HANS SITT’S PRAKTISCHE BRATSCHEN-SCHULE (1891): A TECHNICAL GUIDE FOR PREPARING NICHOLAS RAST’S LIED OHNE WORTE FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
HANS SITT’S PRAKTISCHE BRATSCHEN-SCHULE (1891): A TECHNICAL GUIDE FOR PREPARING NICHOLAS RAST’S LIED OHNE WORTE FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
Author(s): Simeon KirkovSubject(s): Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Издателство НМА „Проф. Панчо Владигеров”
Keywords: Hans Sitt; viola technique; tone colour; vibrato; mode of attack; instructive literature; Schubert; Nicholas Rast; Heinrich Schenker; analysis;
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the interpretative (mental) and technical (physical) aspects necessary for preparing a piece for public performance. With a study from Hans Sitt’s Praktische Bratschen-Schule and Nicholas Rast’s Lied ohne Worte as examples, a case is made for suitable analysis and the selection of appropriate preparatory technical material. The manifest Schubertian influence in the Lied ohne Worte’s exploitation of the viola’s warmest timbral range identifies Hans Sitt’s Bratschen-Schule as the ideal technical and musical training. Sitt’s technical exercises offer a solid grounding for the evolving technical developments in viola performance and, in particular, for the use of the instrument in a solo role.
Journal: Academic Forum “Integral Music Theory”
- Issue Year: 7/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 53-67
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
