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Demystifying Scriabin

Author : Kenneth Smith,Vasilis Kallis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9781783276561

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An innovative contribution to Scriabin studies, covering aspects of Scriabin''s life, personality, beliefs, training, creative output, and interaction with contemporary Russian culture.This book is an innovative contribution to Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) studies, covering aspects of Scriabin''s life, personality, beliefs, training, creative output, as well as his interaction with contemporary Russian culture. It offers new and original research from leading and upcoming Russian music scholars. Key Scriabin topics such as mysticism, philosophy, music theory, contemporary aesthetics, and composition processes are covered. Musical coverage spans the composer''s early, middle and late period. All main repertoire is being discussed: the piano miniatures and sonatas as well as the symphonies. In more detail, chapters consider: Scriabin''s part in early twentieth-century Russia''s cultural climate; how Scriabin moved from early pastiche to a style much more original; the influence of music theory on Scriabin''s idiosyncratic style; the changing contexts of Scriabin performances; new aspects of reception studies. Further chapters offer: a critical understanding of how Scriabin''s writings sit within the traditions of Mysticism as well as French and Russian Symbolism; a new investigation into his creative compositional process; miniaturism and its wider context; a new reading of the composer''s mysticism and synaesthesia. Analytical chapters reach out of the score to offer an interpretative framework; accepting new approaches from disability studies; investigating the complex interaction of rhythm and metre and modal interactions, the latent diatonic ''tonal function'' of Scriabin''s late works, as well as self-regulating structures in the composer''s music.ncratic style; the changing contexts of Scriabin performances; new aspects of reception studies. Further chapters offer: a critical understanding of how Scriabin''s writings sit within the traditions of Mysticism as well as French and Russian Symbolism; a new investigation into his creative compositional process; miniaturism and its wider context; a new reading of the composer''s mysticism and synaesthesia. Analytical chapters reach out of the score to offer an interpretative framework; accepting new approaches from disability studies; investigating the complex interaction of rhythm and metre and modal interactions, the latent diatonic ''tonal function'' of Scriabin''s late works, as well as self-regulating structures in the composer''s music.ncratic style; the changing contexts of Scriabin performances; new aspects of reception studies. Further chapters offer: a critical understanding of how Scriabin''s writings sit within the traditions of Mysticism as well as French and Russian Symbolism; a new investigation into his creative compositional process; miniaturism and its wider context; a new reading of the composer''s mysticism and synaesthesia. Analytical chapters reach out of the score to offer an interpretative framework; accepting new approaches from disability studies; investigating the complex interaction of rhythm and metre and modal interactions, the latent diatonic ''tonal function'' of Scriabin''s late works, as well as self-regulating structures in the composer''s music.ncratic style; the changing contexts of Scriabin performances; new aspects of reception studies. Further chapters offer: a critical understanding of how Scriabin''s writings sit within the traditions of Mysticism as well as French and Russian Symbolism; a new investigation into his creative compositional process; miniaturism and its wider context; a new reading of the composer''s mysticism and synaesthesia. Analytical chapters reach out of the score to offer an interpretative framework; accepting new approaches from disability studies; investigating the complex interaction of rhythm and metre and modal interactions, the latent diatonic ''tonal function'' of Scriabin''s late works, as well as self-regulating structures in the composer''s music. his creative compositional process; miniaturism and its wider context; a new reading of the composer''s mysticism and synaesthesia. Analytical chapters reach out of the score to offer an interpretative framework; accepting new approaches from disability studies; investigating the complex interaction of rhythm and metre and modal interactions, the latent diatonic ''tonal function'' of Scriabin''s late works, as well as self-regulating structures in the composer''s music.

Musical Topics and Musical Performance

Author : Julian Hellaby
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000815351

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The principal purpose of topics in musicology has been to identify meaning-bearing units within a musical composition that would have been understood by contemporary audiences and therefore also by later receivers, albeit in a different context and with a need for historically aware listening. Since Leonard Ratner (1980) introduced the idea of topics, his relatively simple ideas have been expanded and developed by a number of distinguished authors. Topic theory has now become a well-established branch of musicology, often embracing semiotics, but its relationship to performance has received less attention. Musical Topics and Musical Performance thus focuses on the interface of theory and practice, and investigates how an appreciation of topical presence in a work may prompt interpretative thoughts for a potential performer as well as how performers have responded to such a presence in practice. The chapters focus on music from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries with case studies drawn from composers as diverse as Beethoven, Scriabin and Péter Eötvös. Using both scores and recordings, the book presents a variety of original and innovative perspectives on the subject from a range of distinguished authors, and addresses a neglected area of musicology and musical performance.

Form vs. Work

Author : Ildar D. Khannanov
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781003846888

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Form vs. Work by Ildar D. Khannanov Pdf

The antinomy of musical work and musical form has been central for music theory for centuries. Musical work is complete and all-inclusive, which makes it an ideal object of study. However, the teaching of musical form, albeit selective, is self-sufficient and epistemologically sovereign. The book offers both the historical overview and the analytical discourse on this antinomy in both Western and Russian perspectives. It presents an insider’s view of the latter and contains materials never previously published.

Transformational analysis in practice: Music-analytical studies on composers and musicians from around the world

Author : Bozhidar Chapkanov
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781648898136

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Transformational analysis in practice: Music-analytical studies on composers and musicians from around the world by Bozhidar Chapkanov Pdf

'Transformational analysis in practice' is a Must-Have for everyone working in the field or aspiring to develop their music-analytical and theoretical skills in transformational theory. This co-authored book puts together a plethora of analytical studies, diverse both in the repertoires covered and the methodologies employed. It is a much-needed anthology in this sub-field of music analysis, which has been developing and growing in recent years, reaching ever wider outlets in English-speaking countries and beyond, from dedicated conference panels to YouTube videos. The book is divided into four parts based on the repertoires under discussion. Part I encompasses four analytical studies on familiar composers from the European Romanticism of the nineteenth century. Part II analyzes the music of less familiar composers from Brazil and Turkey. Part III offers four contrasting ways to adapt the analytical capabilities of neo-Riemannian theory to the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Catering to the interests of jazz performers and researchers, as well as those into popular music production, Part IV offers transformational analytical approaches to both notated and improvised jazz, emphasizing John Coltrane’s performance. Providing an invaluable synthesis of a wide range of analytical studies, this book will be an essential companion for many musicology students, as well as for performers and composers.

The Performing Style of Alexander Scriabin

Author : Anatole Leikin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317021612

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The Performing Style of Alexander Scriabin by Anatole Leikin Pdf

When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. After the composer’s death in 1915, however, his music steadily lost the captivating appeal it once held. The main reason for this drastic change in the listeners’ attitude is an enormous gap existing between the printed scores of Scriabin’s music and the way the composer himself played his works. Apparently, what Scriabin's audiences heard at the time was significantly different from, and vastly superior to, modern performances that are based primarily on published scores. Scriabin recorded nineteen of his compositions on the Hupfeld and Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos in 1908 and 1910, respectively. Full score transcriptions of the piano rolls, which are included in the book, provide many substantial features of Scriabin's performance: exact pitches and their timing against each other, rhythms, tempo fluctuations, articulation, dynamics and essential pedal application. Using these transcriptions and other historical documents as the groundwork for his research, Anatole Leikin explores Scriabin's performing style within the broader context of Romantic performance practice.

Scriabin, a Biography

Author : Faubion Bowers
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0486288978

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Scriabin, a Biography by Faubion Bowers Pdf

Definitive biography, newly revised and updated, chronicles Russian composer's life and career: astounding musical innovation, concert tours, abandonment of his wife, brushes with homosexuality, madness, more. 49 rare photographs.

Early Works

Author : Alexander Scriabin
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457488728

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Early Works by Alexander Scriabin Pdf

A piano collection composed by Alexander Scriabin. Titles: * Nocturne (1884-86) * Sonate-Fantaisie (1886) * Valse (1886) * Valse (1886) * Variations (1887) * Feuillet d'Album Monighetti (1889) * Presto (1888-89) * Fuga (1892)

The Alexander Scriabin Companion

Author : Lincoln Ballard,Matthew Bengtson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442232624

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The Alexander Scriabin Companion by Lincoln Ballard,Matthew Bengtson Pdf

This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists – all experts in Russian music – takes a fresh look at the supercharged music and polarizing reception of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. From his Chopin-inspired miniatures to his genre-bending symphonies and avant-garde late works, Scriabin left a unique mark on music history. Scriabin’s death centennial in 2015 brought wider exposure and renewed attention to this pioneering composer. Music lovers who are curious about Scriabin have been torn between specialized academic studies and popular sources that glamorize his interests and activities, often at the expense of historical accuracy. This book bridges the divide between these two branches of literature, and brings a modern perspective to his music and legacy. Drawing on archival materials, primary sources in Russian, and recently published books and articles, Part One details the reception and performance history of Scriabin’s solo piano and orchestral music. High quality recordings are recommended for each piece. Part Two explores four topics in Scriabin’s reception: the myths generated by Scriabin’s biographers, his claims to synaesthesia or “color-hearing,” his revival in 1960s America as a proto-Flower Child, and the charges of anti-Russianness leveled against his music. Part Three investigates stylistic context and performance practice in the piano music, and considers the domains of sound, rhythm, and harmony. It offers interpretive strategies for deciphering Scriabin’s challenging scores at the keyboard. Students, scholars, and music enthusiasts will benefit from the historical insights offered in this interdisciplinary book. Armed with this knowledge, readers will be able to better appreciate the stylistic innovations and colorful imagination of this extraordinary composer.

Scriabin

Author : Evgenii͡a Nikolaevna Rudakova,A. I. Kandinskiĭ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042608880

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Scriabin by Evgenii͡a Nikolaevna Rudakova,A. I. Kandinskiĭ Pdf

Traces the Russian's career from his early years to his success as a piano virtuoso and composer.

Scriabin

Author : Boris de Schloezer,Marina Scriabine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0193153270

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Selected Works

Author : Alexander Scriabin,Murray Baylor
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457444097

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Selected Works by Alexander Scriabin,Murray Baylor Pdf

Scriabin was the precursor of many trends in 20th-century music-chord clusters, melodic fragmentation, serialism, and the psychedelic combination of sounds and colors now called "mixed media." In this compilation of 30 contrasting pieces, the editor has included notations on fingering, pedaling and phrasing.

Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire

Author : Kenneth M. Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317054498

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Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire by Kenneth M. Smith Pdf

Commentary on Skryabin has struggled to situate an understanding of the composer's music within his idiosyncratic philosophical world views. Early commentators' efforts to do so failed to establish a thorough or systematic approach. And later twentieth-century studies turned away from the composer's ideology, focusing instead on 'the music itself' with an analytic approach that scrutinized Skryabin's harmonic language in isolation from his philosophy. This groundbreaking study revisits the questions surrounding the composer's music within his own philosophy, but draws on new methodological tools, casting Skryabin's music in the light not only of his own philosophy of desire, but of more refined semiotic-psychoanalytical theory and modern techniques of music analysis. An interdisciplinary methodology corrects the narrow focus of Skryabin scholarship of the last century, offering insights from New Musicology and recent music theory that lead to hermeneutical, critically informed readings of selected works.

A Great Russian Tone-poet: Scriabin

Author : Arthur Eaglefield Hull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015057529771

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Scriabin

Author : Alfred J. Swan
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1969-04-21
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015007897880

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