Collaboration between composer and performer

Bernardo Sousa

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This research focuses on the collaboration between composer and performer and in a broader view, the differences and similarities that collaborations in the XIX century and nowadays have. After a short biographical contextualization of the life of Joseph Joachim, it concentrates on the historic collaboration between Joachim and two of his closest friends, Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, as well as with Antonin Dvorak. Furthermore, three modern collaborations, between me and the composers Julian de Loof, Jamie Alperts and Izak de Dreu, were considered, showing how was the process in each one, always making a bridge to Joachim’s partnerships, showing examples of where both differ or resemble. Questions like “How can a performer intervene in a composition process?”, “How important for a collaboration is to have a personal relation before its beginning?”, “What has changed and what remained the same in collaborations between composer and performer throughout the centuries?” and “What can collaborations between composer and performer teach in terms of communication and work method to the modern collaborations?” were addressed and reflected having in mind my experience and the knowledge obtained during the research about Joachim’s collaborations. To conclude the research I will reflect on the questions I had, based on the results I achieved and the things I observed.

type	research exposition
keywords	collaboration, composer, performer
date	16/11/2022
published	19/07/2023
last modified	19/07/2023
status	limited publication
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1815767/1815793
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

name	Joseph-Joachim-violin-1890
copyright	Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Joseph Joachim". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Joachim. Accessed 21 February 2023.
license	Public domain
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name	Picture in Concertgebouw
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
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name	Brahms-Joachim letters
copyright	Schwarz, Boris. “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	Brahms-Joachim letters
copyright	Schwarz, Boris. “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	Brahms-Joachim letters 3
copyright	SCHWARZ, Boris “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	B-J 4
copyright	SCHWARZ, Boris “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	B-J 5
copyright	SCHWARZ, Boris “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	B-J 6
copyright	SCHWARZ, Boris “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	b-j 7
copyright	SCHWARZ, Boris “Joseph Joachim and the Genesis of Brahms’s Violin Concerto.” The Musical Quarterly 69, no. 4 (1983): 503–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/741978.
license	Public domain
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name	JULIAN ex1
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	JULIAN ex2
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	JULIAN ex3
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	IMG_1061
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	Captura de ecrã_20230217_121934
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	Captura de ecrã_20230217_121747
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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name	Captura de ecrã_20230217_122039
copyright	Bernardo Sousa
license	Public domain
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