Browsing RIAM Theses & Dissertations by Subject "Piano music"
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'Connecting abstract values to artistic choices' : memory, metaphor and interpretation in Ravel's Miroirs
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2023-03)This investigation is concerned with the construction of an aesthetic understanding of Miroirs by Maurice Ravel, approaching the work from several scholarly perspectives, as well as that of pianist. While significant ... -
Considerations for a modern performance of John Field's Piano Sonata op. 1 no. 1 in E flat Major
The wish to prepare John Field’s Piano Sonata op.1 no.1 in E flat major for a concert performance led the author to investigate and research the Urtext edition published by G. Henle Verlag (1983). As no autograph manuscript ... -
Final thoughts? Interpretation of the first movements of Beethoven's and Schubert's last three piano sonatas
Considered as the apex of the literature for piano sonatas in the classical period, Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas, Opp. 109, 110, 111, and Schubert’s last three piano sonatas, D. 958, 959, and 960, are still well ... -
Interpretation and performance: a comparative study of artistic interpretations of performances of Beethoven's Eroica Piano Variations and Fugue in E flat major, op 35
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-09)Once music is created, the music may be played repeatedly by numerous performers for a long time and this custom has created the tradition of performances of Western classical music. Although the same music is played more ... -
Interpretation and Performance: An Investigation into Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A major D959
The investigation is based on the understanding of the role of the performer as narrator in the performance of early nineteenth-century piano music in general and Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A Major, D959, in particular. ... -
An Investigation of Jānis Mediņš’s Piano Sonata (1946): historical context, analysis, editing and performance
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Orchestrations of French piano music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a pianist's perspective
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2023)Regarding orchestrations of the piano repertoire, French music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constitutes a uniquely rich canon. While a great deal has been written about this repertoire, this thesis ... -
A performer's exploration of aspects of selected nineteenth-century solo piano works by female composers: Schumann, Chaminade and Beach
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2024-04)Much has been written about the performance of nineteenth-century solo piano music which forms part of the so-called canon of more frequently performed or, what might be considered ‘standard’, repertoire. Many highly ... -
Towards a Historically Informed Performance of Chopin’s Op. 10 Études
In the 1970s, historically informed performance practice became a major movement which involved performers and musicologists alike. Earlier, historically informed performances and scholarship focused on Baroque repertoires ... -
A twentieth- and twenty-first-century piano étude soundworld: obsessions and self-portraiture in Philip Glass's Twenty Piano Études
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2023-10)Philip Glass’s Twenty Piano Études are a monumental contemporary contribution to the piano étude genre with notable composers throughout history using the oeuvre as a means of creating their own distinctive pianistic ... -