Doctoral Recital: 2013-04-17 - Fang-Yi Chu, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 17, 2013
Creator: Chu, Fang-Yi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-04-26 - Seong Hye Kim, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 26, 2013
Creator: Kim, Seong Hye
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2013-11-20 – Jieun Yum, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 20, 2013
Creator: Yum, Ji-Eun
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2011-11-18 - Shuo-Hui Hung, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 18, 2011
Creator: Hung, Sophie (Shuo-Hui)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Development of the Fortepiano on the Repertoire Composed for It From 1760–1860 (open access)

The Impact of the Development of the Fortepiano on the Repertoire Composed for It From 1760–1860

The relationship between piano manufacturer and composer is interactive, and consequently both compositions and performance styles evolved organically due to this relationship. Early on, the instrument had more influence on the composer, whereas with the instrument’s establishment, composers began to exert more influence on the subsequent development of the instrument through their requests of manufacturers. The relationship between pianist-composers and manufacturers is important for pianists to study and understand, as well as the actual sound of a composer’s fortepiano and the way he performed on it. Through studying the development of the piano and the relationship between manufacturers and composers, pianists can reinterpret compositions before the mid nineteenth century, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Dussek, Chopin, and Liszt, using their knowledge of the aforementioned to bring a different perspective to their performances on the modern piano. There are numerous manufacturers and composers who made important contributions to the development of the piano. This dissertation focuses on selected pianist-composers and fortepiano manufacturers, and the impact of their relationship on piano literature before 1860.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Lin, Chao-Hwa
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baroque Elements In The Piano Sonata, Opus 9 By Paul Creston (open access)

Baroque Elements In The Piano Sonata, Opus 9 By Paul Creston

Paul Creston (1906-1985) was one of the most significant American composers from the middle of the twentieth century. Though Creston maintained elements of the nineteenth-century Romantic tradition and was categorized as a “Neo-Romantic” or “20th-century traditionalist,” many of Creston’s compositions contain elements of Baroque music. His Piano Sonata, Opus 9 provides significant examples of Baroque elements, while already foreshadowing his mature style. The purpose of this study is to explore Baroque elements in the compositional language of Paul Creston’s Piano Sonata, Opus 9. All four movements of the Piano Sonata will be examined in regards to its stylistic features associated with Baroque practices. These features mainly consist of rhythm, texture, imitative writing, and repeated phrase structure. Each category of the study will include comparisons of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas with Creston’s sonata. Through an examination of the Piano Sonata and its Baroque elements, this study hopes to inspire renewed interest in the work among musicians and to help the performer give a more stylistically coherent, and accurate, performance.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Watanabe, Chie
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Piano Etudes by György Sandor Ligeti and Unsuk Chin: A Technical and Stylistic Guide to Mastering the Difficulties of Their Etudes (open access)

A Comparative Study of Piano Etudes by György Sandor Ligeti and Unsuk Chin: A Technical and Stylistic Guide to Mastering the Difficulties of Their Etudes

Unsuk Chin (b.1961), a Korean-born woman composer, was a student of Gyorgy Sandor Ligeti (1923-2006). Chin's work reflects the influence of Ligeti but also undeniably has its own style. This study investigates the six piano etudes so far published from 12 Piano Etudes (1995-2003) by Unsuk Chin and compares them with Ligeti's piano etudes to highlight the influence of the teacher on the student and to aid pianists in facing the unique technical challenges posed by both sets of etudes. The practice guide provided in this study for each specific technical difficulty requires a degree of patience from a student which, if followed, will enhance the performance.
Date: December 2018
Creator: Jang, Miyoun
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
John Ireland's Piano Sonata (1918-1920) and the Influence of Johannes Brahms (open access)

John Ireland's Piano Sonata (1918-1920) and the Influence of Johannes Brahms

John Ireland is one of the most important British composers of the twentieth century. Many scholars believe the works of his early period were deeply influenced by Brahms. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Ireland went on to develop a much more individual musical language, with influence from contemporary French composers. However, the young composer found himself confronted with the challenge of finding a new and personal style without turning wholly to impressionism or to chromaticism. In Ireland's Piano Sonata, Ireland adopted several of Brahms' compositional techniques. This piano sonata is an excellent example of one of Ireland's mature works that still demonstrates Brahms' influence.
Date: May 2018
Creator: Su, I-Shan
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2015-04-04 - Jeffrey Ou, piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: April 4, 2015
Creator: Ou, Jeffrey
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensembles: 2012-04-18 - UNT Concert Orchestra

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UNT Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: April 18, 2012
Creator: UNT Concert Orchestra
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2012-04-13 - Hyochan Kim, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 13, 2012
Creator: Kim, Hyochan
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2012-04-27 - Tzu-Yi Liu, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 27, 2012
Creator: Liu, Tzu-Yi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2018-03-07 – Yi-Jing Chen, piano

Doctoral recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 7, 2018
Creator: Chen, Yi-Jing
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Recital: 2012-10-26 – David Falterman, piano

A student recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: October 26, 2012
Creator: Falterman, David
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2015-11-19 – Ko Eun Jeoung, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 19, 2015
Creator: Jeoung, Ko Eun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2017-11-14 – Jieun Lee, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Lee, Jieun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Performer's Guide to the First Two Movements of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Grand Sonata in G Major, Opus 37 (open access)

A Performer's Guide to the First Two Movements of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Grand Sonata in G Major, Opus 37

The Grand Sonata in G Major, Op.37, composed by Tchaikovsky, is a powerful large-scale composition and a piece of a symphonic scope. However, the sonata did not receive a desired acclaim in the modern repertoire partially due to an obvious lack of performance instructions in the existing editions, which makes the sonata challenging to perform. Thus, in order to reduce the technical challenges and to encourage more frequent performances of the sonata, this dissertation offers a performer's guide that addresses essential elements of pedal indications, phrasing and detailed dynamics, as well as suggestions on voice balancing, agogics, fingering, and hand redistribution. The guide consists of musical examples that are focused on the most challenging sections of the sonata, and is organized in the subsections according to a technique type proposed to facilitate a performance of the sonata. In addition to the examples on application of individual techniques presented in the main body of the dissertation, alternative and more elaborate versions of the suggestions are proposed in the appendices. The dissertation also provides a history of the sonata, and discusses its concept and symphonic principles. Additionally, the work highlights Tchaikovsky's piano style and describes his views on the art of piano …
Date: December 2012
Creator: Dorozhkina, Elena V.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Uncovering Fanny Hensel's "Das Jahr": Creating an Urtext Edition that Addresses Selected Technical and Interpretive Issues through Added Fingerings and Pedal Markings

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Das Jahr is considered Fanny Hensel's most impressive accomplishment of piano solo work. However, the only modern edition that is extant includes many additional editorial markings. By further analyzing the sections that are technically challenging or musically demanding from an interpretive standpoint, pianists wishing to perform the work will have to find workable fingerings and pedal markings to learn this piano cycle. For this reason, this dissertation will not only provide readers with an original text of Das Jahr, but also assist pianists in finding practical solutions that can help them to interpret this distinctive work successfully on the modern piano.
Date: December 2019
Creator: Huang, Szu Ying
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2017-09-27 – UNT Concert Orchestra [Stage Perspective]

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Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall. This video is shot from the orchestra's perspective, showing the conductor.
Date: September 27, 2017
Creator: UNT Concert Orchestra
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Non-Degree Recital: 2012-10-26 - David Falterman, piano

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A non-degree recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: October 26, 2012
Creator: Falterman , David
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Graduate Artist Certificate Recital: 2018-11-28 – Szu-Chen Chen, piano

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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate (GAC) degree.
Date: November 28, 2018
Creator: Chen, Szu-Chen
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doictoral Recital: 2018-11-10 – Joshua Vigran, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 10, 2018
Creator: Vigran, Joshua
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2017-04-08 – Ko Eun Jeoung, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 8, 2017
Creator: Jeoung, Ko Eun
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2015-10-03 – Jinah Kwon, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: October 3, 2015
Creator: Kwon, Jin Ah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library