More accurate and authentic performances of Sérgio Assad's (b. 1952) Aquarelle and his Fantasia Carioca can be obtained through insights provided by formal analysis of those pieces, study of the performing traditions of Brazilian traditional music, and the composer's reflections and comments. This document guides readers in recognizing the subtleties that characterize Assad's style and its Brazilian traditional music influences. A select group of styles has been chosen based on their relevance in Assad's work. Characterized by unique accent patterns and melodic/harmonic "clichés," the influences of each Brazilian music genre can be identified in specific measures of the two Assad's pieces included in this study. The correlation between measures and genres provides specific stylistic features that the performer can apply toward an authentic execution.

Célèbre compositeur et enseignant, Vincent d’Indy est moins connu pour l’intérêt qu’il porta tout au long de sa vie aux beaux-arts. Il pratiqua le dessin et la peinture pendant plusieurs décennies et parcourut l’Europe à la recherche des plus beaux sites historiques et des plus fameux musées. Sa fréquentation des artistes et des mécènes dans les Salons et les expositions lui permit d’avoir de fructueux échanges avec de nombreux plasticiens. Son obsédante référence à la nature dans ses aquarelles apparaît également dans ses poèmes symphoniques ou ses opéras. Cette thématique bucolique s’inscrit dans une sphère d’influence romantique qui jalonne ses compositions. Enfin, son approche de l’histoire de la musique est réhaussée de multiples références esthétiques. Elles nous éclairent sur ses influences, d’Émile Mâle à John Ruskin en passant par Félicité de Lamennais. / The celebrated composer and professor Vincent d'Indy is less well-known for his lifelong interest in the arts. He drew and painted for many decades, and he travelled throughout Europe looking for the most beautiful historical sites as well as the most famous museums. Associating with artists and patrons of art in salons and exhibitions enabled him to benefit from contact with numerous painters or sculptors. His constant reference to nature in his watercolours was also apparent in his symphonic poems or operas. This rustic theme places him in a field of romantic influence in which compositions blaze a trail. Also, his approach to the history of music is heightened by the many aesthetic references which throw light on his influences, such as Émile Mâle, John Ruskin or Félicité de Lamennais.

99 f.:il / Submitted by JURANDI DE SOUZA SILVA (jssufba@hotmail.com) on 2013-03-15T12:57:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cristiano Sousa Santos.pdf: 1627738 bytes, checksum: e492500671392125dcc07bb74e56c513 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-03-22T14:18:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cristiano Sousa Santos.pdf: 1627738 bytes, checksum: e492500671392125dcc07bb74e56c513 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-03-22T14:18:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cristiano Sousa Santos.pdf: 1627738 bytes, checksum: e492500671392125dcc07bb74e56c513 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo sobre a relação entre procedimentos de dedilhados e interpretação musical de violonistas. A partir da idéia de que o instrumentista é um criador que maneja ferramentas para a sua produção – tais como timbre, dinâmica, articulação, tempo e técnica instrumental – demonstramos que as escolhas dos procedimentos de digitação atuam como um fator expressivo da individualidade de cada violonista. Nossa pesquisa foi direcionada à análise e elaboração de dedilhados na Aquarelle para violão solo, composta por Sérgio Assad (1988). Analisamos e comparamos as digitações de mão esquerda elaboradas pelo próprio compositor da peça com nossas propostas de dedilhados; devido à falta de dedilhados de mão direita na edição da peça, foi impossível comparar nossas propostas com as digitações de mão direita do compositor. Entretanto, utilizamos as gravações de Eduardo Isaac e Aliéksey Vianna como parâmetros para a comparação de mudança de timbres nos dedilhados de mão direita. Como resultado de nossa pesquisa, encontramos inter-relações entre procedimentos técnicos de performance violonística, já estabelecidos na bibliografia, e a elaboração e análise de digitações; criamos novos termos operacionais de dedilhados; indicamos diretrizes para a elaboração de dedilhados; relacionamos técnicas de dedilhados com seu resultado sonoro; e relacionamos as digitações de mão esquerda às digitações de mão direita. Nossa investigação revelou que é possível encontrar, mesmo em peças de execução complexa, dedilhados diversos para ambas as mãos. Observamos também que o processo de dedilhados descrito nesta dissertação pode ser útil na performance de outras peças do repertório violonístico. / Salvador

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Under 2018–20 har jag under min masterutbildning i komposition inkluderat mina egna erfarenheter av synestesi och associerad synestesi i komponerandet och här även försökt att beskriva mina metoder för detta. Jag har försökt överföra upplevelser av text, färg, form och rörelse till musik. Detta är delvis inspirerat av pedagogen Gertrud Grunows arbete på Bauhaus för 100 år sedan men även av mina tidigare arbeten med kollage, grafiska partitur och dans. De ensembler jag skrivit för har varit mycket varierade idiomatiskt och storleksmässigt. För mig som komponist, sångare och improvisatör, men också pedagog är de synestetiska (associativa eller konkreta) metoderna en för mig oändlig källa till inspiration och ett praktiskt sätt att närma sig det kreativa arbetet. Min roll som utövande improvisationsmusiker är också en del av det, då improvisationen aktiverar så många delar av sinnet. Visuell, auditiv, kinestetisk och taktil inlärning påverkar hur vi förnimmer världen. Om du förstår individens unika perception får du större medkänsla och dessutom ett mindre prestationsladdat förhållande till ditt eget skapande. Det bild- eller textmaterial jag skapar hjälper mej att minnas mina grundidéer. Syftet med att vandra mellan olika medium, idiom och förnimmelser är att hitta ett sätt att komma kreativiteten nära – i smyg. / During the years 2018–20 I have included my own experiences of synesthesia and associated synesthesia in my composition processes, and in this essay I am describing the methods I have been using. I have tried to transform experiences of words, color, texture, form, and movement to music. This is, to some extent, inspired by the work of the pedagogue Gertrud Grunow at the Bauhaus art school in Germany 100 years ago, but also by my own earlier works with collages, graphic scores and dance. The ensembles I have been writing for have been varied idiomatically and in size. To me, as a composer, singer and improviser, but also as a pedagogue, synesthetic methods (both associative or concrete) are an endless source of inspiration and a practical way to approach the creative work. My role as a performing, improvising musician also takes a part of it since the improvisation activates so many different sections of the sensory system. Our different ways of learning, through the visual, audiative, kinesthetic and tactile, affect how we perceive the world. If you can learn to recognize different modes of individual perception, you will get a greater respect for your fellow humans, and also diminish the performance anxiety you might have in relation to the creativity. The texts and visual material I create in my processes help me to remember the original sources of inspiration. The purpose of wandering in between different media, idioms and sensations is to find practical ways to stealthily approach creativity. / <p>"From Ash to Birch" Lina Nyberg, KMH Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Bång</p><p></p>

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Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) connaît une carrière exceptionnellement longue qui s’étend de la Révolution au Second Empire. Après avoir exposé ses premières œuvres au Salon de 1791, cet élève de Jacques-Louis David s’impose sur la scène artistique du Directoire comme le premier dessinateur et miniaturiste de son temps. En s'inscrivant dans un contexte favorable à la diffusion de portraits de moindre coût et de moindre format, sa réussite peu commune rend compte de l'évolution des critères de la reconnaissance artistique à la fin du XVIIIe. Elle témoigne également de la promotion du statut social de l'artiste autour de 1800. Lié aux proches du clan Bonaparte sous la Consulat, Isabey est un des portraitistes de la période les mieux introduits auprès des élites. Son habileté à exploiter des sujets qui répondent aux goûts de ses contemporains permets de mesurer l'importance des relations mondaines dans la naissance et la diffusion des réputations artistiques au tournant du XIXe siècle. Entre 1800 et 1805, Isabey est l'auteur de plusieurs grands dessins de propagande qui scandent les principales étapes de la consolidation du nouveau pouvoir. Familier de la noblesse impériale, l'artiste accumule honneurs et commandes officielles au lendemain du Sacre. Sa réputation est associée aux portraits miniatures de l’Empereur destinés à la caisse des présents diplomatiques et à quelques-unes des plus célèbres représentations officielles de Marie-Louise et du roi de Rome. Ses responsabilités sont extrêmement variées et sa production considérable : il est à la fois peintre des relations extérieures, dessinateur du cabinet et des cérémonies et décorateur en chef de l'Opéra. L'étude de ce parcours pluridisciplinaire offre un champ d'étude remarquable, qui nous fournit bien des clefs pour comprendre la carrière et le statut des artistes de cour sous l'Empire. Après Waterloo, Isabey est mis à l’écart du pouvoir en raison de ses engagements bonapartistes. L'artiste exécute alors plusieurs caricatures et portraits qui le montrent prompt à critiquer la monarchie restaurée. L'analyse des effets de la résistance au régime royaliste dans le monde des arts entre 1815 et 1820 aide à saisir le sens de son engagement dans l'opposition. La période qui s’ouvre au lendemain des Cent-Jours est également fondamentale pour comprendre le parcours artistique d'Isabey et pour apprécier la place que lui assignèrent ses contemporains dans l’art de la première partie du XIXe siècle. Son abondante production, qui se décline en miniatures sur vélin, dessins, lithographies, aquarelles et peintures à l’huile le montre soucieux de l'évolution du goût. Elle met aussi en lumière la difficulté qu'il éprouve à conserver sa réputation de portraitiste après 1820. Cette thèse fournit pour la première fois un catalogue de l’œuvre d'Isabey / Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) had an exceptionally long career that spanned from the French Revolution until the Second French Empire. After his early works' exhibition at the Salon of 1791, this student of Jacques-Louis David rapidly became, on the art scene of the French Directory, the finest artist and miniaturist of his time. In a context that made the dissemination of low-cost and small-sized portraits easier, his unusual success reflects the change of artistic recognition criteria in the late eighteenth century. It also reflects the improvement of the social status of artists around 1800. Linked to people that were close to Bonaparte under the French Consulate, Isabey is one of the period's best introduced portraitists. His cleverness in using themes that meet his contemporaries' tastes clearly shows how important social relationships can be in the making and spreading of artistic reputations at the turn of the nineteenth century. Between 1800 and 1805, Isabey is the author of several large propaganda drawings that punctuate the main steps of the new power's consolidation. Familiar with the imperial nobility, the artist collects honours and official commissions in the wake of the Coronation. His reputation is associated with miniature portraits of the Emperor made for the fund of diplomatic presents and with some of the most famous official representations of Marie-Louise and of the King of Rome. His responsibilities are manifold and he produces a lot: he is the official painter for external relations, designer of the Cabinet, designer of Ceremonies and chief decorator of the Opera. The study of this multidisciplinary career gives many keys to a better understanding of the career and status of court artists under the Empire. After Waterloo, Isabey is sidelined because of his bonapartist commitments. At this time the artist performs several caricatures and portraits where he clearly criticizes the freshly restored monarchy. Analysing the effects of this resistance to the royalist regime in the world of arts between 1815 and 1820 helps in understanding his commitment to the opposition. The period opening in the aftermath of the Hundred Days is also fundamental to understanding Isabey's artistic career and to appreciate the place he was assigned by his contemporaries in the art of the first part of the nineteenth century. His prolific output, which comes in miniature on vellum, drawings, lithographs, watercolours and oil paintings shows his constant concern about changing tastes. It also highlights the difficulty he has to maintain his reputation as a portraitist after 1820.This thesis provides for the first time a catalogue of Isabey's works