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Master of Music / Department of Music / Patricia Thompson / This report contains biographical, historical, and analytical commentary on the following composers and their pieces for soprano voice: Henry Purcell and The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation; Franz Schubert and Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 62, D. 877; Jacques Offenbach and Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Libby Larsen and Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII; Charles Gounod and Ah! Je veux vivre, from Roméo et Juliette. These selections, unified by the theme of tragedy in various forms of love, were presented in a graduate recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy degree.

This thesis presents extended program notes for a seventy-minute vocal graduate recital consisting of the following repertoire for tenor: Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Ich armer Mensch ich Sündenknecht; two songs from the eighteenth-century Spanish collection Tonadillas Escénicas; Gaetano Donizetti's song La derniére nuit d'un novice; Francis Poulenc's song cycle Tel jour telle nuit; Jake Heggie's song cycle Friendly Persuasions; and John Corigliano's Three Irish Folk Songs for Flute and Tenor. Spanning four centuries of music and representing four different language traditions, these works are sufficiently representative of the tenor repertoire. The content of this thesis features detailed information on these works through historical study, and musical analysis.

[ES] Manuel Verdeguer Beltrán es el contrabajista español más relevante del siglo XX, con un gran reconocimiento en el continente americano. Nacido en 1908 en Valencia, comenzó tocando el violoncello y posteriormente se consagró como solista y pedagogo del contrabajo, elogiado, entre otros por los maestros Lamote de Grignon y Joaquín Turina. El estudio de la época en la que desarrolló su carrera artística en España nos ha permitido descubrir la crisis económica causada a los intérpretes por la desaparición del cine mudo, así como en el conocimiento del reglamento que regía las condiciones laborales de los músicos. Desempeñó el puesto de solista de contrabajo en la Orquesta Municipal de Valencia y de la Orquesta Nacional de Conciertos en el periodo de la república. Posteriormente ingresó en la Orquesta Nacional de España, creada en la época franquista. En 1953 abandonó España para ocupar los puestos de solista de la Orquesta Nacional de Colombia y de profesor del Conservatorio de Bogotá. Posteriormente se trasladó a Venezuela como solista de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela y profesor de la Escuela Superior de Música "José Ángel Lamas" de Venezuela. Invitado por el violonchelista Pau Casals fue nombrado catedrático del Conservatorio de Puerto Rico y solista de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Bogotá. Estrenó el conocido concierto de Tubin para contrabajo y orquesta realizando la primera grabación de dicho concierto No tuvo discípulos en España; pero sí que los tuvo en América, creando una prestigiosa escuela del contrabajo. / [EN] Manuel Verdeguer Beltrán is the most relevant Spanish double bass player of the 20th century, with great recognition in the Americas. Born in 1908 in Valencia, he began playing the violoncello and subsequently consecrated himself as a soloist and pedagogue of the double bass, praised among others by the teachers Lamote de Grignon and Joaquín Turina The study of the time in which he developed his artistic career in Spain has allowed us to discover the economic crisis caused to the interpreters by the disappearance of silent films, as well as in the knowledge of the regulation that governed the working conditions of musicians. He played the double bass soloist position in the Municipal Orchestra of Valencia and the National Concert Orchestra in the period of the Republic. Later he joined the National Orchestra of Spain created in the Franco era. In 1953, he left Spain to occupy the positions of soloist of the National Orchestra of Colombia and professor at the Conservatory of Bogotá. Later he moved to Venezuela as soloist of the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and professor of the Higher School of Music "José Ángel Lamas" of Venezuela. Invited by cellist Pau Casals, he was appointed Professor of the Conservatory of Puerto Rico and soloist of the Symphony Orchestra of Bogotá. He premiered the famous Tubin concert for double bass and orchestra performing the first recording of that concert He had no disciples in Spain; but he did have them in America, creating a prestigious double bass school. / [CA] Manuel Verdeguer Beltrán és el contrabaixista espanyol més rellevant del segle XX, amb un gran reconeixement en el continent americà. Nascut en 1908 a València, va començar tocant el violoncel i posteriorment es va consagrar com a solista i pedagog del contrabaix, elogiat, entre altres pels mestres Lamote de Grignon i Joaquín Turina. L'estudi de l'època en la qual va desenvolupar la seua carrera artística a Espanya ens ha permès descobrir la crisi econòmica causada als intèrprets per la desaparició del cinema mut, així com en el coneixement del reglament que regia les condicions laborals dels músics. Va exercir el lloc de solista de contrabaix de l'Orquestra Municipal de València i de l'Orquestra Nacional de Concerts en el període de la república. Posteriorment va ingressar en l'Orquestra Nacional d'Espanya, creada en l'època franquista. En 1953 va abandonar Espanya per a ocupar els llocs de solista de l'Orquestra Nacional de Colòmbia i de professor del Conservatori de Bogotà. Posteriorment es va traslladar a Veneçuela com a solista de l'Orquestra Simfònica de Veneçuela i professor de l'Escola Superior de Música "José Ángel Lamas" de Veneçuela. Convidat pel violoncellista Pau Casals va ser nomenat catedràtic del Conservatori de Puerto Rico i solista de l'Orquestra Simfònica de Bogotà. Va estrenar el conegut concert de Tubin per a contrabaix i orquestra realitzant el primer enregistrament d'aquest concert No va tindre deixebles a Espanya; però sí que els va tindre a Amèrica, creant una prestigiosa escola del contrabaix. / Ruiz Zanon, F. (2020). Manuel Verdeguer Beltrán (Valencia, 1908-San Juan de Puerto Rico,1988) Trayectoria musical y aportaciones a la escuela moderna del contrabajo [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/152484

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University. This item includes the dissertation paper, handouts, as well as a video of the February 26, 2017 lecture and clarinet performance by Karen Luttik. / Géza Frid (1904-1989) was a significant Hungarian-born Dutch composer and pianist of Jewish descent. His compositional style was highly regarded in the Dutch musical scene of the 20th century; his music has been programmed on multiple occasions by the Concertgebouw Orchestra and in 1949 and 1954 won the City of Amsterdam Music Award. Major influences on Frid’s musical development started in his native Hungary where he studied with Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály before his move to the Netherlands. In 1972, he composed an unusually lovely concerto for Bb, A, Eb and bass clarinets (Op. 82) and dedicated it to George Pieterson, principle clarinet with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Scholarly discussions of Géza Frid’s clarinet music are not to be found in either the US based International Clarinet Society’s The Clarinet, or in the Dutch based De Klarinet. Intensive World Cat library searches have yielded no recordings of this piece, and currently there is not even one recording of Frid’s Concerto for Clarinets on YouTube or in the Naxos Music Library. The Concerto for Clarinets is a significant addition to the standard clarinet repertoire and needs to be introduced to the world wide clarinet community. Furthermore, save for some short selections on the Géza Frid website set up by his son, Arthur Frid and a Wikipedia article, no translations exist of Géza Frid’s autobiographical material. His life story was exceedingly interesting, having been a Jewish composer during the World War II years who was not allowed to perform or compose for years during the German occupation of the Netherlands. Luckily he survived the war years by going into hiding; he managed as part of the musician’s resistance to find ways to perform and work illegally giving clandestine concerts and falsifying documents. These were exceedingly dangerous risks, yet ones Géza Frid and his fellow musicians were willing to take because of their music. Frid published two autobiographical books and numerous articles for the Dutch music magazine Mens en Melodie, (People and Melody) revealing his deep musical insights; especially those relating to the music of the Concerto need to be summarized and translated to English from Dutch. This paper provides a general overview of the historical aspects of Géza Frid’s life, his WWII experiences, and his position as one of many persecuted Jewish musicians at the time. Géza Frid’s autobiographical information relating to his personal friendships with Bartók and Kodály is of interest when considering his music. Summaries and some translations are made of his two Dutch language autobiographical books, In 80 Jaar de Wereld Rond (Around the World in 80 Years) and Oog in Oog Met… (Eye to Eye With…). A basic analysis of Frid’s Concerto for Clarinets is provided regarding form, the various instrument appearances, and a special feature invented by George Pieterson called the ‘tremolo special’. Since this concerto was specifically composed for the Reformed Boehm system clarinets which George Pieterson used, a discussion of the differences between the French, German and Reformed Boehm clarinet systems is included. The performance portion of this project is a historically informed performance of this piece on the specific models of clarinets for which it was written. George Pieterson passed on in April 2016, and this project is a fitting tribute of his teaching to a generation of professional clarinetists in the Netherlands including the author.

Master of Music / Department of Music / Frank C. Tracz / This report contains lesson plans as well as a theoretical and historical analysis of the literature performed in the Graduate Conducting Recital of Veronica Kongs. The recital was held in the Satanta Junior/Senior High School Auditorium in Satanta, Kansas on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. The recital featured performances by the Junior High and High School Concert Bands. Literature for the Junior High Concert Band included Korean Folk Rhapsody arranged by James Curnow and Riders on the Southern Front by Roland Barrett. The Junior High/High School Concert Band literature consisted of For Thy Courts Above by Ed Huckeby and Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings by Roland Barrett. This report utilizes two analytical methods, the Larry Blocher/Richard Miles Unit Study model used in the Teaching Music through Performance in Band Books and the Frank Tracz approach of macro-micro score analysis.

The romantic piano literature contains three important collections of nocturnes. The nocturnes of John Field (1782-1837) were the first to appear, and were followed by collections from Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) and Gabriel Faure (1845-1924). While the relationship of the nocturnes of Field to those of Chopin is well documented, the corresponding relationship between Faure and Chopin is not. This study contains a detailed examination of this relationship, and shows the precise nature of Chopin's strong influence on Faure's early nocturnes, as well as the nature of Faure's growth from that influence. Chopin's influence was strongest in the area of harmonic language, as Faure carried certain of Chopin's techniques to logical extremes. Faure also adopted ternary form as the important form for the piece from Chopin. Faure's use of this form shows both similarities and differences from that found in Chopin. Faure's early nocturnes employ the same basic textures as Chopin's nocturnes, but Faure's later works abandon this in favor of increasingly contrapuntal writing. Chopin's influence is weakest in the area of melodic construction, as Faure's melodies often show a rigorous motivic construction which is not found in Chopin.