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Abstract
Oskar Morawetz and John Weinzweig were colleagues of Carl Morey at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Each composed considerable piano music throughout his compositional career. In this article, the author examines the late piano compositions of Morawetz and Weinzweig, comparing approaches to the instrument, and how those approaches were reflected musically in this group of late compositions. Because Morawetz based his approach on the late Romantic piano compositions with which he was familiar, pianists do not encounter extended techniques in his works. Weinzweig, on the other hand, makes new demands upon the performer to bring across his “disparate gestic/phonetic shapes.”
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Oskar Morawetz et John Weinzweig étaient des collègues de Carl Morey à la Faculté de musique de l’Université de Toronto. Tout deux ont composé un nombre considérable d’oeuvres pour piano pendant leur carrière de compositeurs. Dans cet article, l’auteur examine les dernières compositions pour piano de Morawetz et Weinzweig en les comparant du point de vue de leur approche de l’instrument et des conséquences musicales de ces approches. Puisque l’approche de Morawetz est basée sur sa connaissance de la musique romantique pour piano, les pianistes ne rencontrent pas dans son oeuvre de grands défis techniques. En comparaison, la musique de Weinzweig amène les pianistes à innover au niveau technique afin de réaliser ses formes sonores liées à une « gestuelle erratique ».
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