The piano sonatas of Carl Vine: A guideline to performance and style analysis (Australia) [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 3295604
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Yang, Eun-Kyoung
- Description:
- 97 p.
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The two piano sonatas of Carl Vine (b.1954) written in 1990 and 1997 are an important contribution to the piano literature. Marked by virtuosity, the sonatas utilize the entire range of the keyboard to express emotions varying from quiet solitude to rhythmically charged exuberance. They also presents the pianist with technical difficulties and some interesting use of the pedals. My intention in this document is to provide the performer with guidelines, which will aid in achieving the best possible interpretation of these works. Memorization techniques will be addressed in this document, as I strongly believe these works should be performed from memory. This is not an impossibility since the harmonic language of Carl Vine is relatively conservative when compared to other composers of the same generation.
Due to fast technical passages, intensity of the music, and duration of these pieces, a page-turner would simply distract from the overall impact and effect of these large dramatic works. These two sonatas show Vine's unique compositional style and how well he understands the piano. Due to his experience as a performer, his two sonatas fit very well under the pianist's hands. I came across these pieces through my adviser, Dr. Caroline Hong, who studied with Sergei Babayan, an advocate of contemporary piano music. Babayan brought the Sonata No. 1 to the attention of American pianists with his first recording in 1998. This recording received rave review from the New York Times and from the composer himself.
Though Hong's recording of this piece has not yet been released, I have included hers in the supplemental appendix as she plans to release it within this year. Chapter 1 introduces Carl Vine's biographical background, an overview of his piano writing technique, and a review of the two piano sonatas. Chapter 2 discusses piano and memorization techniques required to perform contemporary music. Chapter 3 offers a comparison of the two piano sonatas with regard to form and compositional style. Chapter 4 contains thorough performance guidelines. Chapter 5 concludes some thoughts on the value of Carl Vine's two piano sonatas relative to contemporary music.
- Notes:
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- (UnM)AAI3093712
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-06, Section: A, page: 1906.
- Adviser: Caroline Hong.
- Thesis (D.M.A.)--The Ohio State University, 2003.
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- Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International.
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- Ohio State University
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- 2003
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