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The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition
The Enjoyment of Music 10th Shorter Edition
The Enjoyment of Music 10th, Shorter Edition
Unit XVII The Nineteenth-Century Piano Piece
“I have called my piano pieces after the names of my favorite haunts…they will form a delightful souvenir, a kind of second diary.” —Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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45. The Piano and Its Literature • Piano: home use,
favorite instrument of virtuosos
• Four-hand piano music
• Technical improvements
• Steinway
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The Short Lyric Piano Piece
• Instrumental equivalent to the song– “Prelude,” “Intermezzo,” “Impromptu”– Mazurka, polonaise, waltz, scherzo
Chopin: Prelude in E, Op. 28, No. 4
Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 53, No. 3
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The Short Lyric Piano Piece
FranzSchubert
RobertSchumann
JohannesBrahms
FannyMendelssohn
Hensel
ClaraSchumann
FredericChopin
FranzLiszt
FelixMendelssohn
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46. Chopin and Piano Music:The “Poet of the Piano”
• Frédéric François Chopin (1810–1849)
• French/Polish composer and pianist
• Career in Paris
• Close friends with leading composers, artists, poets, writers
– George Sand (Aurore Dudevant)
• Tuberculosis
• Early death at age 39
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Chopin’s Music
• Centered on the piano
• Smaller forms: nocturnes, preludes, impromptus, waltzes, mazurkas, études
• Larger forms: ballades, polonaises, fantasies, sonatas, piano concertos
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu
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Chopin: Polonaise in A major, Op. 40. No. 1 (Military) (Listening Guide)
• Solo piano
• Ternary dance form
• A = martial theme, B = lyrical
• Use of traditional polonaise rhythm
• Employs rubato
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47. Clara Schumann: Pianist and Composer
• Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896)
• German pianist, composer, and interpreter
• First public concert at age nine• Wife of Robert Schumann and
lifelong friend of Johannes Brahms• Concertized after Robert’s death• Last public concert at age of 72
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Clara Schumann’s Music
• Songs, piano music, chamber music (including piano trio)
• Technically difficult and deeply introspective
• Piano concerto
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Clara Schumann: Nocturne, from Music for an Evening Entertainment, Op. 6 (Listening Guide)
• Solo piano
• From a set of 6 miniature character pieces
• Ternary form with coda
• Rich harmony
• Complex rhythmic structure
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48. Louis Gottschalk and Piano Music in America
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)• Native of New Orleans• 1st internationally acclaimed U.S. composer
– Affinity for the Afro-Caribbean folk music
• Popular in the U.S., South America, & Caribbean• Died in Brazil 1869
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Gottschalk's Music
• Remembered today for his piano music
• Composed operas, orchestral works, American patriotic tunes
• Exploited all manner of dance and song forms
• Syncopated rhythms anticipate ragtime
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Gottschalk: The Banjo (Le banjo: Fantasie grotesque) (Listening Guide)
• Free form work for solo piano
• 2 main sections, each repeated
• Highly syncopated– Imitates strumming and picking of banjo
• Melody in coda suggests Camptown Races
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