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GYORGY LIGETI’S DESORDRE AND L’ESCALIER DU DIABLE: COMPOSITIONAL STYLE AND METHOD OF PRACTICE

Lee, Mihyun
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420475886

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2015, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) is one of the most influential and virtuosic composers in the twentieth-century. Among his piano works, the Etudes Pour Piano (1985-2001) are a late twentieth-century rarity in that they have become one of the most valuable and important twenty-first century repertoire for developing pianists’ technical and musical skills. Because of the diverse influences on Ligeti’s music in the 1980s, this document investigates eclecticism in his piano etudes from traditional devices to recent discoveries as well as various other composers who influenced his music. This study ultimately suggests various possibilities of other works that could be paired with Ligeti’s etudes to encourage pianists to include a variety of pieces for effective concert programs. This study provides a brief biography of Gyorgy Ligeti, his major works chronologically, and his musical styles. The main purpose of this document is to provide an analysis and performance guideline of the most challenging and virtuosic of his etudes: No. 1 “Desordre” and No. 13 “L’escalier du diable.” It proves especially useful and instructive to discuss these two pieces, as they present some of the most individual and intricate pianistic and musical challenges of Ligeti’s piano works. Since these etudes require pianists to have completely independent movement of their hands, due to complicated rhythms, shifting accents, and layers moving at different speeds, techniques for rhythmic practice will also be addressed. Also, I will provide instruction on how to practice the technically demanding devices in the etudes including extremely dramatic dynamics, wide range of keyboard positions, fast tempos, wide intervals, and unpredictable changing patterns. The performance suggestions will help pianists to approach the technically difficult sections and to give more accurate and musical renditions of these highly complex compositions.
CAROLINE HONG (Advisor)
ARVED ASHBY (Committee Member)
MARSHALL HADDOCK (Committee Member)
114 p.
Music

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  • Lee, M. (2015). GYORGY LIGETI’S DESORDRE AND L’ESCALIER DU DIABLE: COMPOSITIONAL STYLE AND METHOD OF PRACTICE [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420475886

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  • Lee, Mihyun. GYORGY LIGETI’S DESORDRE AND L’ESCALIER DU DIABLE: COMPOSITIONAL STYLE AND METHOD OF PRACTICE . 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420475886.

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  • Lee, Mihyun. "GYORGY LIGETI’S DESORDRE AND L’ESCALIER DU DIABLE: COMPOSITIONAL STYLE AND METHOD OF PRACTICE ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420475886

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