SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 103.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 44, 103.
43: “There are many fortissimo passages in Ravel's keyboard music which require great strength and power.The pianist must work out fingering which gives him the most comfortable hand position and uses the strongest fingers. Example 25 cites measures in which notes can be divided so that the jumps do not diminish the tonal brilliance of the notes on the upper staff.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 103.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 103.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 103.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 23, 50, 103.
23: “In Example 1 from ‘Scarbo,’ constantly changing thirty-second note patterns written for the right hand must be played smoothly and rapidly. When the left hand plays the highest note in each group, as shown, the level of difficulty is significantly diminished.
50: “Ravel experimented with the effect which is produced when two harmonies are repeated in rapid succession at the softest dynamic level possible. Divisi fingering allows the pianist to easily coordinate the rapid alternation of the two sonorities by playing the chords as shown in Example 33.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 50, 103.
50: “Ravel experimented with the effect which is produced when two harmonies are repeated in rapid succession at the softest dynamic level possible. Divisi fingering allows the pianist to easily coordinate the rapid alternation of the two sonorities by playing the chords as shown in Example 33.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 23, 103.
23: “In Example 1 from ‘Scarbo,’ constantly changing thirty-second note patterns written for the right hand must be played smoothly and rapidly. When the left hand plays the highest note in each group, as shown, the level of difficulty is significantly diminished.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 42, 105.
40: “Rapid leaps from one range of the keyboard to another require extra energy and may interrupt the flow of both the rhythm and the phrasing. However, a pianist can maintain his energy level while increasing his accuracy and musical expression by dividing notes, as shown, in the measures of Example 22. With divisi fingering, the angularity of abrupt motion from one register to another is lessened by allowing the right hand more time to move.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 105.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 33, 105.
33: “The hand-crossings in Example 14 are simplified by allowing the hands to remain in stationary positions.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 105.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 105.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 105.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 40, 106.
40: “Example 21 further illustrates the advantage of redistributing a single or recurring note in a passage, whereby the momentum is maintained with a more comfortable fingering.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/30/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 106.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/4/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 107.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/7/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 107.