Dorottya Fabian
Biographic Data
| ID | 3861521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorottya Fabian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorottya |
| FAMILY NAME | Fabian |
| SIGNATURE | FABIAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3249-0812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Velocity and Virtuosity
Past research suggests that exceptional speed is a salient feature in virtuoso performance. However, this claim has not yet been tested by empirical studies. This article sets out to investigate in what ways contemporary piano virtuosos play fast in their performances and how they manifest the concept of virtuosity through tempo. It achieves these goals by analyzing a set of recordings of Chopin's First Ballade and Liszt's Sonata with a view to e…
A Three-Dimensional Model for Evaluating Individual Differences in Tempo and Tempo Variation in Musical Performance
People differ from each other, and this includes performers of music. The study of individual differences is well established in many social science disciplines but has been largely neglected in music performance research. To what extent do performers play differently from each other? How can these differences be concisely described and precisely assessed? Questions like these remain unanswered. Focusing on tempo and tempo variation in performanc…
Analyzing Difference in Recordings of Bach's Violin Solos with a Lead from Gilles Deleuze
Through a case study of recordings of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, I argue that enlisting Deleuzian concepts when analyzing multiple performances of the same piece is useful for the exploration of individual differences and practices of performance. Such analysis reveals a continuously shifting-transforming performance style and provides a rich tapestry of diversity within and across nominally agreed upon stylistic trends and char…
Performing solo Bach
This study explores how an expert period instrument musician makes musical decisions, focusing on the distinction between intuitive (Type 1) and deliberate (Type 2) processes as defined by dual-process theories of cognition (Evans, 2008). A case study of the cellist Daniel Yeadon was conducted over 2 years, during which extensive quasi think-aloud and performance data were collected regarding Yeadon’s interpretation of the Suites for Solo Cello b…
A Baroque Träumerei
This study investigated the performance decisions a professional violinist made to produce a baroque sound when playing a well-known piece of romantic music (Schumann's Träumerei). We tested whether listeners (n = 28 musically experienced) could detect these decisions. The baroque interpretation was compared with a more conventional interpretation of the same work. Participants rated the baroque-interpreted version as being more ‘baroque expressi…
Identity in Violin Playing on Records
Performance studies relying on sound recordings as evidence have often focused on establishing trends and traditions in various periods and repertoire. So far little attention has been paid to individual artistic profiles and idiosyncratic expression. Yet if performance is as significant as the notated work, as has often been argued, musicologists must be able to show what identifies a particularly famous interpreter just as they can state what c…
Musical Character and the Performance and Perception of Dotting, Articulation and Tempo in 34 Recordings of Variation 7 from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
The performance of dotted rhythms has received considerable scholarly attention in the recent past. Historical musicologists mostly examined it in the context of baroque performance practice while music psychologists studied it primarily in relation to rhythm perception or emotion in music. This paper builds on our previous work that examined the perception of dotting in 34 commercial recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations and its role in defin…
The Merits of Archival Research in Music
Expressive Devices and Perceived Musical Character in 34 Performances of Variation 7 from Bach's Goldbergvariations
Ninety-eight undergraduate music students rated thirty-four commercial sound recordings of Bach's variation 7 from the Goldberg Variations in an attempt to better understand the relationship between performance features and perceived musical character. The movement is in 6/8 and is characterised by a repeating dotted pattern. The piece is known to be played to express a variety of musical characters because of the two versions of the piece, one i…
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Expressive Devices and Perceived Musical Character in 34 Performances of Variation 7 from Bach's Goldbergvariations
Ninety-eight undergraduate music students rated thirty-four commercial sound recordings of Bach's variation 7 from the Goldberg Variations in an attempt to better understand the relationship between performance features and perceived musical character. The movement is in 6/8 and is characterised by a repeating dotted pattern. The piece is known to be played to express a variety of musical characters because of the two versions of the piece, one i…
The Merits of Archival Research in Music
Musical Character and the Performance and Perception of Dotting, Articulation and Tempo in 34 Recordings of Variation 7 from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
The performance of dotted rhythms has received considerable scholarly attention in the recent past. Historical musicologists mostly examined it in the context of baroque performance practice while music psychologists studied it primarily in relation to rhythm perception or emotion in music. This paper builds on our previous work that examined the perception of dotting in 34 commercial recordings of Bach's Goldberg Variations and its role in defin…
Identity in Violin Playing on Records
Performance studies relying on sound recordings as evidence have often focused on establishing trends and traditions in various periods and repertoire. So far little attention has been paid to individual artistic profiles and idiosyncratic expression. Yet if performance is as significant as the notated work, as has often been argued, musicologists must be able to show what identifies a particularly famous interpreter just as they can state what c…
A Baroque Träumerei
This study investigated the performance decisions a professional violinist made to produce a baroque sound when playing a well-known piece of romantic music (Schumann's Träumerei). We tested whether listeners (n = 28 musically experienced) could detect these decisions. The baroque interpretation was compared with a more conventional interpretation of the same work. Participants rated the baroque-interpreted version as being more ‘baroque expressi…
Performing solo Bach
This study explores how an expert period instrument musician makes musical decisions, focusing on the distinction between intuitive (Type 1) and deliberate (Type 2) processes as defined by dual-process theories of cognition (Evans, 2008). A case study of the cellist Daniel Yeadon was conducted over 2 years, during which extensive quasi think-aloud and performance data were collected regarding Yeadon’s interpretation of the Suites for Solo Cello b…
Analyzing Difference in Recordings of Bach's Violin Solos with a Lead from Gilles Deleuze
Through a case study of recordings of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, I argue that enlisting Deleuzian concepts when analyzing multiple performances of the same piece is useful for the exploration of individual differences and practices of performance. Such analysis reveals a continuously shifting-transforming performance style and provides a rich tapestry of diversity within and across nominally agreed upon stylistic trends and char…
A Three-Dimensional Model for Evaluating Individual Differences in Tempo and Tempo Variation in Musical Performance
People differ from each other, and this includes performers of music. The study of individual differences is well established in many social science disciplines but has been largely neglected in music performance research. To what extent do performers play differently from each other? How can these differences be concisely described and precisely assessed? Questions like these remain unanswered. Focusing on tempo and tempo variation in performanc…
Velocity and Virtuosity
Past research suggests that exceptional speed is a salient feature in virtuoso performance. However, this claim has not yet been tested by empirical studies. This article sets out to investigate in what ways contemporary piano virtuosos play fast in their performances and how they manifest the concept of virtuosity through tempo. It achieves these goals by analyzing a set of recordings of Chopin's First Ballade and Liszt's Sonata with a view to e…
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