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Time Fields: Chamber Concerto #3 for fifteen players (2004) is a composition for five woodwinds, three brass, one percussionist, piano, string quartet and double bass with an approximate duration of 14 minutes. This work addresses the nature of musical time and its role in the organisation of the large-scale structure of the piece. Four differing states of musical time, which I refer to as Temporal Textures (Static, Obscure, Temporal Counterpoint and Clear), are employed in particular alternations to form a single movement work in four distinct sections.

During his lifetime, Johann Christian Bach (1739--1782) was considered the most famous musician of the Bach family throughout England and Europe. Although his music was highly regarded in the eighteenth century, little scholarly work has been undertaken on the historical and analytical aspects of his compositions. His keyboard compositions are valuable in tracing his musical development since this was the only genre that he wrote throughout his career in Berlin, Milan and London. Previous analyses of Bach's keyboard music have mainly focused on stylistic development, thus neglecting the importance of phrase and larger formal functions. / I adopt William Caplin's theory of formal functions to analyze Bach's solo keyboard sonatas: the Solo in A minor from Berlin (1750--55), three sonatas from the Milan collection (1755), six sonatas from London Op. 5 (1767), and six sonatas from London Op. 17 (1773--4). I demonstrate that Bach gradually refines phrase and thematic functions of the exposition of first-movement sonatas. I examine Bach's use of core technique and subordinate theme-like units in development sections and discuss the reasoning behind different recapitulation strategies. I also compare the sonata forms of the first movement to the second and third movements, and discuss other types of large-scale formal design (theme and variations, minuet and trio, and rondo). / Many sources indicate that Mozart was greatly influenced by Bach, but they remain vague in describing the type and extent of this influence. Building on previous melodic, motivic and stylistic studies, I draw important phrase-structural connections between the music of Bach and Mozart. I discuss the construction of Mozart's early piano pieces (KV 6 through K 284) and demonstrate that he adopts particular phrase-structural and thematic designs similar to pieces from Bach's Op. 5 and 17 collections. Through form functional analysis, I illustrate Bach's development of phrase and thematic structures and provide important phrase-structural evidence of his influence on the music of Mozart.

The analysis of Arne's six keyboard concertos uses the 1981 Oxford University Press edition of the musical scores. This edition relies totally a set of separate printed on parts that was published by Harrison & Company of London in 1793, and is the earliest known extant material for the concertos; the autograph MSS scores of Arne's concertos are not extant. The analysis first deals with Arne's general structural process, then examines the formal structure of the works in more detail, with particular attention given to the utilization of ritornello format and the influence from the Torelli-Vivaldi tradition. A discussion of the concertos' residual Baroque characteristics as well as several galant traits is included. Considerable attention is given to Arne's excellence in melodic writing, as well as to his fondness for the interval of an octave and to a particular rhythmic kernel. Also included is an analysis of a discarded movement from Concerto No. 1.The analysis of Arne's four symphonies uses the 1973 Oxford University Press edition of the musical scores. This edition relies totally on the set of printed parts from the 1767 John Johnston [London] edition, and is the earliest known extant material for the symphonies; the autograph MSS scores of Arne's symphonies are likewise lost or destroyed. As with the concertos, the analysis of the symphonies first looks at Arne's general structural procedures, then treats individual musical forms, with significant attention given to sonata form. An examination of Arne's remnant Baroque characteristics is included. As with the concertos, a substantial portion of the analysis is given to Arne's melodic writing.A short biography of Arne is included. This chapter discusses other instrumental works of Arne, as well as his more important vocal works. / School of Music

Noted for both vocal and symphonic output, Gustav Mahler's musical sophistication constantly puzzled scholars in the past decades. In his symphonic works, the mixed forms and styles in combination with the vocal influence make it abstruse for listeners to detect the meaning of the use of traditional instruments. The solo violin, which has an extensive history of appearing in symphonic compositions since the Baroque era, is an instance of a traditional instrument given an unusual function. For instance, Mahler's violin solos do not tend to showcase the virtuosity of the instrument as they normally do in orchestral music. In order to closely examine the role of the solo violin, I rely on aspects relating to introversive semiosis such as harmonies, rhythms, textures, phrase structures, and forms; then my focus shifts to extroversive semiosis, specifically to topics and contextual factors. By considering the violin as a musical sign, listeners can comprehend the instrument's structure, syntax, and ultimately the complex logic of Mahler's musical discourse.

Submitted by Regina Celia Rocha Felice null (refelice3@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-07-15T18:44:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 REFERENCIAIS NEOCLÁSSICOS E ORIGINALIDADE NAS BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS Nº 4 DE HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS.pdf: 10304159 bytes, checksum: cddcdcf5e4c1460ba7534b716d806c31 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-07-18T13:20:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 felice_rcr_me_mar.pdf: 10304159 bytes, checksum: cddcdcf5e4c1460ba7534b716d806c31 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T13:20:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 felice_rcr_me_mar.pdf: 10304159 bytes, checksum: cddcdcf5e4c1460ba7534b716d806c31 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta pesquisa investigou as ferramentas composicionais utilizadas por Villa-Lobos ao compor as Bachianas Brasileiras no 4, e como ele se apropriou do neoclassicismo musical sem perder sua originalidade artística, integrando elementos da música brasileira com a poética musical de J. S. Bach. Pelo fato da obra aqui investigada ser construída sobre uma sintaxe musical de distintos períodos da História da Música, foi necessário recorrermos a diferentes teóricos musicais. Foram eles: Berry (1987), Lester (1989), Neumeyer & Tepping (1992), Caplin (1998) e Strauss (2013). Para abordar o possível uso de figuras retóricas, como aquelas utilizadas por J. S. Bach, consultou-se Bartel (1997). O estudo constatou que, apesar de Villa-Lobos não ter tido uma educação musical formal no Brasil, nem ter ido à Europa para estudar, como foi o caso de Carlos Gomes, Nepomuceno, entre outros, ele tinha plena consciência das ferramentas composicionais europeias, tanto da tradição como da vanguarda. / This research investigates compositional elements used by Villa-Lobos at Bachianas Brasileiras no 4 and how the elements of Brazilian music and those used by JS Bach are integrated. The organizational elements in its structure and its compositional unfolding are observed. Because Villa-Lobos uses a diffuse musical language, it is impossible to approach his grammar with one analytical tool only. For this reason, we make use of different theoretical tools to analyze the Bachianas Brasileiras no 4 for piano solo. Theoretical and analytical authors, such as Berry (1987), Lester (1989), Neumeyer & Tepping (1992) e Strauss (2013) are referred here. To address the possible use of rhetorical figures, such as those used by JS Bach, we consulted Bartel (1997). This study observes that, despite of Villa-Lobos’ and creative spirit, his mystic image as an intuitive composer, folklorist and wild, he was fully aware of the European compositional avant-garde techniques, and dialogued with those compositional currents.

Orientador: Claudiney Rodrigues Carrasco / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T11:23:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Freitas_SergioPauloRibeirode_D.pdf: 99460171 bytes, checksum: e7e72fd118735dce6334d35e1483a8de (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Harmonia, práticas teóricas e o estudo de planos tonais em música popular Situando a pergunta central - que acorde ponho aqui? - no âmbito das práticas teóricas da harmonia tonal, o presente estudo examina criticamente algumas respostas possíveis procurando perscrutar diferentes motivações, procedências, contextos, concepções, saberes, argumentos e justificativas que, entremeadas, discordantes e concordantes, animam os discursos e as ações de escolha que dão respostas para perguntas como esta. O tom coloquial da questão abrevia um entrelaçado de tópicos que, com diferentes formulações, ramificações, ênfases e abordagens, são mais ou menos recorrentes nos programas pedagógicos, técnicos, teóricos, analíticos, valorativos e artísticos da nossa disciplina. Deste entrelaçado ganha enfoque mais delimitado aqui uma problemática que pode ser enunciada assim: quais são, onde se encontram, no que se fundamentam as escolhas e como se combinam em sucessão os tons vizinhos (áreas tonais, regiões, tonalidades) e acordes principais que, propositadamente dispostos em média e larga escala, referenciando a concordância dos acordes coadjuvantes (meios de preparação) e demais alturas (notas adjacentes, tensões, escalas, modos, etc.), contribuem na efetivação das "funções estruturais" (relações entre a função harmônica e a incumbência formal dos segmentos) numa obra musical harmônica e tonal? A proposição que acompanha esta delimitação é a de que, a arte e ofício de escolher e combinar acordes em planos tonais, em diversas e controversas medidas e das mais variadas maneiras, não se aparta das práticas teóricas que intentam balizar tal conhecimento e competência. E essas relações dinâmicas de vinculação e desvinculação entre os feitos e fazeres da harmonia e os feitos e fazeres da sua teoria são observadas aqui como uma espécie de principal questão transversal. Os Capítulos 1 a 6 cuidam da revisão, da contextualização, do levantamento e cruzamento circunstanciado de referências, do repertório e da memória teórica e poética, do questionamento e discussão a respeito de determinadas abordagens interpretativas sobre assuntos como: os fundamentos diatônicos da tonalidade, a atribuição funcional dos acordes e áreas tonais, a inclusão teórico-normativa de acordes não diatônicos, os meios de preparação alterados e as vizinhanças de terceira que envolvem transformações cromáticas. Os Capítulos 7 e 8 propõem e avaliam um modelo pré-analítico para o estudo comparado de planos tonais complexos. Trata-se de um ferramental para-musical voltado para a experimentação, produção, análise e crítica que visa favorecer a macro-confrontação dos lugares de chegada dispostos em obras tonais que, no cenário da música popular "tortuosa", alcançam seus efeitos contando com a mistura de determinados diatonismos / Abstract: Harmony, theoretical practices and the study of tonal planes in popular music Examining the core question - which chord should I use here? - within the context of theoretical practices of tonal harmony, this study critically examines some potential answers attempting to explore different motivations, origins, contexts, conceptions, knowledge, arguments and justifications that, when intermixed, both discordant and accordant, stimulate argumentation and choice?making to answer these types of questions. The colloquial tone of the issue at hand reveals a web of intertwining topics with different formulations, branches, emphases, and approaches that are somewhat recurrent in the pedagogical, technical, theoretical, analytical, evaluative, and artistic areas of the discipline. From this web structure, the problem takes on a more bounded focus which might be described as follows: what are the possible choices, where are they, and on what criteria are they based, and how are related tonalities (tonal areas, regions) and main chords arranged in succession, which, purposely arranged in mean and large scale and referencing the accordance of the adjunct chords (means of preparation) and other pitches (adjacent notes, tensions, scales, modes, etc.), contribute to the execution of "structural functions" (relationships between harmonic function and the formal role of the segments) in a harmonic and tonal piece of music? The proposition accompanying this delineation is such that the art and the task of choosing and arranging chords in tonal planes in several conflicting measures and in the most varied forms does not depart from theoretical practices that attempt to define such knowledge and competence. These dynamic relationships of binding and unbinding between acts and actions of harmony and acts and actions according to the theory are considered a central issue. Chapters 1 through 6 deal with review, contextualization, identification, and detailed comparison of references; repertoire and theoretical and poetic memory; questioning and discussion regarding certain interpretative approaches on such subjects as: the diatonic basis of tonality, the functional attribution of chords and tonal areas, the inclusion of theoretical?normative non?diatonic chords, the altered means of preparation and third relations that involve chromatic transformations. Chapters 7 and 8 propose and evaluate a pre-analytical model for the comparative study of complex tonal planes. This deals with a para-musical tool aimed at experimentation, production, analysis, and review, which attempts to support the macro confrontation of final locations arranged in tonal works that, within the context of "tortuous" popular music, achieve their results by mixing certain diatonicisms / Doutorado / Fundamentos Teoricos / Doutor em Música

Orientador: Aci Taveira Meyer / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T21:14:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rosa_LiliadeOliveira_D.pdf: 4441858 bytes, checksum: 53564442162a3cc196ba783dfe47aadc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O objetivo principal desta pesquisa é estudar três peças aleatórias do compositor pelotense Luiz Carlos Lessa Vinholes - Instrução 61, para quatro instrumentos quaisquer (1961); Instrução 62, para instrumentos de teclado (1962); e Peça/Pessa para fazer Psiu/Xi, para bocas (1979) - e, a partir da análise deste material, criar atividades pedagógicas para o uso em salas de musicalização com crianças na faixa-etária de seis a dez anos de idade. O trabalho desenvolveu-se a partir das seguintes questões: Como estimular a imaginação e a criatividade da criança? Quais tipos de músicas ou obras contemporâneas seriam adequados para tal propósito? As peças de Vinholes apresentam-se como possível resposta para estas questões, justamente por serem aleatórias e não exigirem dos usuários qualquer conhecimento musical tradicional ou, ainda, por utilizarem novos códigos ou notações de fácil leitura ou entendimento. Para a comprovação da hipótese, a pesquisadora utilizou-se da abordagem qualitativa, privilegiando a obtenção de dados descritivos mediante contato direto e interativo com a situação objeto de estudo. Na fundamentação, as principais abordagens pedagógicas da segunda metade do século XX foram discutidas, no intuito de compreender os pressupostos educacionais de pedagogos contemporâneos e contextualizar as peças de Vinholes no âmbito educacional. O trabalho propõe, ainda, a criação de um site para a preservação e divulgação da vida e obra de Vinholes, bem como da presente pesquisa. A autora acredita que este trabalho possa contribuir para o surgimento de novas reflexões, hipóteses, estudos e pesquisas no âmbito da pedagogia musical e do repertório contemporâneo e, principalmente, na formação e postura didática de futuros professores de música e musicalização / Abstract: The main objective of this research is to study three aleatory pieces by the composer from Pelotas/RS Luiz Carlos Lessa Vinholes: Instrução 61, for any four instruments (1961); Instrução 62, for keyboard instruments (1962); and Peça/Pessa para fazer Psiu/Xi, for mouthes (1979) and, from the analysis of this material, create pedagogical activities for use in musicalization classes with children from six to ten years old. This work has been developed from the following questions: How to stimulate the child's imagination and creativity? What kind of music or contemporary works would be appropriate for such purpose? The pieces by L. C. Vinholes are presented as possible answers to these questions, precisely because they are aleatory, do not require any knowledge of traditional music and, better yet, for using new codes and notation of easy reading and understanding. To prove this hypothesis, the researcher used the qualitative approach focusing on obtaining descriptive data through direct and interactive contact with the object of study situation. In the grounds, the main pedagogical approaches of the second half of the twentieth century were discussed in order to understand the educational assumptions of contemporary educators and contextualize the pieces by Vinholes in the educational scope. The paper also proposes the creation of a site for the preservation and dissemination of some aspects of the activities and work of L. C. Vinholes, as well as to make available the present research. The author believes that this work can contribute to the rise of a new thinking, assumptions, studies and researches in the field of music pedagogy and contemporary repertoire, especially in training and didactic/pedagogical attitude of teachers of music and musicalization / Doutorado / Doutor em Música

Orientador: Silvio Ferraz Mello Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T18:09:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lima_RodrigodaSilva_M.pdf: 18075511 bytes, checksum: cd3a56948e9e2035d15a4d2e993ca083 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem por finalidade avaliar determinados aspectos que nortearam algumas das principais especulações realizadas no campo da harmonia na música do século XX. Dentre os objetivos estiveram presentes: apontar as premissas e estratégias que fizeram parte de cada novo território harmônico, bem como explorar a idéia do uso de "matrizes harmônicas" como princípio composicional. Aliado a isso, ressaltamos também as relações entre as estratégias composicionais, via manipulação de alturas, e suas resultantes enquanto timbre e sonoridade. Para tanto, foram escolhidos compositores que em algum momento fizeram do timbre harmônico e da matéria sonora mais um elemento caracterizante dentro do processo composicional. Dentre os compositores figuraram: Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Pierre Schaeffer, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez e Flo Menezes. No caso de Varèse, justificamos sua significativa presença no trabalho por julgarmos sua relação com a matéria sonora, seu próprio material composicional, precursora na música do século XX. Por este motivo, fez-se necessário uma análise de Intégrales visando uma maior aproximação do seu idioma composicional e de suas estratégias para a escrita do timbre. Paralelamente aos estudos, tivemos como resultado uma série de obras compostas pelo autor onde a utilização de "matrizes harmônicas" passou a ser um aspecto relevante para o processo composicional, uma espécie de guia da sonoridade. / Abstract: This study has the goal of evaluating certain aspects that guided some of the main speculations in harmony in twentieth-century music. Among its objectives are: to point out the premisses and strategies that took part in each new harmonic territory, as well as to explore the use of harmonic matrixes as a compositional principle. At the same time we underline how compositional strategies relate by means of pitch manipulation, and their results in timbre and sonority. To achieve this, we chose composers that in some point made use of harmonic timbre and sound matter as a distinctive element in the compositional process. Among them stand: Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Pierre Schaeffer, Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez. In Varèse's case, we justify his significant appearance by judging his relation to sound matter, and his own composition material, as pioneering in twentieth-century music. For this reason, an analysis of Intégrales became necessary, aiming at a closer approach to his musical idiom and his strategies for the writing of timbre. Besides the studies, we had as a result a series of works composed by the author in which the use of harmonic matrixes became a relevant feature in the compositional process, a sort of a guide to sonority. / Mestrado / Mestre em Música

Orientador: Ricardo Goldemberg / Anexos: 2 CD-ROM / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T15:27:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pinto_AntonioCarlosNeves_M.pdf: 43661879 bytes, checksum: d02ee94a1f66e452dcc09ceeab02c203 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: Este projeto tem por principal objetivo apresentar uma possibilidade de execução para a música sinfônica de influências afro-brasileiras, muito pouco explorada pelos nossos intérpretes. Para tanto foi escolhida, especificamente o "Batuque" da Suíte "Reisado do Pastoreio" do compositor Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez, uma das obras brasileiras de maior riqueza musical e reconhecimento no cenário internacional. Esta pesquisa tem como justificativa a contribuição para o enriquecimento da bibliografia técnica brasileira em práticas interpretativas e também da discografia, através de dois Cds que acompanham esta dissertação, uma vez que faltam materiais de suporte disponíveis para o estudo deste gênero musical. A metodologia constou de: leitura de bibliografia especifica para um estudo das origens do termo batuque, as características das práticas musicais e de danças dos negros afro-brasileiros desde o período colonial, suas transformações até as primeiras décadas do século XX, em seguida um paralelo com a trajetória do compositor e sua produção musical, uma análise formal, uma análise interpretativa e comparativa com mais duas execuções distintas desta peça. Entre os resultados obtidos, contam-se a aplicação de conhecimentos teóricos na prática interpretativa; a contribuição para maior entendimento deste repertorio especifico assim como abertura para uma nova perspectiva à pesquisa musical; além de fornecer material útil para o ensino de música de câmara e de prática orquestral / Abstract: This research had the main object to present a possibility of performing the Brazilian symphonic music formed by afro-Brazilian influences, very little explorered by our performers. For that, was chosen particularly the "Batuque" from Suite "Reisado do Pastoreio" composed by Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, one of the Brazilian woks full of musical richness and recognition at the international environment. This research had as justification, the contribution for the enrichment of the Brazilian technical bibliography in performing practices and discography through two CDs which join the dissertation, once that there is a lack of support material for the study of this kind of music. The methodology, at first, has consisted of the reading of particularly bibliography about the genesis of the term batuque and the characteristics of the musical practices and the dances of the afro-Brazilian Negroes since the colonial period until their changes during the first decades of the twentieth century. After that a parallel was described between the composer's path and his musical production. At last one formal analysis was made of Lorenzo Fernandez's batuque and one performing and comparative analysis was made between our performance and two different others of this piece. The results of this research showed that the theoretical knowledges were applicable at the performance practice and the contribution for the greatest comprehension of music with afro-Brazilian influences; opening a new perspective for musical research besides making available useful material for teaching chamber music and orchestral music / Mestrado / Mestre em Artes