Author Contactable via this Register? No

Link to Thesis: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/86635

Other Links: | |

Abstract/Summary/Outline:

This project pursues an investigation into the piano works of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Clara Wieck-Schumann, whose music had been largely forgotten until its revival as part of a recent renewal of interest in women composers. While the musical and individual styles of these two composers vary considerably, their music can still be usefully compared within the broad context of nineteenth-century Romanticism. The detailed study of their piano works poses questions relating to issues of performance practice, an area that has still not been widely explored in the literature surrounding their music. The aim of this project will therefore be to identify and address such issues from the perspective of the performer. The research carried out in this project is performance based. Performance, being a significant component of the research, functions as a tool and serves as an outcome of the project. ..

Notes/Other Information: