Analysis of Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, and Billy the Kid

In Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland creates a unique tonal environment. Although often considered a tonal work, it contains many non-functional progressions and techniques that belie common-practice norms. The entire first movement, and sections of other movements contain no harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other movements, harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other movements, harmonic motion is increased by shifts to third-related keys, and non-functional progressions. Also, the variations on the melody "Simple Gifts" never employ common-practice techniques. Through the free use of materials, Copland creates an individualistic example of tonality in twentieth-century music.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-04-02T15:55:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FellipeRafaelCarnaubaTeixeira_DISSERT.pdf: 9600769 bytes, checksum: 8a4ff32e18ee35c48b1dc2398f1a1882 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-04-09T21:36:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FellipeRafaelCarnaubaTeixeira_DISSERT.pdf: 9600769 bytes, checksum: 8a4ff32e18ee35c48b1dc2398f1a1882 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-09T21:36:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FellipeRafaelCarnaubaTeixeira_DISSERT.pdf: 9600769 bytes, checksum: 8a4ff32e18ee35c48b1dc2398f1a1882 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-18 / A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo relatar, de forma detalhada, o processo interpretativo do regente a partir da ?tica do autor deste trabalho, utilizando como objeto de pesquisa a obra Appalachian Spring (1944), do compositor norte-americano Aaron Copland (1900 ? 1990). O questionamento motivador desta pesquisa ? sobre como se d? o processo interpretativo do regente, visto que este n?o disp?e do aparato da orquestra no momento de prepara??o da obra. O primeiro cap?tulo - a introdu??o - apresenta um estudo sobre a interpreta??o musical de forma geral: os objetivos, a justificativa e a metodologia. No segundo cap?tulo - desenvolvimento da pesquisa - h? tr?s pontos de estudo: um sobre a constru??o da sonoridade orquestral por parte do regente - como se configura, os passos, dificuldades e import?ncia desse processo para a realiza??o musical; um estudo sobre os sil?ncios musicais e a import?ncia de sua observa??o para a interpreta??o da obra; e, por ?ltimo, a an?lise do repert?rio gestual empregado pelo regente na obra em quest?o. Ainda no desenvolvimento, o trabalho traz o relato da experi?ncia do autor sobre como se deram seus ensaios e sua perspectiva at? o concerto. No terceiro cap?tulo, h? a conclus?o da pesquisa. Nos anexos, estar? presente a partitura com as marca??es de estudo do autor do trabalho. / The present research aims to report in detail the interpretive process of the conductor, from the perspective of the author of this work, using the work Appalachian Spring (1944) by the American composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). The motivating question of this research is about how the interpretative process of conductor takes place, since it does not have the apparatus of the orchestra at the moment of preparation of the work. The first chapter, the introduction, presents a general study of the musical interpretation, the objectives, the justification and the methodology. In the second chapter, development of the research, there are three points of study: one on the construction of orchestral sonority on the part of the conductor, as it happens, the steps, difficulties and importance of this process for the musical accomplishment; a study on the musical silences and the importance of their observation for the work interpretation; and finally the analysis of the gestural repertoire used by the conductor in the work in question. Still in the development, the work brings the report of experience of the author on how he gave his rehearsals and his perspective until the concert. In the third chapter there is the conclusion of the research. In the annexes will be present the score with the markings of study of the author of the work