Vital performance: Culture, worldview, and romanticist performance practice with application in Franz Liszt’s Consolations and Années de Pèlerinage Première Année

Author

Andrew John Snedden, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Andrew John Snedden

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8684-8349

Date of Award

2018

Document Type

Thesis

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

School

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)

First Supervisor

Associate Professor Jonathan Paget

Second Supervisor

Professor Geoffrey Lancaster

Abstract

This thesis examines issues of historical performance in the piano music of Franz Liszt, positing cultural exegesis as an overlooked source of evidence. Philosophical biases underlying mainstream C20th performance approaches (and their inhibiting potential) are discussed. A detailed reconstruction of Romanticist style is made with attention to primary sources, including historical recordings. A nomenclature for score annotation and an analytical paradigm for identification and application of Romanticist performance characteristics are proposed. These are experimentally applied, referencing exegetical insights, in Liszt’s Consolations and Années de Pèlerinage: Première Année through annotated scores and studio recordings on an 1860’s Érard grand

Recommended Citation

Snedden, A. J. (2018). Vital performance: Culture, worldview, and romanticist performance practice with application in Franz Liszt’s Consolations and Années de Pèlerinage Première Année. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2115