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"Alexander Tcherepnin's ""Chinese"" etudes -- their style and pedagogical value"

Zhu, Hanqian

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Title
"Alexander Tcherepnin's ""Chinese"" etudes -- their style and pedagogical value"
Author(s)
Zhu, Hanqian
Issue Date
2020
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Heiles, William
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Heiles, William
Committee Member(s)
  • Ehlen, Timothy
  • Solya, Andrea
  • Tsitsaros, Christos
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • Alexander
  • Tcherepnin
  • piano
  • Chinese music
  • 20th century
  • etudes
  • piano pedagogy
Language
en
Abstract
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899 - 1977), a Russian composer, was among the earliest Western composers to create instrumental works embodying stylistic features of Chinese music. During his three - year stay in China and Japan from 1934 to 1937, he studied Chinese culture intensively and wrote several compositions adapting a range of Chinese musical style features, particularly by using pentatonic scales and imitating the sounds of Chinese instruments. This project focuses on Tcherepnin’s “Chinese” piano etudes, Op. 51, Op. 52, and Op. 53. These etudes, encompassing a range of difficulty levels, not only exemplify various aspects of Chinese musical style but also help pianists to practice technical issues presented by this style in all its complexity. Whereas most of the available research is about Tcherepnin’s contributions to Chinese music and his activities in China, this research discusses the technical features and pedagogical benefits of these etudes, which was Tcherepnin’s original purpose for writing them.
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Copyright 2020 Hanqian Zhu

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