본 연구의 목적은 20세기 현대음악에 대한 흥미와 이해를 도모하면서 피아노 연주기술을 효과적으로 신장시킬 수 있는 다양한 양식의 중급 수준 20세기 교수용 피아노 레퍼토리를 광범위하게 조사, 수집, 검토, 분석하여 교육적 가치를 지닌 악곡들을 선정하는데 있다. 최종 선정된 악곡들은 다음의 네 영역으로 나누어 각 영역별로 추천 악곡을 목록화하여 제시하였다: ``작곡가 작품집``, ``음악양식``, ``피아노주법``, 및 ``20세기 작곡기법``. 레퍼토리 선정의 타당한 근거를 마련하기 위해 20세기 피아노 작품 지도의 교육적 의의와 20세기 피아노 음악의 특징에 대한 문헌 고찰이 이루어졌으며 악곡 검색 및 수집방법에 대한 과정 설명과 악곡선정에 대한 구체적인 기준이 제시되었다.
This study was to provide 20th century pedagogical piano repertoire for intermediate students to promote an interest and an understanding of 20th century music and to develop comprehensive keyboard skills. Vast amount of piano literature were collected, reviewed, and carefully examined before a final decision was made in selecting the pieces which contain valuable musical and pedagogical points. The pieces chosen for the study were presented in four areas including ``composer album``, ``technical skill``, musical style`, and ``20th century compositional technique``. Based on the review of related literuare, the study discussed the following topics: ① educational values of teaching contemporary piano music; ② characteristics of 20th century writing and compositional techniques of contemporary piano music; ③ criteria for selecting pieces; ④ the process of investigating and selecting 20th century intermediate repertoire; and ⑤ definition of intermediate piano student. There is a difficulty in assessing contemporary piano teaching materials. The repertoire lists classified into several areas would be a valuable resource for repertoire selection and help piano teachers become acquainted with 20th century intermediate piano literature.