Thesis (doctoral)--University of Utrecht, 1987. / Vita. Includes short summaries in German and Dutch and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-418).

Thesis (MScEng) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a pioneering project for the University of Stellenbosch, and indeed South Africa, an automatic music transcription system was designed to explore the underlying theory, concepts and problematies of polyphonic music transcription. Automatic music transcription involves knowledge from the fields of acoustics, music theory, digital signal processing and information theory. The key concepts from these contributing fields as they relate to transcription systems are described in overview. A transcription system is then developed which includes components for FFT-based multipitch estimation, basic post-processing, estimation of the degree of polyphony, key determination, note duration quantisation and score output. The operation of the system is explained and tested at the hand of a synthetic polyphonic signal. The system produced usable transcriptions of real monophonic input signals to scores with standard notational symbols. The success of the system (as are the successes of all published polyphonic transcription systems) was limited for real polyphonic music signals. Nonetheless, the initial results are encouraging and indicate that the current implementation can serve as a platform for a more sophisticated and accurate system. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In 'n baanbrekersprojek vir die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (en die breër Suid-Afrika) is 'n outomatiese musiek transkripsie stelselontwerp om die onderliggende teorie, konsepte en problematiek van polifoniese musiek transkripsie te ondersoek. Outomatiese musiek transkripsie kombineer kennis uit die navorsingsvelde van akoestiek, musiekteorie, syferseinverwerking en informasieteorie. Die sluitelkonsepte van elkeen van hierdie velde word kortliks weergegee soos dit van toepassing is op transkripsie stelsels. 'n Transkripsie stelsel met modules vir FFT-gebaseerde afskatting van polifoniese toonhoogtes, basiese naverwerking, afskatting van die graad van polifonie, bepaling van die sleutel, nootlengte kwantisering en bladmusiek notasie word aansluitend ontwikkel. Die werkswyse van die stelsel word aan hand van 'n sintetiese polifoniese sein verduidelik en getoets. Die stelsel lewer bruikbare transkripsies van enkelstemmige intreeseine na bladmusiek met standaard musieksimbole. Die sukses van die stelsel is beperk vir polifoniese musiek, soos ook die algemene geval is vir ander gepubliseerde meerstemmige transkripsie stelsels. Tog is die aanvanklike resultate belowend, met aanduidings dat die huidige implementering kan dien as 'n beginpunt vir die ontwikkeling van 'n meer gesofistikeerde en akkurate stelsel.

Orientadores: Antonio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos, José Roberto Zan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T14:39:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gomes_MarceloSilva_D.pdf: 1350722 bytes, checksum: 678e0adf2459a455414fafe7f3aeb0ea (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Este trabalho consiste da criação, realização, análise e reflexão de três arranjos para a peça "Céu e Mar", de Johnny Alf (1929-2010). Inicialmente, faz-se uma revisão do Samba-Jazz e de suas relações com a Bossa Nova, por meio de critérios harmônicos, melódicos, rítmicos e outras características particulares desses conteúdos sonoros. Em seguida, verifica-se de que maneira certo grupo de músicos brasileiros, no período de 1952 a 1967, reinventa o samba instrumental, na medida em que se encontra exposto à presença marcante do jazz e da produção cultural norte-americana da época. A partir daí, o autor inicia um diálogo criativo com os resultados obtidos até então, e assim são concebidos três arranjos para "Céu e Mar", distintos nas técnicas empregadas e em seu grau de intervenção nos modos de execução. Finalmente, as gravações são analisadas, considerando suas inserções num plano cartesiano especificamente criado para tal, e cuja proposta é matizar, em cada um dos arranjos e nas relações que estabelecem entre si, articulações entre concepção e performance / Abstract: This work consists of the creation, implementation, analysis and discussion about three arrangements of the song "Céu e Mar", Johnny Alf (1929-2010). Initially, it is a review of Samba-Jazz and its relations with bossa nova, using harmonic, melodic, rhythmic as criteria, besides other particular characteristics of these sound contents. Just following that, this work shows how certain group of Brazilian musicians, from 1952 to 1967, reinvents instrumental samba, as it is exposed to the strong presence of jazz and American cultural production of the time. From there, the author starts a creative dialogue with the results obtained so far, and then he conceives three arrangements for "Céu e Mar", using different techniques and intervention in the ways of musical playing. Finally, the recordings are analyzed, considering their insertions in a Cartesian plane specifically created for that, and whose purpose is to measure how intense are the articulations between concepts and performances in each of the arrangements, and in the relations established among theirselvs / Doutorado / Musica / Doutor em Música

Orientador: Antonio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T14:14:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zagury_Sheila_D.pdf: 30979505 bytes, checksum: ce7c600191ad8121332839c65369fdce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: O presente trabalho apresenta um estudo a respeito dos grupos dedicados à música instrumental popular que surgiram no Rio de Janeiro a partir da década de 1990 e as suas contribuições musicais para o choro. Tais conjuntos buscaram inovar o fazer musical do choro, ao trazer mudanças nos arranjos de grandese clássicos do gênero assim como suas possíveis inter-relações deste com outros gêneros musicais. Tendo em vista a busca pela sua abordagem na criação e práticas musicais, selecionamos quatro representantes desta geração de conjuntos cariocas. Para contextualizar tal objeto de pesquisa, foram elaboradas compilações de significados para os termos choro, gênero e estilo musicais. A partir da observação das suas trajetórias e do seu material musical, foi possível constatar as propostas de mudança dos grupos estudados no repertório usual do choro e outras modificações, como a inserção de outros repertórios estranhos ao âmbito deste gênero, tanto nos seus arranjos como na escolha de obras que, a princípio não pertenceriam a este universo. As análises musicais, os levantamentos dos termos citados e a execução de alguns dos arranjos destes grupos, (assim como outros elaborados pela autora deste trabalho, a partir da década de 1990) fizeram com que algumas questões tomassem corpo. Assim, trouxemos discussões já travadas por vários pesquisadores a cerca de algumas representações que envolvem o choro, como o significado de "grupo de choro" e como a identidade nacional se relaciona com este universo da música instrumental brasileira. Tais reflexões colaboraram na busca de uma visão mais crítica do nosso assunto. A percepção dos processos de hibridação com outros mundos musicais e como estes foram elaborados são os resultados desse estudo. Esperamos que este venha contribuir para os estudos de análise e prática da música popular brasileira / Abcstract: This research presents a study of the groups devoted to Brazilian instrumental music that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the 1990s and their musical contribuition to choro. Those groups had seeked to innovate musical making that evolves choro, in the form of changes within the repertoire¿s arrangements of this musical genre and also possible interactions with other genres. In search of an approach to musical creation and performance, we have made a selection of four among these ensembles. To put this subject in context, we have made an inventory for the meanings of the expression choro, and also a discussion about musical genre and style. By observing their history and musical material, it was possible to perceive their proposed changes to the standard choro repertoire and other modifications, such as the inclusion of works that are distant from the choro realm. These procedures were detected in the arrangements as well as in the groups¿ choices of repertoire, which could come from outside the choro universe. The musical analysis, the investigation of the meaning given to "choro", the musical genre and style¿s debates and the performance of some of the group¿s arrangements (as well as other arrangements written by this author the 1990s) have given rise to some issues. Discussions already underway by other researchers were brought in to our study, such as the representations that have evolved regarding choro: the meaning of "choro group" and how national identity relates to this Brazilian musical world. These considerations have aided in the search to a more critical point-of-view to this survey. Perceived hybrid procedures with other musical worlds and how they were developed are the results of this research. We hope that it will contribute to further analysis and performance studies of Brazilian popular music. / Doutorado / Praticas Interpretativas / Doutora em Música

Orientador: Antônio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T17:55:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sampaio_EmilianoCardoso_M.pdf: 110299103 bytes, checksum: 4511b3168d95f675dbb40e63d04575ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O objetivo desta pesquisa é compreender as composições do músico Nailor Azevedo "Proveta", "Bixiga" e "À Procura", ambas para a Banda Mantiqueira, grupo com uma formação instrumental derivada das big bands tradicionais americanas. Para o entendimento das composições realizaremos a digitalização das partituras manuscritas do arquivo pessoal de Nailor, para a partir da grade realizar análises musicais / Abstract: The objective of this research is to understand the compositions of the musician Nailor Azevedo "Proveta", "Bixiga" and "À Procura", both for Banda Mantiqueira, a group derived from the traditional American big bands. To understand the compositions was necessary to get the original hanwriting partitures and make the scores of these two songs, and then perform the analysis / Mestrado / Fundamentos Teoricos / Mestre em Música

Orientador: Roberto Cesar Pires / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T22:15:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PereiraJunior_GeremiasTiofilo_M.pdf: 30726793 bytes, checksum: 87defb498a2db6c065b3c42194e6a355 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O presente trabalho investiga a valsa-canção "Lábios que beijei", composição da dupla J. Cascata (pseudônimo de Álvaro Nunes Filho, 1912-1961) e Leonel Azevedo (1908-1980), gravada em 1937 pela empresa RCA Victor na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Essa foi uma gravação de grande sucesso e contribuiu para consolidar as carreiras de seu intérprete, o cantor Orlando Silva (1915-1978), e de seu arranjador, Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988). Diante do sucesso dessa valsa-canção, críticos e historiadores enfatizam alguns aspectos musicais fazendo referências ao arranjo de Radamés Gnattali para esta composição. É mediante esse contexto que nossa pesquisa se orienta e busca realizar uma transcrição musical e uma análise deste arranjo. Em complemento serão apresentadas informações sobre a trajetória de Radamés Gnattali como arranjador, bem como de outros arranjadores contemporâneos e antecessores à sua época, contribuindo com as pesquisas sobre o arranjo musical no Brasil, particularmente no início do século XX / Abstract: The present work investigates the song-waltz "Lábios que beijei" ("Lips that I kissed"), composed by J. Cascata (psedonym of Álvaro Nunes Filho, 1912-1961) and Leonel Azevedo (1908-1980) and recorded in 1937 by the company RCA Victor in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This recording was a great success and helped build the careers of his interpreter, the singer Orlando Silva (1915-1978), and his arranger, Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988). Given the success of this waltz-song, critics and historians emphasize some musical aspects by reference to the musical arrangement of Radamés Gnattali for this composition. It is through this context that our research is oriented and seeks to make a musical transcription and analysis of this arrangement. In addition, information will be displayed on the trajectory of Radamés Gnattali as an arranger, as well as other previous arrangers and contemporaries of his time, contributing to research on musical arrangement in Brazil, particularly in the early twentieth century / Mestrado / Fundamentos Teoricos / Mestre em Música

Franz Liszt, who was the greatest virtuoso pianist in the nineteenth-century, was also a productive composer. But his tremendous technique brought the misunderstanding that his compositions were just flashy and superficial, thus creating an obstacle for appreciating his music. The purpose of this study is to encourage an understanding of the value of Liszt's music, especially his Schubert Lieder transcriptions. The study starts with an introduction, which states the revival of the art of transcription, gives the muscial background of Liszt and describes the instruments that were available to him. Then follows a discussion about his experimentation with the conventional piano techniques and how he applied them to the song transcriptions. Two transcriptions "Hark, Hark, the Lark" and "Der Lindenbaum" are analyzed in detail to show the transcriptive procedure and the relation between the poetry and the musical expression. A conclusion summarizes the study.

The lecture recital was given on April 18, 1977. The subject was Adaptation of Handel's Castrato Airs for Bass, and it included a discussion of conventions peculiar to Handelian opera seria, concerns regarding adaptation of Handel's castrato airs and a comparison of adaptation practices in eighteenth- and twentieth-century presentations of Handel's operas. Three coloratura castrato airs and two virtuoso bass airs were performed at the conclusion of the lecture. In addition to the lecture recital, one operatic role and three recitals of solo literature for voice, piano and chamber ensemble were publicly performed. These included the role of "Samuele" in A Masked Ball, by Verdi, performed in English on March 19, 1975 with the Opera Theatre of North Texas State University, a program presented on November 24, 1975,of solo literature for voice, piano, and chamber ensemble, including works by J. S. Bach, W. Mozart, M. Ravel and G. Finzi, a program consisting of a set of works by R. Schumann presented on June 27, 1985, and a program presented on October 28, 1985,of solo literature for voice, piano, and chamber ensemble,including works by A. Caldara, G. Handel, H. Wolf, H. Duparc, C. Ives and S. Barber.

The Bach Cello Suites have become widely transcribed and studied on the double bass. They have also become essential teaching material as most US orchestra auditions demand solo Bach for bass auditions. Transcribing the chords in Bach Cello Suites presents many difficulties on the bass because of the different tuning of our instrument (cello in 5ths; double bass in 4ths). There is no unified solution to all the problems presented in chord playing at this time. The purpose of this project, therefore is to give bass players solutions to the problems by looking at historical interpretation of chords, technical execution of the chords on cello and bass, tonal and resonance considerations and fingering solutions. The chords chosen represent the most common and most difficult to transcribe to the double bass from the Cello Suites.

Through his exceptional creative and performing abilities, Franz Liszt was able to transform compositions of many kinds into unified, intelligible, and pleasing arrangements for piano. Nineteenth-century definitions of "arrangement" and "Klavierauszug," which focus on the process of reworking a composition for a different medium, do not adequately describe Liszt's work in this area. His piano transcriptions of Schubert's songs, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and the symphonies of Beethoven are not note-for-note transcriptions; rather, they reinterpret the originals in recasting them as compositions for solo piano. Writing about Liszt's versions of Schubert's songs, a Viennese critic identified as "Carlo" heralded Liszt as the creator of a new genre and declared him to have made Schubert's songs the property of cultured pianists. Moreover, Liszt himself designated his work with Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and the symphonies of Beethoven "Partitions de piano": literally, piano scores. As is well known, concepts of genre in general create problems for musicologists; musical arrangements add a new dimension of difficulty to the problem. Whereas Carl Dahlhaus identifies genre as a tool for interpreting composers' responses to the social dimension of music in the fabric of individual compositions, Jeffrey Kallberg perceives it as a "social phenomenon shared by composers and listeners alike." The latter concept provides a more suitable framework for discussing the genre of transcriptions, for their importance derives in large part from relationships between the original and the derivative works, both as constructed by Liszt and perceived by critics and audiences. During the nineteenth and early twentieth century's, Liszt's transcriptions of songs and symphonies were construed as both compositions for pianists and subsets of the originals. Consequently, these compositions should be studied for their own musical value as well as for the light that they shed on the original works. Liszt's transcriptions are derivative and at the same time created distinct genres.