Thesis (D.M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1980. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-123). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

Texte remanié de: Thesis--Leeds, 1990. / Bibliogr. p. 401-407. Index.

The problem of how to perform the early Classical keyboard slur has prompted perplexity and dissension in generations of thoughtful performers and teachers. While the mandatory legato indicated by the slur is unquestioned, diversity of opinion centers around the performance of the last note of the slur, specifically regarding its length. Modern pedagogy has generally followed a time-honoured principle of an early release for the last note of a slur, yet many artists seem to disregard this guidance at will. This study attempts to clarify the issue by examining several treatises of the early Classical period. A brief history of the slur is included because its origins undoubtedly influenced how it was later performed. Most of the research, however, focuses on relevant material found in three treatises written by contemporaries of Wolfgang Mozart, namely, CPE. Bach, Daniel Turk, and Mozart's father, Leopold. The three components of the slur—the first note, the notes under the slur, and the last note are treated in turn by presenting information found in the treatises and providing interpretative commentary. This information is then applied to slurs found in the keyboard sonatas of Wolfgang Mozart. Unfortunately, treatises provide no definitive answer to the question of the performance of the last note of a slur. This lacuna is most likely due to the daunting task of describing the many musical circumstances involved in performing the last note under a slur. Solutions to the problem, therefore, cannot simply be founded solely on treatise instructions regarding the slur. Fortunately, the wealth of descriptive writing on the general art of effective music-making also provides some important clues to understanding the principles of performing the last note under a slur. Much of this study focuses on understanding the three important factors influencing the slur's ending: formal structure, Classical violin bowing technique and, most important, the musical context in which a slur is found. When these three aspects of performance are understood, much of the uncertainty surrounding Wolfgang Mozart's slurs will disappear. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Graduate

This paper discusses historically and musically significant insights into how the Mozart clarinet Concerto, K. 622, should be performed. The clarinet Concerto was the last wind concerto composed by Mazart and was completed around November 15, 1791, less than a month before his death. Mozart's original manuscript was probably lost. The only extant autograph of the Concerto is a fragmentary one of an earlier sketch dating from 1789.

The lecture, given on August 3, 1981, consisted of a discussion of the circumstances surrounding the composition of K. 413, 414, and 415; of specific compositional characteristics pertaining to each; and of their relationship to Mozart's later piano concertos. Additionally, their orchestration, effect with string quartet, idiomatic piano writing, considerations for amateurs, and passages for connoisseurs were explored.

The concert arias of Mozart are probably among the least known works of this genius among composers, yet they represent no small part of his musical output and are scattered throughout every period of his life. He composed a total of fifty-seven in all, the first when he was only nine years old and the last one in the final year of his life. Mozart's fifty-seven concert arias are divided among the four voice groupings as follows: one for alto, eight for bass, ten for tenor and thirty-eight for soprano. Of these soprano arias one (K. 569)l is lost and two (K. 307 and K. 308) are merely ariettas on French texts. It is with the eighteen arias for normal male voice that this discussion will be primarily concerned; arias for the castrati voice will not be considered.

Mit der ständigen, ununterbrochenen geistigen Anwesenheit Mozarts im ungarischen kulturellen Leben ist es zu erklären, daß an dieser Stelle das umfangreiche Thema in seiner Vollständigkeit nicht dargestellt werden kann, höchstens versuchsweise in Bruchstücken, Episoden, Konturen oder Dimensionen. Andererseits, im Sinne einer historischen Untersuchung, werden wir alle wichtigen Wirkungsstätten der Kultur auf dem Gebiet Ungarns des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts berücksichtigen, auch diejenigen, die jenseits der heutigen politischen Landesgrenzen existieren oder existierten.

Mehrere Aspekte des im Titel angegebenen Themas wurden noch nicht auf die Waage der Musikgeschichte gelegt. Zu viele diesbezügliche Dokumente warten noch auf eine fachgemäße Bestandsaufnahme und Veröffentlichung. Es fehlen noch unentbehrliche Vorarbeiten. Dies ist die Erklärung der Umbenennung unseres Versuches, der keineswegs das letzte Wort des Verfassers in dieser Angelegenheit bleiben will. Anstatt, wie von den Veranstaltern vorgeschlagen, \"Mozart-Rezeption in Rumänien\" zu heißen, trägt er den bescheidenen Titel \"Zur Geschichte der Mozart-Rezeption in Rumänien\".

Die Geschichte der Mozart-Rezeption in Bulgarien ist untrennbar mit dem Entstehen einer professionellen Musikkultur europäischer Prägung verbunden. Dabei muß man sich vergegenwärtigen, daß Bulgarien bis 1878 unter türkischer Herrschaft wirtschaftlich und politisch auf feudalem Niveau existierte. Es lohnt sich, den Versuch zu unternehmen, ein Bild der damaligen gesellschaftspolitischen und kulturellen Prozesse zu entwerfen, um zu verstehen, wie die \"Europäisierung\" der Musizierpraxis in Bulgarien vonstatten ging.

Zu Mozarts Zeit ermöglichte die neue wirtschaftliche, politische und kulturellen Entwicklung der habsburgischen Monarchie die neuen Anfänge der nationalen Erweckung und Aufklärung. Die Reformen der Kaiserin Theresia und ihres Sohnes, Kaisers Josef H. , beeinflußten auch das Leben in den slowenischen Ländern. Es entstanden unter anderem neue kulturelle Zirkel, die von aufklärerischen Ideen geprägt waren.