Essays about: "My Bach"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words My Bach.
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1. Chromatic Function Analysis- An instrument for improvisation
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : The purpose of this investigation is to become a better improviser at the organ. I will use, The Chromatic Function Analysis Model, abbreviated as TCFAM, as a method to deconstruct material and later reconstruct material, on which I will make improvisations. READ MORE
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2. Performing Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in London, Florence and Naples 1770–1785 : Contrasting styles and competing ideals
University essay fromAbstract : In this master thesis I look at the revivals of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in London (1770 and 1785), Florence (1771), and Naples (1774). After the premiere of Orfeo ed Euridice in Vienna in 1762, Gluck himself reworked the opera for new productions in Parma (1769) and Paris (1774). READ MORE
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3. Hypermobility and violin playing : How hypermobility affects my violin playing
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musikAbstract : In this thesis I have studied how hypermobile joints affect my violin playing and tried to to find solutions how to cope with hypermobility. The purpose is to find tools how to change my left-hand technique so that I can play Bach´s Fugue from Solo sonata in g minor in my master concert without pain in my 4th finger and without tension in my left-hand. READ MORE
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4. Economic growth: help or hinder for sustainability? : an investigation of perspectives on economic growth and sustainability within the Swedish environmental movement
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : There is a longstanding debate between environmentalists and economists regarding the possibility to combine economic growth and sustainability. So far, the neoliberal economists’ argumentation for a capitalist economic system with everlasting economic growth has been the dominating paradigm. READ MORE
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5. Balancing the Ideals of Werktreue and Originality in One's Activity as a Musician
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : In my thesis I ponder some of the questions around the possibilities and limitations of interpretation in western art music. These include questions such as "what are the limitations of interpretation?" and "what is the purpose of composing and performing music?" My main research question is, however: "Is it possible to balance the ideal of Werktreue and that of originality in one's activity as a musician?" As a showcase I am using Bach's Prelude from his Second Suite for Solo Cello, of which I have performed a version that is widely accepted as the "original" one and two versions of the piece reinterpreted by two composition students of the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg. READ MORE