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Yannis Constantinidis was the last of the handful of composers referred to collectively as the Greek National School. The members of this group strove to create a distinctive national style for Greece, founded upon a synthesis of Western compositional idioms with melodic, rhyhmic, and modal features of their local folk traditions. Constantinidis particularly looked to the folk melodies of his native Asia Minor and the nearby Dodecanese Islands. His musical output includes operettas, musical comedies, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music, and much piano music, all of which draws upon folk repertories for thematic material. The present essay examines how he incorporates this thematic material in his piano compositions, written between 1943 and 1971, with a special focus on the 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese. In general, Constantinidis's pianistic style is expressed through miniature pieces in which the folk tunes are presented mostly intact, but embedded in accompaniment based in early twentieth-century modal harmony. Following the dictates of the founding members of the Greek National School, Manolis Kalomiris and Georgios Lambelet, the modal basis of his harmonic vocabulary is firmly rooted in the characteristics of the most common modes of Greek folk music. A close study of his 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese not only offers a valuable insight into his harmonic imagination, but also demonstrates how he subtly adapts his source melodies. This work also reveals his care in creating a musical expression of the words of the original folk songs, even in purely instrumental compositon.
ContributorsSavvidou, Dina (Author) / Hamilton, Robert (Thesis advisor) / Little, Bliss (Committee member) / Meir, Baruch (Committee member) / Thompson, Janice M (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2011
ContributorsBryan, Karen (Speaker) / Meir, Baruch (Performer) / Campbell, Andrew (Pianist) (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2006-03-29
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / Barefield, Robert (Performer) / Buck, Nancy (Performer) / Jiang, Danwen (Performer) / Swartz, Jonathan (Performer) / Tescarollo, Hamilton (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2004-02-15
ContributorsPagano, Caio, 1940- (Performer) / Meir, Baruch (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / Hamilton, Robert, 1937- (Performer) / Branch, Sonja (Performer) / Nottingham, Douglas (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-10-01
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This research document focuses on rarely performed piano transcriptions. A total of 28 works are discussed. These works have high artistic value and should not be forgotten by pianists. Most of the transcribers are renowned pianists, such as Harold Bauer and Alfred Cortot, or composers themselves. Unfortunately, these works are seldom played in today's public concerts, or on online resources such as YouTube, Vimeo, or iTunes. Some people may think these works are neglected because the scores are hard to find, but they can be easily obtained online. Pianists around the world can access these scores in just a few minutes via the Internet.
In this research document, I discuss the transcriptions one by one. First, I introduce the background of the pieces, the composers, and the transcribers. Then, through comparison of the original pieces with the transcribed ones, I discuss the approaches of transcription and highlight the special features of each work. Finally, I recommend the concert occasions appropriate for the transcriptions based on their characteristics. I offer many musical examples from the works discussed. These excerpts should help the pianist to understand the style and technical difficulty, as well as to decide if the work meets their programming needs.
In this research document, I discuss the transcriptions one by one. First, I introduce the background of the pieces, the composers, and the transcribers. Then, through comparison of the original pieces with the transcribed ones, I discuss the approaches of transcription and highlight the special features of each work. Finally, I recommend the concert occasions appropriate for the transcriptions based on their characteristics. I offer many musical examples from the works discussed. These excerpts should help the pianist to understand the style and technical difficulty, as well as to decide if the work meets their programming needs.
ContributorsHuang, Kuang-Li (Author) / Meir, Baruch (Thesis advisor) / Campbell, Andrew (Committee member) / Hamilton, Robert (Committee member) / Holbrook, Amy (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2019
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2001-10-19
ContributorsFennig, Andria (Performer) / Hanaoka, Katsunori (Performer) / Lee, Suzie (Performer) / Meir, Baruch (Performer) / Novak, Christina (Performer) / Tescarollo, Hamilton (Performer) / Williamson, Madeline J. (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1997-04-29
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-02-22
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-04-10
ContributorsHwang, Alice (Performer) / Cho, Joonghun (Performer) / Jiang, Xinzhe (Performer) / Joiner, Devon (Performer) / Hus, Ashley (Performer) / Ulianitsky, Ilia (Performer) / Cai, Chaoyin (Performer) / Levyatov, Yoni (Performer) / Kim, Sangyoung (Performer) / Marshall, Kimberly (Speaker) / Meir, Baruch (Speaker) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2008-01-12