Telling Tales: The Use of Byron Almén’s Musical Narrative Theory as a Filter for a Performance of Nikolai Medtner’s Sonata-Skazka Op.25 No.1 (1910)
Jenny Lu
10.26180/5d0b3faf5dd94
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Telling_Tales_The_Use_of_Byron_Alm_n_s_Musical_Narrative_Theory_as_a_Filter_for_a_Performance_of_Nikolai_Medtner_s_Sonata-Skazka_Op_25_No_1_1910_/8299319
My project overlays Byron Almén’s narrative interpretation to Russian composer Nikolai Medtner’s Sonata-Skazka Op.25 No.1 (1910), in response to the discursive implications explicated in its reference to skazka (tale). I question how this piece of non-programmatic music can be interpreted as a discourse. The principal aim of my research is to translate my analytical observations to instil a sense of drama in my performance. In doing so, I facilitate a focused and supported interpretation of Sonata-Skazka that enables a way to penetrate its complex compositional style. I likewise establish a connection between score analyses and performance in a narrative context.
2019-06-20 08:11:25
Piano
Nikolai Medtner
Narrative research
piano sonata
Byron Almén
Narrative theories
Music Performance