Stepanova O. Pianism of London and Vienna piano schools: comparative analysis

The thesis for the degree of PhD of arts by specialty 17.00.03. – Music Art –Sumy state A. S. Makarenko pedagogical University, Sumy, 2018. The work is devoted to the understanding of the category of pianism, its main functional elements (reception; technique; style; mastery; artistry; school; art), the development of scientific interpretation as a universal metasistem. The research literature devoted to the definition of pianism, which allowed to classify and systematize typical scientific interpretations of the concept, is analyzed. The history of the development of pianism, to justify its historical and practical value in music science. It is argued that in the development of modern musicology there is a need for a systematic approach to the interpretation of the concept of pianism. On the basis of comparative analysis the specificity of London and Vienna pianism in the aspect of the law of historical synchronization is differentiated. As a result of generalization of scientific works on comprehension of process of emergence of a piano, on the basis of action of a method of the comparative analysis historical and art value of piano inheritance of M. Clementi as the founder of the London school of piano and J. N. Gummel is the finisher of the history of the Vienna piano school in the process of formation and generalization of the functions of classical pianism of the last third of the XVIII – the first quarter of the XIX centuries. Based on the dialectic of necessity and freedom in the musical art, the established correlation of these categories in the artistic existence of piano works of the past and the present, where freedom is understood as the measure of the "artist liberties" that may, in accordance with the standards and ideals of the art-historical epoch, afford the interpreter, and under the necessity – the degree of predetermination, which is embedded by the composer. Based on a detailed analysis of concert performance, in theory-teaching and composing M. Clementi and J. N. Hummel revealed the universalism of the creative personalities who played a leading role in the formation of the category of pianism as metasystem, and guidance which are relevant in domestic performance practice (live and training).