The relationship between Russian icons and Rautavaara's Ikonit Op. 6

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University of Pretoria

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This study locates and describes the programmatic meanings in Rautavaara s piano suite, Ikonit, Op. 6. It makes use of an interdisciplinary paradigm that borrows perspectives gathered from the new musicology . The various contexts that inform this analysis and interpretation include the composer s biography and style, the Russian Orthodox tradition of iconography and the compositional structure of Ikonit. The study constructs a biographically and culturally sensitive interpretation of the suite, which can contribute to better-informed performances and readings of the music. It contributes to English language scholarship on Rautavaara s music.

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Mini Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2015.

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UCTD, Byzantine icons, Byzantium, Eastern Orthodox, Finnish piano music, Icons, Ikonit, op. 6, Interdisciplinary, The ’new musiology’, Piano suite, Programme music, Rautavaara, Russian icons, Russian Orthodox Church, Twentieth century piano music

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Rabie, J 2015, The relationship between Russian icons and Rautavaara's Ikonit Op. 6, MMus Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53456>