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Award winning composer Kevin Walczyk's describes himself as a "musical storyteller," using all musical elements of structure, melody, harmony, and counterpoint to convey programmatic content. A variety of subjects are conveyed that include historical events, people, physical objects or locations, and literary texts. Deeper matters, such as spiritual themes, are also often incorporated in his music that enhance the musical program. The technical procedures employed—pertaining particularly to the expression of programmatic content—has produced a unique musical language that stands out in the modern compositional landscape. What are these inherent idiomatic features, and how are they exhibited? The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a detailed examination of Walczyk's distinct musical language. A critical analysis of the technical procedures used to convey his programmatic content, as well as insights into his influences and writing process, illuminate the attributes of this a posteriori musical language. The two works selected for this study to demonstrate this are Symphony No. 2: Epitaphs Unwritten and Talking Winds, both written for wind band.

Detta arbete utforskar den historiska utvecklingen av pianotrion i sin roll som kammarmusiksättning och dess förhållande till det samtida perspektivet. Genom att undersöka instrumentens roller både individuellt och i sitt sammanhang med hjälp av olika historiska kontext ser vi hur pianotrions roll och funktion har förändrats. Med hjälp av både kvalitativa och historiska metoder presenterar studien ett urval representativa verk från olika epoker och kompositörer, vilket ger en insikt i pianotrions utveckling över tid. Vidare ges det nutida perspektivet i en intervju med den svenska tonsättaren Britta Byström samt en analys av hennes verk "Symphony in Yellow" (2003). Studien visar hur samtida kompositörer hanterar sättningens svårigheter genom att utmana historiskt etablerade normer och traditioner. Syftet med arbetet är att fördjupa förståelsen för den historiska utvecklingen av pianotrion och dess bestående relevans i dagens musikvärld. / <p>Ljudfil:</p><p>B. Byström: Symphony in Yellow (2003)</p><p>Albert Dahllöf, piano</p><p>Jonna Simonsson, violin</p><p>Astrid Hillerud, cello</p><p></p>

This doctoral presentation consists of the preparation of critical editions of eight orchestral works by J.B. McEwen: Symphony in A minor (1895-99), Viola Concerto (1901), Coronach (1903), The Demon Lover (1907-08), Grey Galloway (1908), Solway, A Symphony (1911), Hills 'o Heather (1918), and Where The Wild Thyme Blows (1936). In the absence of any monograph on McEwen there is a chapter which brings together for the first time the biographical information that can be culled from various sources; some, like the correspondence between Henry George Farmer and McEwen in the late 1940's, has never been discussed before. A separate chapter surveys the collection of McEwen manuscripts held at Glasgow University Library, its condition, the extent of it, and how it came to be housed there. There follows a discussion of each of the selected works from the point of view of the editorial issues relating to them and also some aspects of McEwen's stylistic development. It was important to McEwen that a composer spoke in his native voice through his music as is evident in a letter he wrote to H.G. Farmer in 1947(1). Discussion of this aspect of his expressive style is therefore helpful in understanding his development from the early Symphony in A minor of 1895-99 to his last orchestral work, Where The Wild Thyme Blows of 1936. Such a stylistic study is secondary to the main thrust of the thesis which is a critical edition, but it is necessary in order to fully understand the complex issues involved in making McEwen's last orchestral work performable. Where The Wild Thyme Blows was left incomplete and the present editor has made a performing version. There is a brief concluding section which consolidates evident features of the McEwen manuscripts which would be useful for further studies of these papers. Each of the selected works is presented as a separate volume in a scholarly edition with full critical commentary given at the end of each volume. (1) Glasgow University Library catalogue n.MS Farmer 217

Ignacy Feliks , a Polish composer active in Warsaw, is best known for having been a colleague of Frederic Chopin while they were both composition students of Jozef Eisner. As an early nationalist composer, Dobrzynski is examined within the context of nineteenth-century Warsaw's musical culture and political situation. Dobrzynski early training was provided by his father, who was Kapelmeister at the Ilinski court in Romanow. The most important achievements of the career which followed Dobrzynskifs move to Warsaw in 1825 include second place in an 1835 Viennese contest with the Second Symphony, a German tour in I8I8, and the directorship of the Teatr Wielki in 1852. Cast in the late eighteenth-centurv style, Dobrzynski two symphonies were composed in 1829 and 1831. These works show knowledge of Beethoven's music and exhibit Dobrzynski's skill at orchestration. Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 15, is the more important work because of national elements in each movement, as well as its success in a Viennese symphony contest in 1835. Although a precedent for national elements is seen in studying the development of the Polish symphony in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Dobrzynski's contribution shows an intensification of musical patriotism which was inspired by the November Insurrection of 1830-1831. An edition of the Second Symphony and a list of Dobrzynski's works are included in the dissertation.

The expressive marking "schattenhaft" appears twice in Gustav Mahler's symphonies: at the beginning of the scherzo in the Seventh and within the first movement of the Ninth. Theodor Adorno's observations regarding Mahler's use of this marking, which connect it to Schopenhauer and Romantic aesthetics, provide the framework for an examination of possible meanings of these two passages in Mahler. Drawing also on references elsewhere in Adorno's book to stylistic and formal features peculiar to Mahler's music, and especially on the comparison he makes between the experiences of reading novels and listening to Mahler's symphonies, this thesis demonstrates that close analysis of the "schattenhaft" passages offers a valuable point of entry into the thinking of both Adorno and Mahler.

[ES] Alrededor de la década de los 90, se produjo en España el surgimiento de numerosas orquestas sinfónicas en las comunidades autónomas y, con ello, un cambio en la fisonomía cultural de su entorno. En Galicia, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (OSG) fue la pionera. Veinticinco años después, la OSG ha visto surgir otras numerosas agrupaciones, muchas formadas por sus propios integrantes. Estas agrupaciones abarcan desde ensambles y grupos de cámara hasta otras formaciones orquestales de diverso tamaño, que incluyen orquestas de cámara y orquestas sinfónicas. Asimismo, la OSG creó una Escuela de Práctica Orquestal (EPO) en 1994 que, posteriormente, ya en 2002, tomó forma en la que actualmente se conoce como Orquesta Joven de la Sinfónica de Galicia (OJSG). En esta joven orquesta, cada año, nuevos estudiantes completan su formación instrumental con la práctica orquestal y tienen la oportunidad de recibir clases individuales de los músicos de la orquesta. A lo largo de su trayectoria la OSG ha estrenado e incluso encargado obras de compositores gallegos contemporáneos, en colaboración con la Asociación Galega de Compositores. Además, ha llevado a cabo labores de recuperación y puesta en valor de las obras de muchos otros como Xan Viaño, Andrés Gaos, Gregorio Baudot, etc. Con la perspectiva que dan los años es posible trazar una panorámica del impacto que la OSG ha tenido en su entorno en todos estos aspectos y qué papel ha jugado en la transformación del panorama musical en Galicia. / [CA] Al voltant de la década dels 90 es va produir a Espanya el surgiment de nombroses orquestres simfòniques en les comunitats autònomes i, amb això, un canvi de la fisonomia cultural del seu voltant. En Galícia, l'Orquestra Simfònica de Galícia (OSG) va ser la pionera. Vint-i-cinc anys després, la OSG ha vist sorgir altres nombroses agrupacions, moltes formades pels seus propis integrants. Aquestes agrupacions abasten des d'assembles i grups de cambra fins a altres formacions orquestrals de diversa grandària, que inclouen orquestres de cambra i orquestres simfòniques. Així mateix, l'OSG va crear una Escola de Pràctica Orquestral (EPO) a 1994 que posteriorment, ja a 2002, va prendre forma en la qual actualment es coneix com Orquestra Jove de la Simfònica de Galícia. En aquesta jove orquestra, cada any, joves estudiants completen la seua formació instrumental amb la pràctica orquestral i tenen l'oportunitat de rebre classes individuals dels músics de l'orquestra. Al llarg de la seua trajectòria l'OSG ha estrenat i fins i tot encarregat obres de compositor gallecs contemporanis en col·laboració amb l'Associació Galega de Compositors. A més a més, ha dut a terme tasques de recuperació i posada en valor de les obres de molts altres com Xan Viaño, Andrés Gaos, Gregorio Baudot, etc. Amb la perspectiva que donen els anys és possible traçar una panoràmica de l'impacte que l'OSG ha tingut en el seu entorn en tots els seus aspectes i quin paper ha jugat en la transformació del panorama musical a Galícia. / [EN] Around the 90s, there was in Spain an emergence of numerous symphony orchestras in the autonomous communities and, with it, a change in the cultural environment. In Galicia, the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia (OSG) was the pioneer. Twenty-five years later, GSO has seen the emergence of numerous other groups, many formed by its own members. These groupings range from ensembles and chamber groups to other orchestral formations of different sizes, including chamber orchestras and symphony orchestras. Likewise, the OSG created a School of Orchestral Practice (EPO) in 1994, which subsequently, in 2002, took shape in what is now known as the Young Orchestra of the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia. In this young orchestra, each year, young students complete their instrumental training with the orchestral practice and have the opportunity to receive individual lessons from the musicians of the orchestra. Throughout its career, OSG has premiered and even commissioned works by contemporary Galician composers in collaboration with the Galician Association of Composers. In addition, it has carried out recovery and value work of the works of many others such as Xan Viaño, Andrés Gaos, Gregorio Baudot, etc. With the perspective that the years give, it is possible to outline the impact that the OSG has had on its environment in all these aspects and what role it has played in the transformation of the musical panorama in Galicia. / García Escuredo, A. (2022). Historia e impacto de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia en su área de influencia [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/181690

Born in 1972, Luis Serrano Alarcón has in a very short period of time, established himself as one of Spain’s most prominent composers. His works are constantly being performed, not only in his home country, but throughout the world. While some of his compositions tend to retain the rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic style typical to Spanish music, many of the works sound as if they were borne more from the Viennese symphonic tradition, both during the time of Haydn and Beethoven, but also during the time of Arnold Schoenberg. As a young boy Alarcón took up piano lessons with a local teacher by the name of Javier Barranco. Through him, Alarcón learned “the music for piano of the great masters of Classicism, Romanticism, and Spanish Nationalism.” In addition he began to study with two other teachers: Jose Cervera Collado and Jose Maria Cervara Lloret. With Collado, Alarcón studied conducting, and with Lloret he studied harmony. As a result of all of this training, Alarcón was drawn toward the symphonic music of the Classical and Romantic periods, especially gravitating toward the music of Beethoven and Brahms. Alarcón’s compositional style has maintained a chameleon-like flexibility as he is able to change styles from one composition to the next with litheness and grace, showing a strong grasp of American jazz as well as flamenco music of his native country in Duende, capturing the sounds of tango from Argentina in Concertango, and of course, in the many examples of his paso dobles. Unlike many of his contemporaries, though, Alarcón’s unique voice seems to emerge through any style he is embracing or any combination of instruments in his orchestration. In terms of style, Symphony for Wind Orchestra (2012) is an entirely different type of composition. It is immediately apparent from the opening tutti strikes, that (like Mozart and many other traditional composers before and after), Alarcón is embracing a iii traditional symphonic style in this composition by utilizing one of its most common symphonic topos. Symphony for Wind Orchestra is an amazing study of the Classical symphony from its earliest beginnings in Mannheim, to its codification at the hands of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, and to its explosion in size and scope at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth century with composers like Brahms, Bruckner, and Mahler. Perhaps more important, though, is his choice of harmonic language and compositional approach. The work is decidedly based upon thematic material that is reminiscent of the Second Viennese School; atonal at times, semi-tonal at others, but consistently manipulated through the operations (transposition, inversion, retrograde, verticalization, and serialization), that were made popular by Arnold Schoenberg, his students, and those who followed them. The genesis of this composition was a consortium of band directors from the Southeastern Conference Band Association, led initially by Tom Verrier, who is Senior Band Conductor and Director of Wind Ensembles at Vanderbilt University. Dr. John Cody Birdwell was a part of the consortium from its onset, but didn’t initially plan on conducting the premiere at his school (the University of Kentucky). Birdwell stated,“...the opportunity to premiere the work sort of ‘landed in our lap.’ I had heard some of Alarcón’s other compositions in recent years, and I knew that this piece was going to be fantastic, so we moved forward without any hesitation.” Clearly with so much positive feedback regarding the work, this document is certainly justified. The goals of this study are to provide some background for the work and its composer, to analyze the work while providing examples of all of its main themes and important figures, and where appropriate, to show how they relate to each other. This document will also create a helpful performance guide for conductors, which should facilitate and contribute to many more performances of this significant work in the future. Along with the harmonic and thematic analysis of the work, this document will also include interviews with the composer, the conductor of the premiere of the work (Dr. John Cody Birdwell), one of the early and staunch supporters of Alarcón’s works (Dr. Tim Reynish), and Javier Enguidanos Morató - another Spanish conductor who recently performed the work.

This study is concerned with the examination of choral symphonies by major nineteenth-century composers. Its purpose is to delineate the common characteristics which these works have. Emphasis is given to the investigation of the choral elements in the symphonies. Detailed musicological studies of nineteenth-century music are minimal; there has. been a particular lack of interest in nineteenth-century works for chorus. Therefore, the principal sources of data for this study were the full scores of the following nine symphonies: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Berlioz' Romeo and Juliet and the Funeral and Triumphal Symphony, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, Liszt's Faust Symphony and Dante Syrmphony, and Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 2., 3, and 8. Other important sources included major biographies of the composers of the symphonies listed. chapter is devoted to each of these composers, subdivided as follows: a general survey of the composer's other works for chorus and/or orchestra; the historical facts connected with the composition and first performance of the individual symphonies; analysis; and conclusions.

A produção orquestral de Villa-Lobos é indubitavelmente grandiosa e exuberante, confrontando a nós músicos, desafios de ordem técnica e interpretativa. Este trabalho discutirá sobre algumas das partes destinadas aos metais graves e suas possíveis soluções técnicas. Escolheram-se oito peças sinfônicas de palco na intenção de se tabular uma amostra razoável dessa faceta composicional de Villa-Lobos. As sugestões interpretativas serão embasadas em análises de autógrafos e suas edições, visualizadas por meio de trechos das partes orquestrais e corroboradas por uma revisão atualizada da literatura, propondo que se busque uma compreensão maior sobre as ferramentas expressivas oferecidas ao intérprete de metal grave, inserindo-o dentro da dialética villalobiana. / The orchestral production of Villa-Lobos is certainly grand and lush. It is confronting us musicians in a technical and interpretive challenges order. This doctoral essay will discuss some of the parts composed for low brass and their possible technical solutions. It was chose eight symphonic pieces in order to major measure a reasonable sample of the compositional facet of Villa-Lobos. Interpretation suggestions are based on solid analysis from autograph and their issues, visualized by means of excerpts from the orchestral and supported by an updated literature review parts, proposing to seek a greater understanding of the expressive tools offered to low brass musician and inserting them inside of the villalobiana´s dialectic.