Treatise (D.M.A.) Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: Charles E. Brewer, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 5-14-2007). Document formatted into pages; contains 109 pages. Includes vita. Includes musical examples. Includes bibliographical references.

Classical guitarists Roland Dyens (b.1955) and Sérgio Assad (b.1952) are widely recognized for their productivity as arrangers, improvisers, composers and performers, and for their experience in jazz and Latin American popular styles. Dyens and Assad, professors at the Paris Conservatory and at the San Francisco Conservatory, respectively, are also important pedagogues of the instrument. A significant part of their creative output consists of arrangements of popular music, jazz and jazz-influenced works for the solo guitar. This study examines Dyens' arrangements of "Misty" and "All The Things You Are," and Assad's arrangements of "Verano" and "Invierno" from Las Estaciones Porteñas by Ástor Piazzolla, and compares them with arrangements by other guitarists (Agustín Carlevaro, Baltazar Benítez and Joe Pass), pointing out innovations in texture and polyphonic writing for the solo guitar. The author employs theories of hybridism and bi-musicality to frame his analysis and situates the works in terms of historical practice, including examples from arrangements by Luís de Narváez, Mauro Giuliani, Miguel Llobet and Léo Brouwer.

Syftet med mitt konstnärliga examensarbete är att som klassisk gitarrist utveckla mitt musikskapande. Det har i studien implementerats genom att fördjupa mig i kompositören och gitarristen Roland Dyens (1955-2016) verk Libra Sonatine med särskilt fokus på första satsen I. India (1986). Därigenom har jag undersökt och utvärderat metoder för att tillämpa gitarren som kompositionsverktyg. Min egna komposition har jag baserat på berättelsen om Dr Jekyll och Mr Hyde (1886), en kortroman skriven av den brittiske författaren Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Stycket jag skrivit är för gitarr och violin och framförs på min examenskonsert den 1a juni 2023 i Nathan Milstein-salen på Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm. Roland Dyens är en stor inspirationskälla för gitarrister likaså kompositörer. Hans klangfilosofi och förmåga att med fria tyglar skapa ett musikaliskt verk där bara fantasin begränsar honom blir mycket tydlig i hans stycke Libra Sonatine där rytmik, harmonik och melodik delar lika stor betydelse. / The purpose of my artistic degree project is to develop my music making as a classical guitarist. It has been implemented in the study by immersing myself in composer and guitarist Roland Dyens’ (1955-2016) work Libra Sonatine with a particular focus on the first movement I. India (1986). In doing so, I have researched and evaluated methods for applying the guitar as a compositional tool. I have based my own composition on the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), a short novel written by the british author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). The piece I’ve written is for guitar and violin and is being performed at my graduation concert on the 1st of June 2023 in the Nathan Milstein-hall at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. I consider Roland Dyens a great source of inspiration for guitarists as well composers. His sound-philosophy and ability to paint a musical piece with only his fantasy as a limit becomes clear in his piece Libra Sonatine, where rhythm, harmony and melody share equal importance. / <p>Due Canzoni Lidie, 1. Espressivo - Nuccio D'Angelo</p><p>Nocturne - Mathias Duplessy </p><p>Valseana - Sergio Assad </p><p>Dr. Jekyll &amp; Mr. Hyde (a strange case) - Loella Marcimain Klintberg </p><p>Libra Sonatine - Roland Dyens </p><p>God Only Knows - Beach Boys (arr. Loella Marcimain Klintberg) </p><p></p><p>Medverkande: </p><p>Loella Marcimain Klintberg - gitarr</p><p>Kevin Huang - violin</p>