Yulia Kozlova

Sources of Inspiration in Selected Piano Works by Sergei Slonimsky

Slonimsky and the Imaginary World of His Piano Works

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sergei Slonimsky is an important composer, without
whom Russian music would be incomplete and less
controversial. It is not easy to find composers who,
with the same success, utilize virtually every
existing classical and modern music genre in their
compositions.His vividly imaginative compositions
show a brilliant composer s mastery. His music
consists of a variety of images that contain an
abundance of artistic information. Included in the
work is a biographical background of the composer, a
description of his compositional style and
accomplishments. The work will focus on Slonimsky''s
piano pieces and the extra-musical stimuli that
inspired these compositions. The main emphasis of
investigation will be related to the works inspired
by music s sister arts painting and sculpture (the
suite Three Graces and Passing-by Beauty). The
visual and sound images and the message both the
artist and the composer try to convey will be
compared and contrasted. The literary aspect of
Slonimsky s piano work, his fascination with
Romanticism, and his continuation of the Russian
tradition of imitating bell sounds in music will also
be explored.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9783639162622
• ISBN-10: 3639162625
• Artikelnr.: 26523126

Autorenporträt

Yulia Kozlova is Associate Professor of Piano at Santa Monica
College in Santa Monica, California. She performs frequently in US
and Russia. Yulia received her Bachelor''s degree from Novgorod
State College of Music, Russia, Master s Degree in Piano Pedagogy
and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from The
Ohio State University.