NING GUAN
PIANO PEDAGOGY
TEACHING ROMANTIC
PERIOD PIANO LITERATURE

GRADUATE RECITAL SERIES
RECITAL HALL
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2007 • 2:30 PM

MU S IC
ierbergerCollege
of Fine Arts

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Program

Lecture
I.

II.

Romantic Style Characteristics
— Popularity of solo piano and the age of the virtuosi
— Requires combination of many skills simultaneously

Dance, Op. 108, No. 1

Development of Technique
— Scales
— Chords playing
— Arpeggios
—And: trills, octaves, repeated notes, double notes

Allegretto

III. Three Types of Romantic Pieces
— Singing tone (lyrical pieces)
— Perpetual motion etude
— Character pieces
IV. Teaching Problems in Romantic Period Playing
— Singing tone: a. physical; b. conceptual
— Complex texture
— Complex rhythms
— Chord playing: blocked, broken, jump bass, rolled chords
— Rubato
— Pedaling

Ludwig Schytte
(1848-1909)
Amanda Li
Albert Biehl
(1835-1899)
Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)

Waltz
Brandon Jiang

Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)

The Wild Rider
from Album for the Young
Karen Guo

Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)

Tarantella
from Songs without Words
Angela Zhang

Friedrich Burgmuller
(1806-1874)

Harmony of the Angels, Op. 100
Grace Ong

Cornelius Gurlitt
(1820-1901)

Serenade, Op. 140, No. 18
Peggi Tai

Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849)

Nocturne in B-flat Minor
Op. 9, No. 1
Audrey Guo

Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)

Impromptu in E-flat Major
Op. 90, No. 2
Mikeala Miller
Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2

Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)

Jackie Xu
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