks or quality ratings for single instruments, nor were there any significant improvements for the HA users on any of the discrimination tasks or in their quality ratings. The findings suggest that CI recipients’ quality appraisal can be improved through training, independent of perceptual accuracy. On evaluating the program, the majority of CI and HA trainees reported that the MATP was enjoyable and beneficial in terms of music appreciation. Future directions for continued development of the MATP and testing of its efficacy are discussed.

Diss.--Würzburg--Phil. Fak., 1998/99. / Description, analyse critique et édition du manuscrit conservé à Vérone, à la Biblioteca Capitolare (Ms. MCXXVIII). Bibliogr. p. 59-105 (t.2). Index.

Orientador: Mauricy Matos Martin / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T06:39:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarunFilho_Nahim_D.pdf: 13727351 bytes, checksum: 0bb7bec0d4eb4b37be7ec66b3e66f592 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho demonstra as relações entre os 51 Exercícios de Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) e seu estilo pianístico. Estabelece uma ponte entre o repertório de concerto e a antiga aspiração dos intérpretes pela virtuosidade técnica, focando a obra de Johannes Brahms que, segundo muitos autores, sintetiza a história do piano. Para fundamentar a busca do depuramento técnico através de exercícios específicos, no primeiro capítulo traçamos um histórico da prática e composição deste gênero, desde os primórdios do teclado até a época de Brahms. Em seguida, mencionamos o envolvimento do compositor com o ensino e a técnica do piano, além de considerações sobre seu estilo ao escrever para este instrumento. Seguimos analisando algumas diferentes edições existentes no mercado editorial. Trabalhamos com as edições originais e também com as revisões de Ettore Pozzoli e Isidor Phillipp. Elaboramos alguns conselhos técnicos juntamente com um guia contendo as expressões mais comuns da fisiologia do movimento, com a finalidade de situar o leitor no desenvolvimento da última parte do trabalho. Finalmente, comentamos cada um dos 51 Exercícios de Brahms, apontando seu objetivo principal, orientando sua prática e sugerindo alguns exercícios adicionais. Nessa seção trazemos ainda vários excertos da literatura pianística desse compositor para se estabelecer a funcionalidade de cada um dos 51 Exercícios. Estes exemplos favorecem a aplicação dos movimentos estudados e aprofundam o leitor no estilo e na técnica pianística do compositor / Abstract: This Thesis explores the 51 Exercises of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) relating to his unique compositional style for piano. His Exercises synthesize the whole history of piano technique. Thus, we intend to establish a connection between this work and his concert repertoire with the search for keyboard virtuosity of earlier interpreters. The initial chapters go through the history of piano technique, since early attempts of keyboard virtuosity till the publication of the 51 Exercises. We explore Brahms concerns with performance and teaching activities, as well as his craftsmanship involving compositions for piano. Following, we comment various editions of this work and the remarks of their editors, such as Ettore Pozzoli and Isidor Philipp. Photographs illustrate common movements which performers use during their activities and we provide practicing advices for this specific work. Finally, there are many remarks about each one of the 51 Exercises, such as their purpose, guidance for mastering their difficulties and additional exercises as well. The relationship with Brahms literature for piano is also pointed out in this section through excerpts from his solo piano music, chamber music with piano, and both concertos for piano and orchestra. And these could also work very well as further exercises. To understand the relationship between the piano language of Brahms and his technique is to comprehend a great deal of the Keyboard History / Doutorado / Doutor em Música

The purpose of the study is to present a formal analysis of the musical style and performance issues of the original version, for four hands piano, of Gazebo Dances, composed by John Coriglaino (b. 1938), a major American contemporary composer. Corigliano and his compositions have been performed by many performers and scholars over the several years. Gazebo Dances for piano four hands was composed in 1972. Gazebo Dances consists of four movements and was dedicated to his close friends: a dancelike overture movement in a slightly rondo form which is dedicated to Rose Corigliano and Etta Feinberg, waltz movement in a combination of rondo and sonata-allegro form which is dedicated to John Ardoin, adagio movement in a miniature sonata form which is dedicated to Heida Hermanns, and a tarantella movement in a modified rondo form which is dedicated to Jack Romann and Christian Steiner.

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