Type of Document	Treatise
Author	Baik, Jiwon
Author's Email Address	jb02j@fsu.edu
URN	etd-04272009-000349
Title	György Ligeti's Piano Études: A Polyryhthmic Study
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title James Nalley Committee Chair Karyl Louwenaar Committee Member Jane Piper Clendinning Outside Committee Member
Keywords	Ligeti Polyrhythm Etudes Études Piano György Nancarrow Fractal Gamelan Hemiola African Music Polytempo
Date of Defense	2009-04-14
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This treatise “György Ligeti’s Piano Études: A Polyrhythmic Study” focuses on polyrhythm in his Piano Études. The purpose of this study is to present the complex polyrhythmic sections that are influenced by African Music, Conlon Nancarrow’s player piano music, fractal theory, hemiola, and gamelan music. For this project, the rhythmic sections of the Piano Études are reviewed from two different perspectives: the influence of Nancarrow’s player piano music which usually conveys polytemporal relationship, and African music which often provides a repeated rhythmic pattern like ostinato. In addition, this document presents technical problems and solutions for Ligeti’s Piano Études, including score reading, fast tempo, perpetual pattern with accentuation, dynamics, and polyrhythmic sections.
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