Abstract
Music as a field of study has contributed to artistic society through the accounts of historical value. The stylistic bifurcation of classical music helps outline compositional preferences and techniques among classical music composers, reflecting unique predilections and creative thoughts. Music styles help shape the impact of artistic philosophies and creative emotions, generating a corresponding language between performer and composer. While Dannenberg (2010) views style as a particular categorization of music that follows artistic traditions accepted in musical society over time, the musicological evolution of music is successive and interconnected rather than fragmented, leading to an alternative comprehension of style as an artistic continuum that reflects the stylistic complexities defined by music composers. The current study demonstrates the artistic continuum of solo piano music by analyzing the Romantic and post-Romantic eras in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The current study focuses on Alexander Scriabin’s music with examples from his piano sonatas (Opp. 19 and 53) and etudes (Op. 65).
Presenters
Jiani LinMusic Research Intern, Music, North America International School, Shanghai, China
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Musicology, Piano, Scriabin, Stylistic categorization
