Birds Illustrated By Color Welte-Mignon piano roll. Danse … · 2020. 2. 13. · Nightingale,...
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Abstra: Nightingale transforms the traditional approach to ‘historically informed performance praice’ (HIPP) by develop- ing and implementing a new methodology that links together praical evidence, historical instruments and digital technolo- gies. Symbolically evoking the expressiveness of birdsong, this proje is the first ever performance-based study of 19 th - century Spanish pianists, whose interpretations remain un- explored but that expose noticeable stylistic divergences from modern interpretations. Das Projekt Nightingale erweitert den bisherigen Zugang zur «Historisch Informierten Aufführungraxis», indem es eine neue Methodologie entwickelt und einführt, die praktische Evidenz mit historischen Instrumenten und digitalen Techno- logien verbindet. Das Projekt, dessen Akronym sich auf den ausdrucksstarken Vogelgesang bezieht, widmet sich insbeson- dere stilistischen Untersuchungen anischer Pianisten des 19. Jahrhunderts, deren Interpretationen bislang kaum erforscht sind und sich stark von heutigen Ansätzen unterscheiden. Introduion: In the twentieth century, historically informed performance revolutionised the approach to early music, be- coming a popular new aesthetic trend worldwide. It had a great impa on the music scene, including festivals, concert series and musical institutions. This praice was based on the study of wrien texts and the use of old instruments, either originals or replicas. However, its methods present two seri- ous problems: i) wrien texts alone do not enable us to imagine properly how the music might have sounded, and ii) we filter this information through our modern understanding of historical aesthetics. Methods: Nightingale is a step forward in the study of 19 th - century piano playing, through a praice-led, cyclical research process that embodies the audible evidence from a 19 th -cen- tury pereive, alternating theoretical research with empirical formulations including praical experimentation – such as emulation and embodiment – and computing technologies. It advances research into the extraion of stylistic, expressive parameters from piano roll recordings such as asynchronisation or contrametric rubato, arpeggiation, agogics and articulation, and furthers the study of fingerings, pedalling and dynamics. This method has not yet been employed in the study of Span- ish music, so there is no published research on it. Results: Nightingale reveals performance praices in vogue during the 19 th -century, not only in theory but documented in sound, offering a variety of new expressive choices and ark- ing the imagination and creativity of pianists. The results of this proje will serve to invigorate lost praices, bringing to light an expressivity charaeristic of 19 th -century pianism in Spain, and challenging current praices. NIGHTINGALE: EmulatiNg physIcal Gestures of nineteenth-century SpanisH pianisTs: restorINg knowledGe And Lost praicEs Proje head: Carolina Estrada Bascuñana Duration: 01/2020–12/2020 Financed by: Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF, SPARK Conta: Bern University of the Arts Research Institute Interpretation Fellerstrasse 11 3027 Bern www.hkb.b.ch/interpretation www.hkb-interpretation.ch carolina.est[email protected] Institute Interpretation Nightingale, Image from Birds Illustrated By Color Photography, Vol. III, (Chicago 1898), No. 4. Welte-Mignon piano roll. Danse eagnole: Valenciana by Enrique Granados performed by the author (artist roll). (Image: Sara Guastevi) Paquita Madriguera's circa 1916 performance of Albeniz's Serenade Eagnole, bars 1–8, dilayed as ‘piano roll’ notation in Sonar 8 Producer Edition.
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Abstract: Nightingale transforms the traditional approach to ‘historically informed performance practice’ (HIPP) by develop-ing and implementing a new methodology that links together practical evidence, historical instruments and digital technolo-gies. Symbolically evoking the expressiveness of birdsong, this project is the first ever performance-based study of 19th- century Spanish pianists, whose interpretations remain un-explored but that expose noticeable stylistic divergences from modern interpretations.
Das Projekt Nightingale erweitert den bisherigen Zugang zur «Historisch Informierten Aufführungspraxis», indem es eine neue Methodologie entwickelt und einführt, die praktische Evidenz mit historischen Instrumenten und digitalen Techno-logien verbindet. Das Projekt, dessen Akronym sich auf den ausdrucksstarken Vogelgesang bezieht, widmet sich insbeson-dere stilistischen Untersuchungen spanischer Pianisten des 19. Jahrhunderts, deren Interpretationen bislang kaum erforscht sind und sich stark von heutigen Ansätzen unterscheiden.
Introduction: In the twentieth century, historically informed performance revolutionised the approach to early music, be-coming a popular new aesthetic trend worldwide. It had a great impact on the music scene, including festivals, concert series and musical institutions. This practice was based on the study of written texts and the use of old instruments, either originals or replicas. However, its methods present two seri-ous problems: i) written texts alone do not enable us to imagine properly how the music might have sounded, and ii) we filter this information through our modern understanding of historical aesthetics.
Methods: Nightingale is a step forward in the study of 19th- century piano playing, through a practice-led, cyclical research process that embodies the audible evidence from a 19th-cen-tury perspective, alternating theoretical research with empirical formulations including practical experimentation – such as emulation and embodiment – and computing technologies. It advances research into the extraction of stylistic, expressive parameters from piano roll recordings such as asynchronisation or contrametric rubato, arpeggiation, agogics and articulation, and furthers the study of fingerings, pedalling and dynamics. This method has not yet been employed in the study of Span- ish music, so there is no published research on it.
Results: Nightingale reveals performance practices in vogue during the 19th-century, not only in theory but documented in sound, offering a variety of new expressive choices and spark-ing the imagination and creativity of pianists. The results of this project will serve to invigorate lost practices, bringing to light an expressivity characteristic of 19th-century pianism in Spain, and challenging current practices.
NIGHTINGALE: EmulatiNg physIcal Gestures of nineteenth-century SpanisH pianisTs: restorINg knowledGe And Lost practicEs
Project head: Carolina Estrada Bascuñana
Duration:01/2020–12/2020
Financed by:Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF, SPARK
Contact:Bern University of the ArtsResearchInstitute InterpretationFellerstrasse 113027 Bern
www.hkb.bfh.ch/interpretation www.hkb-interpretation.ch [email protected]
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Nightingale, Image from Birds Illustrated By Color Photography, Vol. III, (Chicago 1898), No. 4.
Welte-Mignon piano roll. Danse espagnole: Valenciana by Enrique Granados performed by the author (artist roll). (Image: Sara Guastevi)
Paquita Madriguera's circa 1916 performance of Albeniz's Serenade Espagnole, bars 1–8, displayed as ‘piano roll’ notation in Sonar 8 Producer Edition.
