Search for dissertations about: "classical music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words classical music.

2. 1. Dialogue Lost? Teaching Musical Interpretation of Western Classical Music in Higher Education

   Author : Carl Holmgren; Cecilia Ferm Almqvist; Live Weider Ellefsen; Rosa Reitsamer; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Musical interpretation; higher music education; Western classical music; teaching and learning; one-to-one tuition; hermeneutics; poetry; Music Education; Musikpedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of musical interpretation in teaching and learning Western classical music from both a teacher’s and student’s perspective within the context of piano main instrument teaching in higher music education in Sweden. The following research questions were formulated to fulfil this aim: first, how do teachers and students understand musical interpretation as educational content?; second, how do teachers and students understand teaching and learning of musical interpretation?; third and finally, how could verbal and musical dialogues be used for improving teaching and learning of musical interpretation?The thesis employs an overarching hermeneutical framework and consists of three movements. READ MORE

4. 2. Surrounded by Sound : Experienced Orchestral Harpists’ Professional Knowledge and Learning

   Author : Lia Lonnert; Eva Sæther; Liora Bresler; Stephen Cottrell; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; harp; lifelong learning; music education; orchestral playing; practical knowledge; professional knowledge; Music Education; Musikpedagogik; harp; lifelong learning; music education; orchestral playing; practical knowledge; professional knowledge;

   Abstract : Orchestral playing is a central practice within Western European classical music. Previous research in the field of orchestral musicians’ learning and knowledge has mainly focused on students’ learning orchestral playing. Working conditions and work-related problems were also emphasized in previous studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Transforming Performance : An inquiry into the emotional processes of a classical pianist

   Author : Francisca Skoogh; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical concert performance; Werktreue; Emotional regulation; Play; Performance values; Music performance anxiety;

   Abstract : This artistic research PhD project challenges classical music performance culture through a series of experimental collaborative projects. My particular interest lies in how this culture shapes the psychological experience of performance from the perspective of the individual musician. READ MORE

6. 4. Jazz in Worship and Worship in Jazz: Exploring the musical language of Liturgical, Sacred, and Spiritual Jazz in a Postsecular Age

   Author : Uwe Steinmetz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religious Jazz; Postsecularity; Spiritual Jazz; Christian Music; Sacred Music; George Russell; Twelve Tone Tonality in Jazz;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to identify musical elements that contribute to the generation of religious meaning in jazz performance and to explore how religious experience can inspire jazz composition. In this study, the history of jazz, specifically tailored to the aspects of my inquiry is imbricated with relevant theories and musical interventions from my own artistic practice in composition and performance. READ MORE

7. 5. HÉR! An Exploration of Artistic Agency

   Author : Halla Steinunn Stefansdottir; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; music; sound art; agency; situated actions; ecological; enactive; post-phenomenology;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis is concerned with agency in the work of a performer, curator, and composer, and how these agencies are socio-culturally constructed. Grounded in creative practice as primary research methodology, the project builds on feedback loops between creation, analysis, and interpretation. READ MORE