Reading music

a listening process, breaking the barriers of notation

Authors

  • Zelia Chueke University of Paris-Sorbonne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2005.55620

Keywords:

music reading, listening process, music performance, music notation

Abstract

In order to build an individual relationship with the works they perform, musicians should be able to break the barriers created by pre-established models or "performance’s tradition" which is normally the result of reading mistakes. Notation, analysis and other resources that exist to help musicians explore and assimilate a musical message, have become in many cases a source of misunderstandings, sometimes replacing the music itself. Combining the opinion of music psychologists, musicologists, theorists, philosophers and musicians, the author explores three stages of listening during the preparation and execution of a piano performance, emphasizing the value of theoretical and musicological information to not impose, but enrich interpretation, making each performance an unrepeatable event and guaranteeing the immortality of great works.

Author Biography

  • Zelia Chueke , University of Paris-Sorbonne

    Since her first recital at age 8, Zelia Chueke has been developing her career in the United States, Europe and SouthAmerica with almost 200 solo and chamber recitals and concerts with
    orchestras, including many works dedicated to her by composers from all over the world. She holds a DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Miami School of Music withAcademic
    Merit, a Master of Music from The Mannes College of Music (New York) and a Bachelor in Piano from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Summa Cum Laude. Her teachers include pianists Grant Johannesen, Hans Graf and Homero Magalhaes and conductor Sergiu Celibidache. She served as Professor of Music at the University of Miami and University of Florida and Music Director of the "Notes, Strokes and Movement" concert series at the Lowe Art Museum and of the University of Miami Dance Program. Presently, she works as an associate researcher with the Observatoire Musical Français-Sorbonne, Paris IV. Her most recently released CD includes works by Debussy and Brahms (www.cdmail.fr).

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“Reading Music: A Listening Process, Breaking the Barriers of Notation”. 2005. Per Musi, no. 11 (January): 106-12. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2005.55620.