abstract: The study and performance of J.S. Bach’s music has long been essential for every string musician. A transcription of the Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013, is an excellent addition to the double bass repertoire. This paper includes a performance guide that discusses the technical and musical considerations of each movement, and a new transcription for double bass. Chapter 1 introduces the goals of the paper. Chapter 2 is an overview of the transcription that covers the reasoning behind the bowings, fingerings, note alterations, ornamentation, articulation, and interpretation included in the transcription. Chapters 3 through 6 discuss these technical and musical elements in the context of each movement of the Partita. There are two other transcriptions of this piece for double bass, both of which take a different approach to transcribing the music of Bach. The transcription includes two different versions of the Partita: a version with bowings and note alterations, and a second version that also includes fingering suggestions. The bowings are based on Bach’s manuscript of the Violin Partitas in order to accurately recreate bowings that Bach would have written. The suggested fingerings serve as guidance for bassists who study this piece and are included separately to acknowledge that there are other fingering possibilities. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2018

A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia de memorização da Allemande da Partita em Lá menor de J. S. Bach (BWV 1013) para flauta solo. O referencial teórico foi o estudo realizado por Roger Chaffin et. al 2010: Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. A pesquisa foi realizada através de auto-estudo, tendo o próprio autor como sujeito. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de onze sessões de estudo e duas apresentações públicas com registros em áudio e vídeo e diários de estudos. Para verificar a eficácia da memorização, a peça foi escrita de memória após um mês da última apresentação. Como resultado a pesquisa apontou a eficácia da utilização dos guias de execução onde a respiração atuou como um guia estrutural na obra escolhida. A pesquisa destaca a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia para aumentar o controle e eficiência em uma performance de memória. / This research aims to investigate the use of performance cues as a strategy to memorize a solo piece for flute by J. S. Bach (Allemande, BWV 1013). The theoretical framework was the study developed by Roger Chaffin et. al (2010): Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. The qualitative survey was developed through self-study, having the author himself as the subject. The data were collected through eleven study sessions and two public performances recorded on audio and video and registered on study diaries. To verify the efficiency of the memorization, the piece was written a month after the last performance. As a result, the research showed the efficiency the use of performance cues where breathing acted as a structural guide in the chosen piece. This research highlights the use of performance cues as a strategy to enhance control and efficiency in a performance by memory.

A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia de memorização da Allemande da Partita em Lá menor de J. S. Bach (BWV 1013) para flauta solo. O referencial teórico foi o estudo realizado por Roger Chaffin et. al 2010: Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. A pesquisa foi realizada através de auto-estudo, tendo o próprio autor como sujeito. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de onze sessões de estudo e duas apresentações públicas com registros em áudio e vídeo e diários de estudos. Para verificar a eficácia da memorização, a peça foi escrita de memória após um mês da última apresentação. Como resultado a pesquisa apontou a eficácia da utilização dos guias de execução onde a respiração atuou como um guia estrutural na obra escolhida. A pesquisa destaca a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia para aumentar o controle e eficiência em uma performance de memória. / This research aims to investigate the use of performance cues as a strategy to memorize a solo piece for flute by J. S. Bach (Allemande, BWV 1013). The theoretical framework was the study developed by Roger Chaffin et. al (2010): Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. The qualitative survey was developed through self-study, having the author himself as the subject. The data were collected through eleven study sessions and two public performances recorded on audio and video and registered on study diaries. To verify the efficiency of the memorization, the piece was written a month after the last performance. As a result, the research showed the efficiency the use of performance cues where breathing acted as a structural guide in the chosen piece. This research highlights the use of performance cues as a strategy to enhance control and efficiency in a performance by memory.

A pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia de memorização da Allemande da Partita em Lá menor de J. S. Bach (BWV 1013) para flauta solo. O referencial teórico foi o estudo realizado por Roger Chaffin et. al 2010: Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. A pesquisa foi realizada através de auto-estudo, tendo o próprio autor como sujeito. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de onze sessões de estudo e duas apresentações públicas com registros em áudio e vídeo e diários de estudos. Para verificar a eficácia da memorização, a peça foi escrita de memória após um mês da última apresentação. Como resultado a pesquisa apontou a eficácia da utilização dos guias de execução onde a respiração atuou como um guia estrutural na obra escolhida. A pesquisa destaca a utilização de guias de execução como estratégia para aumentar o controle e eficiência em uma performance de memória. / This research aims to investigate the use of performance cues as a strategy to memorize a solo piece for flute by J. S. Bach (Allemande, BWV 1013). The theoretical framework was the study developed by Roger Chaffin et. al (2010): Preparing for memorized cello performance: the role of performance cues. The qualitative survey was developed through self-study, having the author himself as the subject. The data were collected through eleven study sessions and two public performances recorded on audio and video and registered on study diaries. To verify the efficiency of the memorization, the piece was written a month after the last performance. As a result, the research showed the efficiency the use of performance cues where breathing acted as a structural guide in the chosen piece. This research highlights the use of performance cues as a strategy to enhance control and efficiency in a performance by memory.

The main purpose of this dissertation is to offer classical guitarists an additional analytical technique for interpreting and performing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. While this mode of analysis can be successfully applied to any of the instrumental works by Bach frequently transcribed and performed by guitarists, I have chosen for this study my recent transcription of the Partita in A minor for solo flute traverso, BWV 1013. With a continuo-based, harmonic realization of the Partita, I contribute to the existing guitar repertoire by offering a new transcription of this work, while demonstrating how historical concepts of rhetorical structure and aesthetics found in relevant primary source material can inspire a new approach to analysis, transcription, and performance practice. In this way, my investigations create additional perspectives for classical guitarists regarding the analysis and performance of this work, while complementing traditional harmonic analysis and subject labeling. Although it is my hope that this new transcription of the Partita will serve as an important contribution to the existing literature, the main purpose of this dissertation resides in the musico-rhetorical analytical technique and its implications on performance practice for classical guitarists.