This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the life and work of the Viennese woodwind instrument maker Theodor Lotz. Lotz is central to many of the most significant developments in woodwind instrument manufacture and compositions of late 18th century Vienna, and is associated with some of the greatest players and composers of the day. Despite this, no study has been undertaken into his life and many of his surviving instruments have not been studied. This study corrects this by examining both the biographical and organological aspects of this maker. In Chapter 1, the current knowledge of Lotz’s biography is examined for veracity. This has been achieved through consultation of archival sources such as birth and marriage registers and contemporary newspaper announcements. The biographies of the other significant Viennese makers have also been examined in order to determine their relationship to Lotz. Particular attention has been paid to those makers known to have associated with him. Chapter 2 is a comparative study of clarinets. The surviving clarinet by Lotz is the main focus, and it is compared to earlier Viennese instruments as well as other contemporary instruments in order to place Lotz’s instruments in context. Basset horns are the instruments for which Lotz is best known. Chapter 3 is a comparative study of the surviving basset horns, and includes instruments by Lotz which have not previously been studied. The comparative aspect of the study focuses most particularly on instruments by Doleisch, who also made significant numbers of basset horns in nearby Prague during Lotz’s lifetime. This chapter also includes a discussion on the basset clarinet. Chapter 4 studies Lotz’s work with bassoons and contrabassoons. As with Chapter 3, it includes a number of Lotz’s instruments which have not been studied before. It continues the comparative theme and examines not only Viennese instruments, but particularly those by August Grenser, whose bassoons are widely copied by modern makers. The attribution of the surviving flute by Lotz is examined in Chapter 5. Lotz’s involvement with the flute is examined through documentary evidence and the output of his students is examined in order to determine his level of influence on this instrument. Chapter 6 is a study of the two surviving oboe fragments by Lotz as well as the surviving cor anglais. As internal measurements have been impossible to obtain for many of these instruments, the comparative study has instead focussed on external aspects of decoration and design. The conclusion gives a summation of the evidence presented in the preceding chapters and is used to demonstrate Lotz’s unique contributions as an instrument maker and his impact on the future and design of woodwind instruments.

This portfolio presents seven compositions composed for different instrumental and vocal forces, accompanied by a commentary and recordings of some of these works. Across the seven pieces there has been a concern with building longer-term structures; establishing a stronger developmental style; and with moving towards a more systematised approach to harmony as a way of creating a harmonic language that can underpin development more efficiently.  Several of the works show a direct engagement with the issue of form, which is approached from the perspective of Classical models, the listener’s perception and in the context of a highly chromatic harmonic language.  In contrast, two works (<i>Aubade</i> and <i>So Turn Your Heart</i>) engage more directly with diatonic models of harmony. The dominant concern across all the works presented has been the desire to create developmental, direct music in which the notion of transformation, rather than stasis and ritual, are of paramount importance.  From a melodic, harmonic and structural point of view each work represents different ways in which this has been attempted. The commentary that accompanies the works explores many of these ideas in more detail as well as setting out the origins and development of each composition. There is also an explanation as to how the initial material was decided upon and utilised during the compositional process. The commentary then concludes with a summary of what has been achieved over the course of the programme and where this might lead in the future.

The purpose of writing the quintet for Woodwinds is to produce composition for woodwind ensemble containing elements of significant musical form. Much of the quintet music. by composers such as, Reicha and Taffanel is characterized by pure virtuosity of style and lack of significant musical form. The Quintet for Woodwinds utilizes the conventional instrumentation for a woodwind quintet, that is, flute, oboe, clarinet (Bb), Horn in F,, and bassoon. In the Third Movement (Playfully) the piccolo is to be used as an alternate instrument with the flute.

The thesis speculates upon the three movements of Concerto da Camera II (1987), scored for Bb clarinet, string quartet and piano) in these four aspects: 1) the formal structure, 2) the manipulation of the notes of whole-tone, octatonic, and chromatic scales in octave displacement, 3) the potential combination of subsets that present different levels of pitch transformation in melodic and harmonic structure, and 4) the usage of intervals of minor seconds, tritones, and perfect fourths or fifths which dominates the linear writing. All of these features demonstrate that the music has strong structural elements in form, motives, and sonorities, which unify the piece in an aurally coherent style as an organic whole. This study should provide more insight into the understanding of Ran's unique compositional technique and style.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo demonstrar a relevância da reestruturação técnica de uma obra, ou seja, uma reelaboração musical às particularidades de novos meios, focando o clarinete baixo como instrumento central, desencadeando um futuro aprimoramento e adequação aos novos recursos do instrumento e à sua linguagem. Além deste, o trabalho teve como finalidade apontar a proposição de um experimento deste instrumento a um repertório original não idiomático. Para tanto, o procedimento metodológico utilizado observou como referências as reelaborações já realizadas e compreendeu as maneiras com que foram concebidas. O trabalho contribuiu com o desenvolvimento teórico e prático da pesquisa em reelaborações para clarinete baixo, desta forma, favorecendo a disposição de um novo vetor experimental, baseado nas reelaborações feitas. Assim, conclui-se que esta pesquisa, diferentemente do rigor e fidelidade a qual geralmente a reelaboração é aplicada, enfatizou o processo como ferramenta criativa e dialógica. / The present study aimed to demonstrate the relevance of the technical restructuring of a work, that is, a musical reelaboration to the particularities of new media, focusing on the bass clarinet as a central instrument, triggering a future improvement and adaptation to the new resources of the instrument and its language. Besides this, the purpose of the work was to point out the proposition of an experiment of this instrument to an original non-idiomatic repertoire. In order to do so, the methodological procedure used observed references as reworkings already performed and understood the ways in which one was carried out. The work contributed to the theoretical and practical development of the research in reelaborations for bass clarinet, in this way, favoring the arrangement of a new experimental vector, based on the reelaborations made. Thus, it is concluded that this research, in contrast to the rigor and fidelity to which the reelaboration is usually applied, emphasized the process as a creative and dialogical tool.

Labyrinth for piano sextet -- Music for oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and piano -- The ride-by-nights (for treble choir or female choir) / Lai Nga Ting Ada. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract in English --- p.1 / Abstract in Chinese --- p.3 / Labyrinth for Piano Sextet --- p.4 / Programme notes --- p.5 / First movement --- p.6 / Second movement --- p.17 / Third movement --- p.32 / "Music for Oboe， Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano" --- p.53 / Programme notes --- p.54 / Score --- p.55 / The Ride-by-Nights (for Treble Choir or Female Choir) --- p.75 / Programme notes --- p.76 / Lyrics --- p.77 / Score --- p.78

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 19-45). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

Title from accompanying document. / B. Rohrer, saxophone ; F. Proctor, piano and organ ; R. Muse, piano ; C. Miller, piano ; S. Finck, marimba ; F. Sidorfsky, clarinet ; D. Bakke, violin. / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

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This project was inspired by a recording of the Concertstück for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 1 by Gustav Adolph Heinze, performed by the late clarinetist Thea King. The Concertstück was recorded on the Hyperion label by Thea King and the English Chamber Orchestra in 1988 under the direction of James Judd. With the assistance of Himie Voxman at the University of Iowa and the Grove Dictionary of Music Online, sources for this project were located. In the entry under Gustav Adolph Heinze there were two main sources used: Heinze's autobiography that was finished by his step-daughter after his death and a biography written by Klaes Sierksma. These books including the manuscript of the Concertstück were obtained through the Amsterdam Public Library. Gustav Adolph Heinze (1821-1904) was the principal clarinetist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1837-1844. In 1837, Heinze composed his first work, Concertstück für Clarinette und Orchester, op. 1. By the age of 29, Heinze had composed seven works that included clarinet. Only three of the seven works that include clarinet exist today: the Concertstück für Clarinette und Orchester, op. 1; Drei Lieder, op. 23 for Mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and piano; and the Grand Quintetto, op. 22b for piano, flute, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. In 1850, Heinze moved to the Netherlands and concentrated on composing vocal music for the rest of his life. As time progressed he became an important member of the music society in Amsterdam. In 1875, Heinze became one of five founding members of the Nederlandse Toonkunstenaars Vereniging (Dutch Musicians Association) later known as the Koninklijke Nederlandse Toonkunstenaars Vereniging (Royal Dutch Musicians Association). While having appointed himself vice-president of the association he was also the headmaster of the Maatschapij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst (Society for the Advancement of Music). In his later years, Heinze began writing his autobiographical book but was not able to complete the book himself. After he died, his step-daughter Louise Westermann-Heinze finished the book. The purpose of this thesis is to provide the first extensive biography of Gustav Adolph Heinze in English as well as performance editions of the three chamber works by Heinze that include clarinet. The biography includes Heinze's life and career in Germany, his political views that led him to leave the country, and his fruitful career in the Netherlands. The second half of the thesis includes the three chosen works presented here as viable performance editions. The three manuscripts are written out clearly and legibly with editorial changes made by Heinze crossed out, but still decipherable. The three works in this project are the only known ones available to date, (of the seven small chamber works originally composed between 1837 and 1850). All background materials for this project are in Dutch and are either available through the University of Iowa libraries or from the Amsterdam Public Library. Copies of the manuscripts of the Drei Lieder, Grand Quintetto, and Concertstück fur Clarinette und Orchester, as well as the autobiography and biography by Klaes Sierksma, were sent from the Amsterdam Public Library. These sources were translated from Dutch to English. The handwriting of the German text in the Drei Lieder has been transcribed and translated by Michael Kimber.