This paper focus on the relationship between interpreting and performing musical gestures in the selected impromptus for solo piano by Franz Schubert. Although Hatten (2004) has developed a comprehensive framework for the analysis of musical gestures, the focus is mainly on the musical works from the eighteenth century until the early nineteenth century, in particular by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert. Therefore, this paper aims to extend Hatten’s theory beyond the early nineteenth century in examining the different musical gestures in the selected impromptus by Schubert. By associating with gestural analysis and performance considerations, it provides a guideline for pianists to develop their own interpretation. The expected outcomes would be Schubert’s impromptus consisting of dialogical and rhetorical gestures.

Chen Ruiyang. Interpreting and Performing Musical Gestures in Schubert’s Impromptu No.1 in F-minor Op. 142, D. 935. Frontiers in Art Research (2024) Vol. 6, Issue 6: 12-21. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2024.060602.

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