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    A Kinesiological analysis of piano technique as employed in selections of György Cziffra’s piano transcriptions
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12) Fick, Cornelis Uys Lourens; Ross, B; Grobler, P; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Music.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: piano transcriptions of György Cziffra (1921-1994) are under-performed jewels of the piano literature, largely due to their hyper-virtuosic nature that proves prohibitive in practice. The importance of physiological mechanics behind technical movements are highlighted in works such as these, but this field of study is generally left unaddressed by performers and teachers alike. By using information drawn from the field of kinesiology (the study of movement), the author sets out to analyse and discuss the physiological components underlining technical difficulties and pianistic effects found in the four transcription-etudes by Cziffra. The analysis shows how verifiable knowledge from the field of kinesiology can be applied subjectively by the author in order to analyse and cultivate awareness of his own movements and technique. This in turn enables the performer to adjust and finetune movement optimally according to his own physiology. Pianistic sources on technique tend to exclude sufficient information on the musculoskeletal system, specifically the joints of the shoulder complex. This is addressed by focussing on ‘scapulohumeral rhythm’, as explained through kinesiological sources. An important trait of Cziffra’s etudes concerns the conversion of a performed improvisation into a printed musical score. The author draws parallels from examples by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) in order to contextualise techniques that may have influenced Cziffra’s transcription-etudes.