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When classical meets jazz: Jazz arrangements of Eugen Cicero based on classical piano compositions

Weng, Li-Wen

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Title
When classical meets jazz: Jazz arrangements of Eugen Cicero based on classical piano compositions
Author(s)
Weng, Li-Wen
Issue Date
2017
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
  • Stephens, John Chip
  • Heiles, William
Committee Member(s)
  • Gray, Larry
  • Lund, Erik R.
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)
  • music
  • piano
  • classical
  • jazz
  • Eugen Cicero
Language
en
Abstract
Eugen Cicero (1940-1997), a classically trained pianist, later became an active jazz performer who toured in a number of countries. Many of his jazz arrangements of classical pieces were never published and have not received much attention in scholarly writings to date. This scholarly essay provides my analysis and transcriptions for three selected pieces from Cicero’s arrangements — Ah! Vous Dirais -Je, Maman , Cicero Walzer Nr.2 and Prelude In C Minor, Op. 28 No. 20 . Analysis will include a comparison of each original classical piece to the transcribed jazz arrangements, as well as a comparison between the pieces that he arranged. This project will provide useful material —for instance my transcriptions of the scores —for others who share similar interests in Cicero’s arrangements and in improvising on classical pieces. Furthermore, I hope this project will demonstrate in a concrete way how classical music can be transformed into jazz through different arranging strategies.
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