Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:25:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PRELIMINARES.pdf: 24591 bytes, checksum: b9b5fb200776da574fa28d6a5495fbb7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-30 / This work discusses the role of the harpsichord in Brazilian contemporary music particularly in chamber music. After a brief contextualization of harpsichord in Brazilian chamber music, the work develops in five main parts, namely: part 1 a description of the harpsichord since its origins in the monochord of Pythagoras until the models constructed in present time; part 2 the harpsichord s mechanism is presented in such a way as to elucidate the instrument performance possibilities; part 3 an analysis of idiomatic aspects of the instrument and their influence in interpretative and compositional decisions; part 4 the available repertoire and the process used to organize it including Brazilian solo and chamber music for the instrument. The works are organized by composer, date and medium; part 5 - analytical comments of selected works to be presented in the masters recital. The comments combine Jan La Rue s view with the idiomatic aspects discussed in the part 3 of this paper. The commentaries consider both compositional and performance possibilities. Aspects analyzed include form, instrumentation, level of difficulty, dynamics indication, registration, metric, fingering, use of expanded technique, performance notes and ad-libitum passages (or random elements). As a conclusion, it was possible to organize several Brazilian works for harpsichord in various compositional styles / Este trabalho discute a presença do cravo na música contemporânea brasileira, com enfoque em música de câmera. Após uma breve contextualização do cravo na música de câmera brasileira, o trabalho se desenvolve em cinco partes principais, a saber: parte 1 - apresenta um histórico do cravo desde suas origens, no monocórdio de Pitágoras, até os modelos construídos na atualidade; parte 2 - apresenta-se o mecanismo do cravo e seu funcionamento, como forma de elucidar as possibilidades de execução do instrumento; parte 3 - faz uma análise dos aspectos idiomáticos do instrumento e procura mostrar a influência destes em decisões interpretativas e composicionais; parte 4 - apresenta o repertório para cravo solista e camerista, organizado com indicação de compositor, data e formação para qual foi escrita, além do processo utilizado para sua coleta junto a compositores e acervos no Brasil. As obras coletadas são organizadas com indicação de compositor, data e formação para qual foi escrita; parte 5 comenta analiticamente as obras selecionadas para o recital de defesa sob uma combinação da ótica do teórico Jan La Rue com os aspectos idiomáticos apontados na parte 3. Os comentários consideraram recursos composicionais e possibilidades de performance. Neste sentido, observou-se forma, instrumentação, nível de dificuldade, indicação de dinâmica, indicação de registros, métrica definida, escolha de dedilhado, uso de técnica expandida, notas para o performer e uso de improviso e/ou elementos aleatórios. Ao final do trabalho, foi possível reunir número significativo de obras para cravo de variados estilos composicionais, inclusive com uso de técnicas expandidas

After examining biographical and stylistic influences on the work of J. C. Bach and C. P. E. Bach, this study analyzes and compares the two sonatas under discussion. Each sonata is placed in historical perspective by relating its outstanding formal and stylistic features with conservative Baroque or more progressive Classical tendencies. In addition to the recorded performance of the Sonata in E-Major, Op. 5, by Johann Christian Bach, and the Sonata in G-Major from Fur Kenner und Liebhaber, Vol. 1, by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, this dissertation includes three tape recordings of selected piano works of D. Scarlatti, F. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. V. Beethoven, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, and C. Debussy.

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Since the nineteenth century the Two Part Inventions have become standard repertoire for piano students. However, piano teachers have often failed to give serious consideration to the suitable selection of Inventions for study. Piano students have commonly formed a dislike for Bach's piano music because of an ungratifying initial experience. There is little material written in English dealing with the Two Part Inventions. Those studies of the Inventions which do exist consist mainly of brief articles in periodicals and limited discussions in piano literature books. Therefore, there seemed to be a need for a systematic collection of pedagogical ideas concerning the Two Part Inventions. In addition, it was felt that an analysis of the problems in each piece and a subsequent graded list of the Inventions would be a step toward a more intelligent and more knowledgeable approach in the teaching of these compositions.

O objetivo da presente pesquisa é, decifrando o significado do termo Clavier (-teclado?, em sentido genérico), na obra tecladística de J. S Bach - especialmente nos Prelúdios e Fugas que compõem Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, oder Praeludia und Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia - concentrar-se naqueles que apresentam maiores problemas de execução ao cravo e propor uma leitura dessas peças ao órgão de tubos, levando em conta a linguagem instrumental de cada instrumento. / The objective of the present study remains in the meaning of the word Clavier (-keyboard?, in a general sense) in Bach\'s keyboard works - especially the Preludes and Fuges of Das Wolhtemperierte Clavier, oder Praeludia und Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia - to focus in those pieces that presents more difficulties to perform on a harpsichord and suggest a pipe organ performance according to each instrumental language.

O objetivo da presente pesquisa é, decifrando o significado do termo Clavier (-teclado?, em sentido genérico), na obra tecladística de J. S Bach - especialmente nos Prelúdios e Fugas que compõem Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, oder Praeludia und Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia - concentrar-se naqueles que apresentam maiores problemas de execução ao cravo e propor uma leitura dessas peças ao órgão de tubos, levando em conta a linguagem instrumental de cada instrumento. / The objective of the present study remains in the meaning of the word Clavier (-keyboard?, in a general sense) in Bach\'s keyboard works - especially the Preludes and Fuges of Das Wolhtemperierte Clavier, oder Praeludia und Fugen durch alle Tone und Semitonia - to focus in those pieces that presents more difficulties to perform on a harpsichord and suggest a pipe organ performance according to each instrumental language.

Eighteenth-century London was a hotbed for instrumental arrangements, and many of these works were derived from the operas of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Thirty-one of his operas, in whole or in part, were arranged for recorder or flute, and there were over seventy keyboard transcriptions of the overtures to these operas. While the transcriptions of Handel overtures have been thoroughly examined, opera aria transcriptions have never received an appropriate level of study and analysis. The Ladys Banquet or The Lady’s Entertainment provides an excellent starting point. Not only does it include numerous opera aria arrangements, but its volumes were re-issued several times, suggesting a wide circulation. Its study raises a number of issues, including publication and authorship of Handel transcriptions, gendered music of the eighteenth century and analysis of opera transcriptions. The Ladys Banquet or The Lady’s Entertainment is a collection of six volumes of keyboard music published by John Walsh in the first half of the eighteenth century. The first two books were issued in 1704 and 1706 respectively, and included many undemanding pieces by fashionable composers such as Jeremiah Clarke (c.1674-1707) and Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The Third and Fourth Books followed in circa 1715 and 1716 and contain predominantly dance tunes and popular songs revised for the keyboard. When, in the early 1730s, the Fifth and Sixth Books appeared, the original four volumes were revised, and included wholly different material than the first editions. The publications of John Walsh are notoriously confusing owing to their lack of publication dates, repeated use of title pages, and misleading advertisements. The Ladys Banquet, as a whole, is especially bewildering because of the reissues of the collection and the changing repertoire. My research focuses on the Fifth Book of The Ladys Banquet, first printed around 1734, due to its abundance of opera aria transcriptions and consistency of content within editions. This document compiles relevant background information and offers a lucid guide to The Ladys Banquet. It provides historical context, examination and discussion of the contents of each volume, with specific details about the music in the Fifth Book, as well as analysis of the Handel aria transcriptions.

Eighteenth-century London was a hotbed for instrumental arrangements, and many of these works were derived from the operas of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Thirty-one of his operas, in whole or in part, were arranged for recorder or flute, and there were over seventy keyboard transcriptions of the overtures to these operas. While the transcriptions of Handel overtures have been thoroughly examined, opera aria transcriptions have never received an appropriate level of study and analysis. The Ladys Banquet or The Lady’s Entertainment provides an excellent starting point. Not only does it include numerous opera aria arrangements, but its volumes were re-issued several times, suggesting a wide circulation. Its study raises a number of issues, including publication and authorship of Handel transcriptions, gendered music of the eighteenth century and analysis of opera transcriptions. The Ladys Banquet or The Lady’s Entertainment is a collection of six volumes of keyboard music published by John Walsh in the first half of the eighteenth century. The first two books were issued in 1704 and 1706 respectively, and included many undemanding pieces by fashionable composers such as Jeremiah Clarke (c.1674-1707) and Henry Purcell (1659-1695). The Third and Fourth Books followed in circa 1715 and 1716 and contain predominantly dance tunes and popular songs revised for the keyboard. When, in the early 1730s, the Fifth and Sixth Books appeared, the original four volumes were revised, and included wholly different material than the first editions. The publications of John Walsh are notoriously confusing owing to their lack of publication dates, repeated use of title pages, and misleading advertisements. The Ladys Banquet, as a whole, is especially bewildering because of the reissues of the collection and the changing repertoire. My research focuses on the Fifth Book of The Ladys Banquet, first printed around 1734, due to its abundance of opera aria transcriptions and consistency of content within editions. This document compiles relevant background information and offers a lucid guide to The Ladys Banquet. It provides historical context, examination and discussion of the contents of each volume, with specific details about the music in the Fifth Book, as well as analysis of the Handel aria transcriptions.

At the end of nineteenth century, as a result of the revival of the early music, harpsichord, the most important instrument in the Baroque period, was emphasized again and back to the stage. However, without any recordings been made and left, the scores and the documents became the significant references for the interpretation. This study will discuss about the performance practice issues in French composer François Couperin¡¦s treatise ¡§L¡¦art de toucher le clavecin¡¨. The representative of Couperin¡¦s work is his four harpsichord books. In his 1716¡¦s treatise ¡§L¡¦art de toucher le clavecin¡¨, he explained the performance practice issues of his harpsichord music. The discussion includes the body gesture, articulation, tempo, characteristic of the instrument, ornamentation, fingering, notes inégales and the tradition of prelude. Moreover, he composed eight preludes and put them at the end of the treatise for practicing. Although the treatise was not the only one which discussed about harpsichord at that time, it is rare that composers wrote instruction for other musician in order to interpret his own music. This study includes three parts. First, the development of the harpsichord music in baroque period and François Couperin¡¦s life are introduced. The second part explicate the historical background of the François Couperin¡¦s four harpsichord collections, eight preludes and ¡§L¡¦art de toucher le clavecin¡¨. The third part focuses on discussion of the performance practice. Finally, the conclusion will be made.

This thesis is an attempt to summarise the extent of the current knowledge concerning the development of the harpsichord in England. This knowledge is derived partly from documentary sources, partly from a review of the modern writers who have treated the subject, but mostly from careful examination, measurement and recording of the surviving instruments. The work is divided into two main parts, of which Part I treats the English harpsichord before the time of Kirkman. The first eleven pages are given over to a brief summary of the instruments before the time of Tabel, the maker to whom Kirkman was apprenticed. Tabel's one surviving harpsichord receives a more detailed treatment as does a double manual harpsichord by another of his apprentices, John Wilbrook. The surviving harpsichords by Joseph Mahoon are also examined, and it is noted that it is quite likely that two harpsichords by Francis Coston are still extant. Patents and other inventions of this period are also treated, and the section ends with an overall survey of the development until the time of Kirkman. The author traces no particular theme in the period until the last quarter of the seventeenth century, influence from Italy, and the Low Countries being found alongside elements of entirely native practice. It is noted however, that probably by the last quarter of the century English makers were beginning to make double manual instruments in imitation of the Flemish harpsichords of the time, but this took place alongside the development of a school of makers producing simple single manual harpsichords with 2.8ft choirs only. These harpsichords also contain elements of continental practice with the use of English case styles, native woods and a particular type of diagonal bracing. These instruments are so similar that they might be called the English school of the period. At the beginning of the eighteenth century this school began to develop double manual harpsichords in the same case style, but also drawing on aspects of design probably introduced to this country by immigrant workmen such as Tisseran. It was at the turn of the century that the dogleg 8ft register was probably first introduced to England. It was to hold sway in all double manual English harpsichords for the next one hundred years. In part II, the work of Kirkman is examined closely. It is noted that the layout of the string band for the 8ft choirs is the same in all Kirkman harpsichords regardless of the presence of a 4ft choir or a lute stop. It is also demonstrated that there was an interesting change in length of the Kirkman harpsichord from 96.75" in 1745 down to about 92.5" in the early 1760s and then increasing back to around 94" in the late 1780s. This change in length was accompanied by a change in the length of the FF string from 71" down to about 68" and then back to about 70". No explanation for this can be offered. Other aspects receiving detailed treatment in this section are the structure of the instruments, the types of roses, the signing of the nameboards (a change in the order of the wording is noted between 1758 and 1760), keyboards, jacks, slides, stringing, voicing etc. There are sections on the other instruments by Kirkman, the Changeable Harpsichord, marquetried harpsichords, Queen Charlotte's harpsichord, the instruments by Faulkner, and a comparison with Shudi harpsichords of the period. The section is terminated by a summary of the patents on musical instruments of the period and a summary of the overall development in the period 1730-1800. The thesis is complemented by a number of Appendices. Of these, the first is a detailed look at the life and times of Kirkman, revealing him to have been a man of some substance and resource. Having acquired a good grounding in his work from Tabel, and having married Tabel's widow when on the threshold of his career, he soon made enough money to start speculating and lending money so that by the 1770s he probably spent little time in harpsichord making and gave himself to pecuniary matters. Other Appendices complement this first appendix, giving further details of such matters as Kirkman's friends, relatives, property, legal dealings and domestic matters. One appendix is given to a report on the way in which the harpsichords seen during the survey have been measured and recorded. Finally, there are nine tables, giving general data on the harpsichords up until the time of Kirkman, surviving harpsichords from the period 1744-1800, chronological development of English furniture styles, a chronological table of events in the development of the harpsichord from 1439-1800, and more specific details and dimensions of Kirkman harpsichords. The thesis ends with some 75 illustrations all of which are original.