Virtuosity and Melodiousness in the Works of Georg Edward Holterman: Methodological Significance for Modern Musical Pedagogy (To the 200th Anniversary of His Birth)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31318/0130-5298.2024.50.349618Keywords:
performing arts, cello, G.E. Goltermann’s creativity, teaching methods, music pedagogy, performance technique, cello schoolsAbstract
Relevance of the study. Goltermann’s creativity is important because it was aimed at developing the technique of playing the cello, the mastery of which made it possible to perform complex works. Today, Goltermann and his contemporaries have been mostly forgotten, that limits not only the cello repertoire, but also the method of learning to play the instrument, requiring the updating of Goltermann’s works in modern music pedagogy and cello teaching methods.
The main objective of the study is discursive actualization of Goltermann’s creativity in modern music pedagogy and cello teaching methods. The scientific novelty: Goltermann’s creativity in modern music pedagogy and cello teaching methods in domestic context is actualized. The methodology of the article is based on biographical, structural-functional, genre-stylistic and intonation-dramaturgical methods of analysis.
The results and conclusions. Melody, brightness and technicality are the main characteristics of Goltermann’s works. He managed to express so many different emotions and characters in his music that almost every piece of his works can satisfy the pedagogical and methodological requests of teachers and students. In his works, the artistic idea of a musical piece is clearly manifested in the technique of performing arts. That is why Goltermann’s works can give amateur cellists and beginners the opportunity not only to master the technique (although in this they certainly cannot compete with purely technical etudes), but also to provide a general idea of performing art. This is the indisputable advantage of Goltermann’s works in comparison with to typical exclusively technical etudes, often schematized and formalized exercises. The result of the pedagogical and methodical content embedded in Goltermann’s works (implemented in Grützmacher’s approach, which gave priority to the development of performance skills of the aesthetic and artistic side of a musical piece) is that students overcome anxiety about performance, which enables cellists of all levels and abilities to perform. contributing to the formation of a full-fledged and comprehensively developed musician. Today, many of Goltermann’s works can legitimately serve as teaching aids for both experienced performers and beginner cellists.
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