Violin Etudes of the 19ᵗʰ Century in the Aspect of the Evolution of Performing Mastery

Authors

  • Stanislav KUCHERENKO Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, 11/13 Constitution Square, Kharkiv, 61003, Chamber Ensemble Department. E-mail: kucherenko.stanislav@yahoo.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0010-8727

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.19

Keywords:

violin etude, violin performance, 19th century, 24 Caprices in the Form of Etudes op. 22 by P. Rode, Etudes and Caprices op. 35 by J. Dont.

Abstract

The article examines the role and significance of violin etudes of the 19th century in the evolution of European performing art. The contribution of the figure of N. Paganini and his creative work in the process of transition between the eras of classicism and romanticism has been determined. It has been noted that the artistic and aesthetic views of the Genoese virtuoso, which significantly exceeded the capabilities of his contemporaries, reoriented the didactic material. On the example of the etude collections of P. Rode and J. Dont – representatives of schools of various musical arts – it has been found that the opuses of the educational direction usually reflect the real state of performance of a certain historical period, the complex process of coexistence of the established tradition and innovations, reassessment of ideas about the semantic and technical potential of the violin.

Author Biography

Stanislav KUCHERENKO, Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, 11/13 Constitution Square, Kharkiv, 61003, Chamber Ensemble Department. E-mail: kucherenko.stanislav@yahoo.com.

Stanislav KUCHERENKO received his BA and MA degrees in a music art from the Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts (Ukraine) in 2015; in 2018 – completed his PhD dissertation and gained a PhD degree. He is the author of more than 10 scientific works. The main directions of his research activity are the history, theory, and practice of performing art, which also includes related scientific fields such as aesthetics, psychology, philosophy. Aside from his work as a scholar, he regularly performs on Ukrainian and foreign (Poland, Germany, Spain, Portugal) stages as a soloist, ensemble, and orchestra player. Since 2015, he has been the leading accompanist at the Chamber Ensemble Department (Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts), since 2018 – senior lecturer at the Department. In 2019, within the framework of the Erasmus + program, held a series of master classes for students (soloist, instrumental ensembles, string quartets) from Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (Porto, Portugal) and Conservatorio de Vigo (Spain).

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STUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 68 (LXVIII), No. 2, December 2023

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2023-12-30

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KUCHERENKO, S. (2023). Violin Etudes of the 19ᵗʰ Century in the Aspect of the Evolution of Performing Mastery. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(2), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.19

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