Curricular Unit: Piano III
Code: LPI022
ECTS: 8
Cientific area: Performance Practices
Learning outcomes
The goal of this curricular unit is to form a professional musician (pianist) in every way. It is intended to develop the necessary technique to perform music of different periods and styles, with total domain of the musicallanguage and, also, to develop memory and listening capacities.
Syllabus
Cyclic works by J. S. Bach (ex.: Partita, Toccata, French Suite, English Suite, Italian Concerto, French Overture, etc.) and Suites by G. F.Haendel. Major works from the 20th century(A. Berg – Sonata; Debussy – Images, Estampes, Preludes; Prokofiev – Sonatas, Sarcasmes; Rachmaninoff – Musical moments; Corelli variations; Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit, Mirroirs; Montsalvatge – Sonatina; or others of similar difficulty).
Teaching methodologies
These classes are individual, therefore, developed according to each student’s capacities and personality, in order to guarantee the best comprehension of the Program. It is important the dialogue between the teacher and the student and also the demonstration of the musical content by the teacher.
Bibliography
Bach, C.P. Emanuel (1948). Essay on True Art f Playing Keyboard Instruments, New York: W. W. Norton & Company
Türk, Daniel Gottlob (1982), School of Clavier Playing, 1st Ed., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich (1841). Method of Learning Piano, op. 108, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.[1841]
Feinberg, Samuil (2008). Pianism as Art, New York: Manhattan School of Music
Neuhaus, Heinrich (2016). Art of Playing Piano, Amersham: Kahn & Averill
Teaching Staff
Paulo César Aguiar da Silva Oliveira (regent)
Alexei Victorovitch Eremine