Expert practice and the technical mastery of individual violinists in string quartet playing

Lucas Ian O'Brien

doi:10.4225/23/5a9cc17ddefa5

Expert practice and the technical mastery of individual violinists in string quartet playing

Lucas Ian O'Brien

Conservatorium of Music

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Abstract

The string quatrtet has been a central compositional form in western classical music for centuries. This research investigates
a perceived lacuna in the training of individual violinists and acquisition of expertise in the string quartet setting. This study
explores the nature of expertise acquisition, highlighting links between existing literature and the model used in Otakar Sevcik's
pedagogical work, J. Brahms: Konzert D-Dur, Op. 18. Using this model and analyzing the skill-acquisition processes embedded
within it, these principles are applied to the creation of exercises for the first violin part of Schubert's String Quartet in G Major,
D887.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Wijsman, Suzanne, Supervisor Bannan, Nicholas, Supervisor
Award date	6 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4225/23/5a9cc17ddefa5
Publication status	Unpublished - 2018

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