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One of the heritages of Romanticism is the concept of song as Lied, a song in which voice and piano have equal responsibility in conveying the deepest meaning of a poem. Brazilian classical composers have a particular attraction for this...
This treatise traces the development of extended techniques for the piano through a study of selected piano works by American composers of the twentieth century, and examines the technical and interpretive challenges of playing these...
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1961, award-winning American composer Edward Knight started his musical training at the age of two with his grandmother, a concert pianist. Knight has written about twenty chamber works, nine of which are...
The responsibility of every vocal coach is to supply the singer with an accurate and sensible interpretation of poetic text. Such textual interpretation and understanding are fundamental to successful musical performance. Naturally...
Piano reductions of orchestral scores are invaluable tools for rehearsals and arguably the most frequent vehicles for modern-day performances. Piano accompanists face the arduous task of performing an orchestral reduction in a manner...
This treatise presents an annotated list and description of works for chamber ensemble for three instruments with piano, written between 1950 and 2000 by Polish composers. The purpose of this compilation is to familiarize musicians with...
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960), Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor, was born in Pozsnoy (now Bratislava), Hungary. Dohnányi wrote a total of thirty-eight published and unpublished chamber works including four piano quintets, only...
Henrique de Curitiba Morozowicz has established himself as a prominent composer not only in the state of Paraná, where he was born, but also in the country of Brazil. Having composed to date over 150 works, his musical language is very...
Franz Liszt composed over eighty songs in German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, and English. Although most of his songs are set to German poems, the songs in French are among the most significant works, especially those set to...
Having been a colony of multiple countries, Taiwan has a unique mixture of cultures on this small island formerly called Formosa. With the influences of Spain, the Netherlands, China, and Japan, Taiwanese music has developed...
Fingering has been among the most controversial aspects of keyboard instruction, as it is one of the hardest to approach and systematize due to the individuality of the human hand and the multiple fingering combinations that could apply...
While an International Exposition in Paris in 1889 stimulated the interest in exoticism among French composers such as Debussy and Ravel, Karol Szymanowski's interest in the "exotic" was inspired by the culture and history of Italy and...
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