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A study of selected piano sonatas by Mao-Shuen Chen

Feng, Yu-Jung

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Title
A study of selected piano sonatas by Mao-Shuen Chen
Author(s)
Feng, Yu-Jung
Issue Date
2023
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Moersch, Charlotte Mattax
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Moersch, Charlotte Mattax
Committee Member(s)
  • Ehlen, Timothy
  • Tsitsaros, Christos
  • Robinson, Dana
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)
  • Mao-Shuen Chen
  • Taiwanese Classical Piano Works
  • Piano Sonatas
  • Chinese modes
  • I-Ching
  • Bagua
Language
en
Abstract
This study introduces Mao-Shuen Chen (b. 1936), an influential Taiwanese contemporary composer and music educator, and his compositional styles through a theoretical and pedagogical analysis of four of his piano sonatas. With the aim of assisting pianists in teaching and performing Chen’s piano sonatas, an analysis of four of his seventeen piano sonatas provides insight into his compositional styles and performance practice through a study of his writings alongside a personal interview. After an introduction to the project in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 provides Chen’s background information and his compositional techniques. Chapter 3 presents the theoretical and structural analysis of four of Chen’s piano sonatas. Practice suggestions for Chen’s piano sonatas are included in Chapter 4—followed by a conclusion in Chapter 5.
Type of Resource
  • text
  • still image
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2023 Yu-Jung Feng

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