F. Chopin’s Barcarolle op. 60: Learning Strategies

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  • Cristina Capparelli Gerling

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https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v1i2.5364

Abstract

Until recently musical performers followed guidelines based on the observation of work contents/musical analysis and observation of the text/faithfulness to the score. Music, nevertheless, exists solely during its performance, and performances of one same work may differ considerably. The partnership with psychology of music has made possible the development of practice based research as far as strategies and results are concerned; while concurring to consider the performer as a partner in equal footing with the scientist in the field of musical cognition. This has been the main premise for processes of memorization reports (Ginsborg, Chaffin & Demos, 2012), in which decisions made during practice and are transferred to the act of interpreting. Therefore, a virtuous circle is formed, in which it is possible to plan, to predict and to analyse performance results and, at the same time assure that the musician’s primordial goal, the creation of artistic products, remains true to its artistic endeavors and independent from scientific control.

Keywords: Musical performance; practice based research; planned results; musical cognition.

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Author Biography

Cristina Capparelli Gerling

Full Professor of Music at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, the pianist Cristina Capparelli Gerling stands out for conciliating artistic, educational and research activities. She presents as a recitalist, chamber musician and as a researcher at renowned music schools in Brazil and abroad. She has Master’s Degree in Music, New England Conservatory and Doctorate in Music, Boston University; Post-doctorate at the University of Iowa and University of Connecticut and in 2014, at Indiana University, with a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission to develop her project dedicated to Latin American repertoire (www.ufrgs.br/gppi). Among her production, there are CDs with Brazilian and Latin American repertoire for solo piano and chamber music as highlights.

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GERLING, C. C. F. Chopin’s Barcarolle op. 60: Learning Strategies. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 59–75, 2014. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v1i2.5364. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/5364. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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