7 JOYCE SONGS OP.54 OF COMPOSER KAROL SZYMANOWSKI: MUSIC-TEXT RELATION AS A TOOL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PERFORMANCE
Text in Music. Strategies. Szymanowski. Voice. Piano.
This work aims to use study strategies focused mainly on the relationship between text and music for the construction of the interpretative performance of the song cycle 7 Joyce Songs Op. 54 by Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), written by the poet James Joyce (1882 -1941) taken from his book Music Chamber. The strategies were divided into two distinct parts, those of a textual nature, focused on the interpretation of the text and its relation to music, which can help both pianists and singers, and refer to a considerable part of the interpretation of the work, and the strategies of vocal technical aim, to identify the difficulties, plan exercises to overcome these difficulties and finally evaluate the results found during the work. Data collection was done through a study journal, audio recordings and a public performance. The results obtained with the use of the strategies were satisfactory.