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Type :thesis
Subject :ML Literature of music
Main Author :Siti Nur Hajarul Aswad
Title :Performing and interpreting embellishments featured in selected piano works of Fazil Say
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Muzik dan Seni Persembahan
Year of Publication :2023
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Western classical pianism has developed and taken many transformations, which has led to the creation of new sounds. The inclination and artistic derivations of the virtuosic musician, composer, keyboardist, and improviser had become prevalent during the 18th and continued into 19th century pianism. The practice of improvisation decreased with composers’ concern of the score’s fidelity and began to notate in detail during the 20th century. This has become a limitation to the performer’s creativity during a performance. The aim of this dissertation is to explore added embellishment of contemporary piano works from an established Turkish pianist Fazil Say (b.1970), who performs Western classical repertory alongside his piano solo works. The application of embellishment is considered a modification to the written notations based on relevant studies by Paul Thom (2007) and Jullian Hellaby (2009). This study of Say’s life, musical experiences and analysis of his selected piano works offer an insight to Say’s choices of embellishments. The study documents the creative process of performing Say’s works into an 80-minute piano recital of his selected piano works. There are three main stage creative processes applied to this study that relevant to the performer’s performance practice of performing Fazil Say’s works, such as action, process, and movement. The findings also demonstrate both Fazil Say and my interpretation of added embellishments in two recitals of Say’s piano contemporary works. This study provides both performers and academics performance practice of embellishments in contemporary works.

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