AN ANALYSIS OF ALFRET CORTOT’S WORK ON FREDERIC CHOPIN’S OP.10, ETUDE NO:3 Cover Image

ALFRED CORTOT’NUN, FREDERIC CHOPIN’İN OP.10, NO:3 ETÜDÜNE DAİR ÇALIŞMALARININ ANALİZİ
AN ANALYSIS OF ALFRET CORTOT’S WORK ON FREDERIC CHOPIN’S OP.10, ETUDE NO:3

Author(s): Sabriye Savaş
Subject(s): Music, 19th Century, History of Art
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Frederic Chopin; Alfred Cortot; Etude; Piano Technique; Practicing;

Summary/Abstract: This study is a recommendation for pianists, attributed to F. Chopin’s etude op.10, no.3 for influential and accurate practice technics. It includes, interpretation of Alfred Cortot's Performing exercises of Frederick Chopin's concert etude op.10, no.3 prepared for pianists to surpass their technic difficulties. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) known as the poet of the piano and considered to gave a new breath to the notion of etude. Chopin made whole world to recognize his piano works, through monumental narration he used, etudes written for the improvement of technic at the beginning, after became valued for its authenticity in form, for its programmatic nature, improving technic, providing musical maturity to pianists with Chopin etudes. Chopin has 24 concert etudes, Op.10 and Op.25.Besides being a composer Chopin, as a virtuoso musician, according to the capacity of the clavier and finger technics, he made use of whole technics possible in his piano works. This technics made Chopin’s piano works famous and monumental through disciplined study and practice. Alfred Cortot, in his exercises explained in detail that how we should practice to overcome difficulties with comfort and efficiency according to the target. He explained exercises to commit at the beginning of every etude under the title ''difficulties to overcome'' and with this method pianists are being expected to perform the works with technic capability.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 343-350
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish