Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977) was a Russian-born American composer, his musical style represents the modern and diverse features of much twentieth-century piano music. The purpose of this research is to conduct a comprehensive pedagogical analysis of Alexander Tcherepnin's Bagatelles, Op. 5 with the goal of introducing contemporary characteristics in twentieth-century piano music for the late-intermediate student. Chapter 2 contains overall biographical information regarding Alexander Tcherepnin and a discussion of the general compositional style of his piano works. Chapter 3 analyzes the Bagatelles, Op. 5 from the perspective of musical challenges concerning the contemporary characteristics, including contemporary harmony: interval of seconds, non-tertian chords, special use of the seventh chords, and ninth chords; contemporary rhythm and meter: shifted accents, asymmetric meter, meter change, and ostinato; modal melodic resources and tonalities; and other special tonalities. Chapter 4 has suggestions on fingering, pedaling, articulation, tone, dynamics and phrasing, and practicing procedures for individual technical difficulties. Studying the Bagatelles, Op. 5 provides a transition for the student from learning standard repertoire of the eighteenth and the nineteenth century, to contemporary repertoire through the combination of Russian compositional traditions with twentieth century repertory.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1505185 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Ai, Meilin |
| Contributors | Banowetz, Joseph, Beckman, Bradley, Wodnicki, Adam |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | x, 70 pages : music, Text |
| Rights | Public, Ai, Meilin, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
| Relation | Recital: April 14, 2017, ark:/67531/metadc <not yet digitized>, Recital: March 29, 2018, ark:/67531/metadc <not yet digitized>, Recital: November 16, 2018, ark:/67531/metadc <not yet digitized> |
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