[ES] La autonomía y prestigio que han ido adquiriendo las bandas de música en la sociedad actual son tan merecidos como frutos de un largo y costoso camino recorrido. Incluso el acceso a las plantillas profesionales se ha ido adaptando a la propia idiosincrasia de la banda, exigiendo interpretar en las pruebas de acceso fragmentos del repertorio original para banda, algo que se ha intensificado en la especialidad de tuba en los últimos años. No obstante, parece ser que ni la metodología ni la formación ofrecida en los centros educativos sigue el ritmo de esta realidad cambiante, a lo que se añade un interés creciente de los compositores desde finales del siglo XX por otorgarle a la tuba mayor protagonismo, escribiéndole solos y otros pasajes destacados dentro de sus obras para banda sinfónica. Y para comprobarlo, este trabajo presenta dos estudios principales. El primero, está dedicado a analizar el acceso a una banda de música profesional en España para la especialidad de tuba, con especial interés en el repertorio exigido para interpretar en el ejercicio práctico. Y el segundo estudio, se plantea para examinar el Plan de Estudios de las Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Música y la Guías Docentes de los conservatorios y escuelas superiores de música, así como el trabajo que desarrollan en el aula de tuba los profesores, respecto del repertorio sinfónico-bandístico. Los resultados de ambos motivan la realización de un tercer estudio, basado en la selección, justificación y análisis de fragmentos destacados de la tuba dentro del repertorio sinfónico para banda, los cuales se presentan como propuesta pedagógica en un capítulo complementario a la propia investigación. El objetivo del conjunto de esta tesis es seguir valorando y difundiendo el repertorio para banda sinfónica en general, y en la especialidad de tuba en particular, ante la discordante e injustificable realidad acaecida hasta la actualidad entre el ámbito académico y el laboral. Además, si lo que se persigue es conseguir futuros profesionales de la música completos y versátiles, deben estar totalmente preparados para un mundo tan competitivo y exigente como el que se vive. / [CA] L'autonomia i el prestigi que han anat adquirint les bandes de música a la societat actual són tan merescuts com fruits d'un llarg i costós camí recorregut. Fins i tot l'accés a les plantilles professionals s'ha anat adaptant a la pròpia idiosincràsia de la banda, exigint interpretar a les proves d'accés fragments del repertori original per a banda, cosa que s'ha intensificat en l'especialitat de tuba els darrers anys. No obstant això, sembla que ni la metodologia ni la formació oferida als centres educatius segueix el ritme d'aquesta realitat canviant, a la qual cosa s'afegeix un interès creixent dels compositors des de finals del segle XX per atorgar-li a la tuba més protagonisme, escrivint-li solos i altres passatges destacats dins de les seues obres per a banda simfònica. I per comprovar-ho, aquest treball presenta dos estudis principals. El primer, està dedicat a analitzar l'accés a una banda de música professional a Espanya per a l'especialitat de tuba, amb un interès especial en el repertori exigit per interpretar en l'exercici pràctic. I el segon estudi, es planteja per examinar el Pla d'Estudis dels Ensenyaments Artístics Superiors de Música i les Guies Docents dels conservatoris i escoles superiors de música, així com el treball desenvolupat a l'aula de tuba pels professors, respecte del repertori simfònic-bandístic. Els resultats de tots dos motiven la realització d'un tercer estudi, basat en la selecció, justificació i l'anàlisi de fragments destacats de la tuba del repertori simfònic per a banda, els quals es presenten com a proposta pedagògica en un capítol complementari a la pròpia investigació. L'objectiu del conjunt d'aquesta tesi és continuar valorant i difonent el repertori per a banda simfònica en general, i en l'especialitat de tuba en particular, davant de la discordant i injustificable realitat esdevinguda fins avui entre l'àmbit acadèmic i el laboral. A més, si el que es vol és aconseguir futurs professionals de la música complets i versàtils, han d'estar totalment preparats per a un món tan competitiu i exigent com el que es viu. / [EN] The autonomy and prestige that wind bands have been acquiring in today's society are as well-deserved as the fruits of a long and arduous journey. Even access to professional staff has been adapted to the band's idiosyncrasies, demanding to play excerpts from the original repertoire for wind band in the auditions, something that has intensified for tuba in recent years. However, it seems that neither the methodology nor the training offered in educational centres keeps pace with this changing reality. In addition, composers have been interested since the end of the 20th century in giving the tuba greater prominence, writing solo passages and other outstanding excerpts within his/her works for symphonic bands. Furthermore, to prove it, this work presents two primary studies. The first is dedicated to analysing the access to a professional wind band in Spain for the tuba chair, with a particular interest in the repertoire required to play in the practical exercise. Moreover, the second study is proposed to examine the Syllabus of the Higher Artistic Education of Music and the Teaching Guides of the conservatories and higher schools of music, as well as the work developed in the tuba class regarding the specific repertoire for symphonic wind band. The results of both motivate the realisation of a third study, based on the selection, justification and analysis of significant excerpts for tuba of the symphonic repertoire for wind band, which are presented as a pedagogical proposal in a complementary chapter to the research itself. This thesis aims to continue valuing and disseminating the repertoire for symphonic wind bands in general, and for tuba in particular, in the face of the harsh and unjustifiable reality that has occurred until now between the academic and labour spheres. In addition, if what is sought is to achieve complete and versatile future professional musicians, they must be fully prepared for a world as competitive and demanding as the one we live in. / Monteagudo Mañas, J. (2022). La evolución del papel de la tuba en la banda sinfónica: selección, justificación y análisis de fragmentos destacados para una propuesta de aplicación pedagógica [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/191450

James Robert Gillette (1886-1963) was an early advocate for original wind band music at a time when marches and band transcriptions of orchestral music contributed heavily to the wind band repertoire. Primarily known as an influential, in-demand organist and composer, Gillette became the director of the Carleton College band program in Northfield, Minnesota in 1924. Taking an innovative approach to building, organizing, and programming, Gillette transformed that group into the Carleton Symphony Band and led a wider push for the symphonic band movement. In promoting his ideals of the symphonic band, he composed and arranged music specifically for the Carleton Symphony Band. One of his original works, Vistas, was widely performed and well-received in the decade just prior to and after its publication in 1934. Despite the popularity of the piece at that time, it has since gone out of print and is a rarely performed piece from Gillette's repertoire. This dissertation focuses on Vistas, Gillette's second published tone poem. This study starts with the examination of the history of Vistas from its origins as a movement in Gillette's transcription of Paul Robert Fauchet's Symphony in B-flat to its subsequent transformation and publication as an original work for band. Next, the performance history and reception of Vistas in the United States is traced and described from the year of publication to the present day. Finally, discrepancies present in the 1934 publication of Vistas are addressed through the creation of a performance edition. This performance edition also provides modifications to make the piece more widely accessible to wind bands today and the full score is presented at the end of the study.

Terra Mirabilis is a three-movement musical composition for symphony orchestra with piano solo inspired by natural landscapes photographed by the composer. The three movement composition and its corresponding landscapes portray three times of a day: early morning (I. The Mists), evening (II. Oceanus), and late night (III. Nocturne). Each chapter is devoted to the discussion of one movement, wherein overall concept and form are addressed, followed by detailed analyses of harmonic structure, motivic and thematic development, orchestration, and representational elements. As a complement to the score and the text, a CD-R audio recording of orchestral mock-ups accompanies this dissertation.

The present diploma thesis deals with the specifics of employment relationships of symphonic orchestra players in the Czech Republic. Individual chapters outline many aspects of this activity from historical view of orchestral tradition on the territory of the present Czech Republic, up to individual internal mechanisms of the functioning of symphonic orchestras, like the establishing of employment relationship on the competitive basis, the position of functional players within the system of orchestra work, the schedule of working hours and job description of an orchestra player, care for employees, health hazards of that profession etc. The basic activity of symphonic orchestras is their concert activity, where concerts take place on a domestic stage of each orchestra, but very often also as concert tours for economic, educative and comparative purposes. The author of this thesis elucidates the role of a conductor as the main manager, who is responsible for the artistic result of the whole orchestra. This part of the thesis is complemented by an exclusive interview with maestro Jiří Bělohlávek, the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The author also deals with the role of the artistic board, the main advisory body of the orchestra management on artistic issues. Other...

De 1913 à 1947, entre la première prestation de ses choeurs jusqu’au décès de sa fondatrice, Marguerite Le Meignen, la Schola Cantorum de Nantes connaît une activité ininterrompue malgré deux guerres mondiales et un contexte politique agité. Le groupement naît dans une ville prospère avant la Première Guerre mondiale où la vie musicale est fort diversifiée, le théâtre lyrique occupant cependant la première place. Grâce à Marguerite Le Meignen, une femme à la très forte personnalité, une société de concerts voit le jour. Très solidement organisée, sachant communiquer avec brio, elle propose des programmes variés tant l’hiver que l’été. Le lien avec la Schola Cantorum de Paris fondée par Vincent d’Indy, affirmé avec conviction au début de l’apparition de la Schola de Nantes, se relâche très rapidement pour laisser place à une réalisation originale. La place hégémonique de Marguerite Le Meignen qui domine la vie musicale nantaise pendant trente-quatre ans, empêche la pluralité, même si elle finit par être en concurrence avec d’autres groupements symphoniques dont le principal, l’Association des Concerts Symphoniques du Conservatoire de Nantes préfigure l’actuel Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire. / From 1913 to 1947, since the first choirs performance to the death of her founder, Marguerite Le Meignen, Nantes Schola Cantorum experienced an uninterrupted activity, despite two world wars and a disturbed political context. The group is born in Nantes, a flourishing town before WWI where musical life is greatly diversified, despite the predominance of lyric theater. Thanks to Marguerite Le Meignen, a very strong personality, a concert company comes. With a great sense of organization, knowing how to communicate with brio, she suggests various programs both winter and summer. The link with Paris Schola Cantorum founded by Vincent d’Indy, assured with conviction at the creation of Nantes Schola, soon vanished very quickly. Marguerite Le Meignen’s hegemonic place, dominating Nantes musical life during thirty-four years, prevented plurality, evenif she ends up competing with other symphonic bands, particulary the famoust « Association des Concerts Symphoniques du Conservatoire de Nantes » who prefigures the actuel « Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire ».

Günter Kochan (1930-2009) war einer der erfolgreichsten und bekanntesten Komponisten der DDR. Er hinterließ über 200 Werke, darunter zahlreiche bedeutende sinfonische Arbeiten, die jedoch nach der Wende größtenteils in Vergessenheit gerieten. Kochan galt als staatsnaher Komponist und wurde dementsprechend nach 1990 an den Rand gedrängt, seine Musik wurde nun vor allem nach ihrem politischen Inhalt hinterfragt und geriet aufgrund ausbleibender Aufführungen und Neuveröffentlichungen alsbald in Vergessenheit. Die Arbeit behandelt das Spannungsfeld zwischen auferlegten kulturpolitischen Regeln und individuellem künstlerischen Entfaltungsstreben vor dem Hintergrund der offiziellen Leitlinie des "sozialistischen Realismus" in der DDR. Sie beleuchtet dieses exemplarisch anhand der Biographie und des Schaffens von Günter Kochan. Nach einer allgemeinen Darstellung der DDR-Kulturpolitik von 1949-1990, einer Kurzbiographie und einem Überblick über Kochans Gesamtschaffen konzentriert sich die Arbeit auf die Analyse und den Vergleich der 2. und 6. Sinfonie (entstanden 1969 und 2006), die als Beispiele für Kochans musikalische Hauptdomäne herangezogen werden und an denen typische Merkmale seiner Musik im mittleren und im greiften Stil vergleichend herausgearbeitet werden. Die Arbeit baut auf mehreren Interviews mit Vertrauten Kochans auf und nutzt zudem bisher wenig bis gar nicht beachtete Quellen sowie bisher unveröffentlichte Werke Kochans. Sie ist die erste Gesamtdarstellung zu Leben und Werk des Komponisten und enthält zudem das erste vollständige, systematisch und chronologisch geordnete Werkverzeichnis der Kompositionen Günter Kochans sowie eine Übersicht der derzeit verfügbaren Tondokumente.

Mémoire en recherche-création. / Ce mémoire est un journal de création intime et introspectif. Il s’intéresse aux doutes et difficultés qui peuvent ponctuer la vie de création. Et cette vie, c’est un ensemble complexe, habité par des préoccupations et phénomènes contradictoires : ombre/lumière, intimité/vie publique, solitude/exposition, émission/réception, dedans/dehors. Le filon, derrière tous ces questionnements, est cette recherche d’unité dans la vie de création ainsi que la pacification du processus créatif. Le premier chapitre de ce mémoire s’intéresse à cette tension entre les aspects intérieurs et extérieurs liés à la vie de création. Le deuxième chapitre décrit les outils musicaux utilisés dans les compositions réalisées pendant cette maîtrise et qui font écho aux réflexions exprimées dans le premier chapitre. Y sont abordés, entre autres choses, la narrativité en musique, le jeu sur les hauteurs, la pulsation, l’écriture filmique. Enfin, le troisième chapitre s’intéresse au processus de création, au propos, ainsi qu’au bilan autour des trois œuvres présentées dans le cadre de ce mémoire Abîmes, Rainbow Odyssey : La rédemption et Flots. À-travers le survol de toutes ces préoccupations sont esquissés les contours d’enjeux majeurs ayant tous influencé à leur manière la musique composée durant cette maîtrise. / This essay is an intimate and introspective creation diary. It is about the doubts and difficulties that can punctuate the artistic life. And this life is a complex whole, inhabited by contradictory preoccupations and phenomena: shadow/light, intimacy/public life, solitude/exposure, emission/reception, inside/outside. The vein, behind all these questions, is this search for unity in artistic life as well as the pacification of the creative process. The first chapter of this essay is about this tension between the interior and exterior aspects linked to the life of creation. The second chapter describes the musical tools used in the compositions made during this master's degree and which echo the reflections expressed in the first chapter. It discusses, among other things, narrativity in music, playing with music notes, pulsation, film writing. Finally, the third chapter focuses on the creative process, the subject, as well as the assessment around the three works presented as part of this essay: Abîmes, Rainbow Odyssey: La Rédemption and Flots. Through the overview of all these concerns are sketched the contours of major issues that have all influenced in their own way the music composed during this master's degree.

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