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Introducing Technical Skills through Russian Piano Repertoire from the Elementary to Advanced Level

Piano teachers tend to approach pedagogy by treating technical studies and repertoire as separate parts of the curriculum, often using etudes by Charles-Louis Hanon, Josef Pischna, and Carl Czerny to build the student's technique. Yet, although these methods are popular, pedagogues disagree about their value. In any case, many pieces suitable for intermediate pianists integrate technique and musicality, such as Friedrich Burgmüller's 25 Etudes, Op. 100, Muzio Clementi's Preludes and Exercises, Op. 43, and Ignaz Moscheles's 24 Etudes, Op. 70. Although these exercises can indeed build technique through intermediate-level recital pieces, many similar piano works from the Russian school are rarely used, and yet they could better serve students who will eventually move on to the advanced Russian piano repertoire. This paper provides a pedagogical guide for introducing technical skills through various levels of the Russian piano repertoire. The guide focuses on technique in the context of musical expression, especially tone production, wrist motion, and finger technique, progressing systematically through elementary, intermediate, and advanced Russian piano pieces, composed in a Romantic style—both elegant and rich with melody and expression. The repertoire used as examples should develop the finger technique as well as the musicality of the student. The examples come from nineteenth-century Russian Piano School composers such as Reinhold Glière, Alexander Goedicke, Samuel Maykapar, Semyon Barmotin, and Anton Arensky.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1944236
Date05 1900
CreatorsKim, Su Hyun
ContributorsPaul, Pamela M, Beckman, Bradley, Banowetz, Joseph
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Kim, Su Hyun, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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