Proposal For Research Communicating Texture in Beethoven s Piano Sonatas

Jonathan Cornish

Communication is fundamental to a successful musical performance. To communicate your musical intentions clearly for an audience to perceive requires many hours of practice and attention to detail. Despite such dedication, it Communicating your musical ideas in a performance to the audience is possibly the most important. Communicating your ideas analytically is also a difficult task when for professors and musicians, whether in music education or etc . This proposal aims to uncover the ways in which texture can be communicated in both instances, and its importance in a performer s interpretation in Beethoven s language as a composer in repertoire. With this established, there can be implications for music education, with an emphasis on creating sounds with explicit instruction, impacting an interpretation and the way an audience/performer will listen. MAIN THEME: Communicating Texture in Beethoven s Piano Sonatas. 1) How successfully can a performer communicate texture? - CD review examines a contemporary performer who is known for successfully communicating clear texture - consider the great Beethoven interpreters and why they are so successful and their approach - Books covering the topic and lecture style podcasts leading the way? Brendel s book .how he covers Liszt and explicit pointers, what does he say about Beethoven? - Capability of piano (presentation) - Capabilty of an audience to PERCIEVE texture (further exploration) (performers intentions and see if audience are drawn to these?) range of people to interpet - VIDEO how a performer may shape texture, possibilities in interpretation (ie, instrument specifically, colour, in line with structure and how this should be the basis of practice and interpretation)

Structure: 1) Overview - Communication (50 words?) - Texture (50 words) - Existing Research & Brief Aim (200 words) 2) Aims & Objectives (200 words) 3) Methodology (500 words) ( the research I ve compiled so far and potential for more? ) 4) Significance/ Implications (300 words) What do I intend to propose with my initial research?

Proposal For Research -

Jonathan Cornish

Implications for how we communicate Beethoven, teachers, musicologists, performers and audiences Practice implications Vocalise practice techniques and performance interpretations

5) Plans and Targets (100 words)