Master of Music / Department of Music / Kelvin T. Kerstetter / This study provides a stylistic and structural analysis of Brahms's Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello Op. 114, Francaix's Tema con Variazioni (1974), Muczynski's Time Pieces (1984), Carter's Gra, for solo clarinet (1993), and Hiyoku, for two clarinets (2001). One chapter is devoted to each piece. The composer's biographical information is presented, in addition to harmonic and structural analyses of each piece. Performance considerations and a stylistic guide are documented to aid in the performance of these works. Other vital information such as date of completion, premiere, dedication or commission information, and publication information are presented.

Jean Françaix (1912 – 1997) var en av 1900-talets prominenta franska tonsättare. 1942, mitt under tyskaockupationen av Frankrike, skrev han verket Divertissement för fagott och stråkkvintett. Fastän styckets historia kanske är okänd, så har Françaixs verk blivit en del av standardrepertoaren för fagott sedan den publicerats året 1973. I detta examensarbete analyseras Françaixs verk med hänsyn till dess historiska kontext. Syftet med arbetet var att få en fördjupad kunskap både när det gäller stycket samt Françaix som tonsättare. Genom analysen har jag fått en inblick av Françaixs användning av bland annat harmonik, rytmik, influenser från andra musikstilar och framförallt humor.

Detta skriftliga arbete inom konstnärligt självständigt examensarbete undersöker vilka metoder man kan använda sig av vid ett interpretationsarbete och vad som kan vara viktigt att ta hänsyn till när denna interpretation ska presenteras för en publik. Syftet med studien var att skapa en ökad förståelse och större medvetenhet kring interpretation, för att som musiker på ett bättre och mer övertygande sätt kunna nå ut med musikens budskap till åhöraren. Arbetet inkluderar litteraturstudier kring interpretation och musikkommunikation, samt en analys av Sonatine pour trompette (1950) av kompositören Jean Françaix (1912-1997) både på ett teoretiskt och ett gehörsmässigt plan. Arbetet resulterade i en bredare kunskap kring interpretation samt en tydligare bild av hur man kan jobba för att på ett tydligt sätt kunna nå publiken med sitt musikaliska budskap. Genom analys av stycket uppnåddes en god grund på vilken medvetna musikaliska val kunde göras och även en förståelse för hur olika tolkningar skiljer sig åt och kan ge dig som musiker inspiration för din egen tolkning. Det är genom interpretation, den egna tolkningen av musiken, som musikern kan ge något av sig själv och dela med sig av ett budskap till lyssnaren. Genom en tydlig bild av vilka medel som kan användas för att förstärka ens musikaliska intentioner kan detta bli ännu tydligare och mer övertygande både för musikern och publiken.

The music of Jean Francaix is well known to those familiar with woodwind chamber literature. His long, successful career began in the 1930s when French composers rejected the excessively chromatic harmonies, intense emotionalism and grandiose proportions of late Romantic music. Embracing the concepts of neoclassicism, economy of means, clarity and objectivity, and a return to diatonicism and formal structures, the new "Classical" music contained the added spice of twentieth-century harmonic techniques including bitonality, modality, and quartal and quintal harmonies. Francaix has written many concertos and solos for woodwind instruments, but his enduring popularity resides in his chamber music for various combinations. His publisher for the last six decades has been B. Schott's Sohne who commissioned Francaix to write several chamber works in honor of his eightieth birthday. Two of his works for flute, Divertimento pour flute et piano and Suite pour flute seule, are known to professional flutists but not considered standards in the flute repertoire. The purpose of this paper is to call attention to the wide variety of Francaix's repertoire which is eminently suitable for concert and recital programming. The identification of formal and tonal elements in Francaix's two works for flute helps to place his prodigious output within the context of the prevailing musical and philosophical aesthetic in France of the 1920s through 1940s. An annotated list of Francaix's works with flute in a primary role is included as an appendix.

An expansive repertoire of original chamber works is available for ensembles comprised of saxophone, wind and percussion instruments. Many musicians, including saxophonists and conductors, are unaware of this enormous body of literature. This produces a compelling need for sources of identification available to conductors, performers and teachers. This study begins to provide such a source through the presentation of selected works and the accompanying annotated bibliography. The lack of awareness of available scores for chamber music with saxophone, winds and percussion among conductors and many performers often contributes to the absence of these works in concert halls. The objective of this lecture-recital document is to make available a tool that includes only original works for the saxophone in a variety of chamber ensemble settings. The nature of this study will be descriptive. The literature chosen for this project reveals varying levels of performance difficulty, compositional techniques, form, and instrumentation. Chosen works employ an ensemble size that requires a conductor or are more successfully performed with a conductor. Selected compositions are illustrated in which the saxophone is identified as a vital ingredient in an already existing repertoire of serious chamber literature. Works in this study include original compositions using from seven to seventeen musicians. Some of the works discussed in this study include double bass and piano. Chapters include information on the Parameters of Study (Introduction, Historical Perspective, Sources, Criteria, Selection of Works for Analysis), composer Jean Françaix, a Historical Overview and Detailed Study of Danses Exotiques, composer Fisher Tull, a Historical Overview and Detailed Study of Nonet and an Annotated Bibliography of compositions matching the established criteria. Appendices include List of Works of Fisher Tull and Jean Françaix.