Arnold Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht [music] : transcription for two pianos

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The transcription for two pianos of Arnold Schonberg's Verkliirte Nacht fills a gap inthe two-piano literature and gives an insight into the composer's earlier style ofcomposition. Few works of this complexity exist in the two-piano literature.The process of transcription has to take into account the composer's structural and tonallanguage, and in particular the problems of transferring a composition from stringinstruments to the piano. The transcriber cannot imagine how the composer would havedone a similar transcription, but the intentions of the composer in the original versioncan be interpreted and transferred in a stylistically acceptable manner. At all times thepossibilities of the instruments should be taken into consideration.Given the complex sound texture of the original version, the suggestions for a twopianoversion have to incorporate the following: note length and rest length, soundcolour, attack/articulation, bowing, articulation markings, effects and texture. In theassignment an explanation is given of the deviations that stem from the above factors.The awareness of these deviations necessitates a distinction between arrangement andtranscription and compels the transcriber to be as faithful to the original score aspossible. The explanation of deviations further provides the performer with anawareness of the artistic possibilities that the work provides.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University