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A Comparative and Computational Analysis of Lineage in Cello Playing: Methods Overview
- Hosted by:
- Queen Mary University of London
- Speaker:
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Ju-Lee Hong, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Starts:
- May 30, 2007 at 04:00 pm
- Ends:
- May 30, 2007 at 05:00 pm
- Location:
- Queen Mary University of London, Engineering Building, , Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
I discuss how comparative and computational musicology can be adopted in a post-hoc analysis of legendary cellists’ performances on record. By comparatively analysing performances amongst the teacher-student lineage, I aim to discover the origin of particular performance styles and/or their evolutionary process. Using computational tools, I measure and analyse performance parameters, such as tempo and dynamic modifications at the levels at which expert performance operates, and I critically review available tools as a musicology user end of digital music research. As a case study, I consider the styles of Jacqueline Du Pre (whose teachers include Pleeth, Casals, Tortelier, Gendron and Rostropovich) and Mischa Maisky (who studied with Piatigorsky and Rostropovich) focusing on their renditions of Brahms’ Cello Sonata in F major, Op.99, Adagio affettuoso in comparison to Casals’, Piatigorsky’s and Rostropovich’s.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Research Seminars usually take place in Rooms 105, 160 or 203, Electronic Engineering Department, Mile End Road, E1 4NS.
The seminars are open to everyone: please feel free to attend.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Steve Welburn
- Phone:
- 020 7882 7986
- Email:
- stephen.welburn [ at ] elec.qmul.ac.uk
- Website:
- A Comparative and Computational Analysis of Lineage in Cello Playing: Methods Overview
