Serendipity, Poetry and Play in Toy Piano composition and Four Pieces for Toy Piano

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Inglis, B. 2020. Serendipity, Poetry and Play in Toy Piano composition and Four Pieces for Toy Piano. Revista Vórtex. 8 (2), pp. 1-29. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2020.8.2.5
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TitleSerendipity, Poetry and Play in Toy Piano composition and Four Pieces for Toy Piano
AuthorsInglis, B.
ContributorsRyder, K.
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In this paper I draw on literature by Xenia Pestova, Antonietta Loffredo and Maggie Williams/Margaret Leng Tan, and primary research in the form of an interview with Kate Ryder (transcribed as an Appendix) exploring aspects of toy piano performance/composition and focussing on my Four Pieces for Toy Piano (2018). These pieces were commissioned by Ryder and premiered by her in London in 2018, and subsequently published and recorded. I identify themes which emerge in, and out from, this and other professional repertoire for toy piano relating to composition and performance practice: material/materiality; sonic character, notation, collaboration and communication. I provide a poietic account of some of the processes involved in the pieces’ composition and realisation in performance.

KeywordsToy piano; Composition; Play; Found objects; Serendipity
Research GroupMusic group
PublisherUniversidade Estadual do Parana
JournalRevista Vórtex
ISSN2317-9937
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Print15 Sep 2020
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Deposited06 Oct 2020
Accepted16 Aug 2020
Output statusPublished
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2020.8.2.5
Web of Science identifierWOS:000609244500007
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