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"Guidelines for Transcribing Baroque Lute Music for the Modern Guitar, Using Silvius Leopold Weiss's Sonata 36 (from the Dresden Manuscript) as a Model" analyzes the process of creating guitar transcriptions of Weiss's music. The methodology unfolds through three steps: 1) rendering the tablature into modern guitar notation, 2) analyses of stylistic issues for the definition of fingerings on the guitar, and 3) two categories of ornamental practices—essential embellishments and diminutions. In addition, the study includes a discussion about an alternative tuning and presents a suggested prelude for Sonata 36 from the Dresden manuscript. The purpose of this research is twofold: first, to create a new guitar transcription of a sonata by Weiss, analyzing the challenges inherent in this process, and second, to train intermediate and advanced guitar students to develop their own original transcriptions following the model presented in this study.

This thesis approaches Haydn’s sonata-form procedures from the perspective of the eighteenth-century listener, asking, if a moment is allegedly “witty” according to modern analysts, would Haydn's contemporary audience have heard it as such? Eighteenth-century wit has two sides: wit involves an aspect of surprise or deception, a breaking of understood norms; however, wit must also involve an unsuspected congruity, a broader connection created only by breaking the aforementioned norm. Taking this as my starting point, I explore false recapitulations in the Haydn’s music, concluding that this device cannot be considered witty because it did not break an understood convention. I then provide detailed analyses of the first movements of Haydn’s “Military” Symphony no. 100 and String Quartet in D major, op. 33 no. 6, arguing that they are witty not solely because they are disruptive, but because this disruption binds the sonata together in an unexpected way.

by Wong Yat Sze, Yates. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, leaves 90-98). / VOLUME 1 / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ii / CHAPTER / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SERGEI PROKOFIEV --- p.5 / Chapter III. --- THE CRITERIA FOR THE USE OF SONATA FORM IN --- p.12 / TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND ITS EXPANDED USE IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY / Chapter IV. --- ANALYSIS OF SELECTED FIRST MOVEMENTS IN PROKOFIEV'S WORKS --- p.14 / Chapter 1. --- "Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 1 (1909)" --- p.15 / Chapter 2. --- "Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10 (1911-12)" --- p.18 / Chapter 3. --- "Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14 (1912)" --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- "Classical Symphony in D Major, Op. 25 (1916-17)" --- p.22 / Chapter 5. --- "Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 (1917)" --- p.26 / Chapter 6. --- "Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 40 (1924-25)" --- p.30 / Chapter 7. --- "Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 44 (1928)" --- p.34 / Chapter 8. --- "String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 50 (1930)" --- p.39 / Chapter 9. --- "Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 (1935)" --- p.42 / Chapter 10. --- "Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1939-42)" --- p.45 / Chapter 11. --- "Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84 (1939-44)" --- p.48 / Chapter 12. --- "String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 (1941)" --- p.50 / Chapter 13. --- "Flute Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 (1943)" --- p.54 / Chapter 14. --- "Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 (1944)" --- p.58 / Chapter 15. --- "Piano Sonata No. 9 in C Major, Op. 103 (1947)" --- p.62 / Chapter 16. --- "Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111 (1945-47)" --- p.65 / Chapter V. --- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION --- p.70 / Chapter VI. --- BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.90 / VOLUME 2 / APPENDICES --- p.1 / LIST OF APPENDICES / Appendix / Chapter 1. --- Musical Examples --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Prokofiev's Works divided by Periods --- p.145 / Chapter 3. --- Prokofiev's Works divided by Genres --- p.154 / Chapter 4. --- Proportion and Developmental Techniques --- p.155 / Chapter 5. --- "Proportions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies, First Movements" --- p.157 / Chapter 6. --- Key Relationship between the First and Second Themes of the Exposition --- p.158 / Chapter 7. --- Themes and Tonal Schemes --- p.159 / Chapter 8. --- Map of Soviet Union --- p.164

abstract: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Major is a work for trumpet and piano. It is composed in the romantic tradition and is thirty minutes in length. Trumpet chamber repertoire has increased dramatically in the past century, but few new works are representative of the harmonic language or extended forms of the late romantic tradition. The first movement, “Allegro con spirito,” is in sonata form with fantasy qualities allowing the exposition to meld with the development. The primary theme in 3/4 meter develops a neighbor-tone motive; in contrast, the second theme in 4/4 (in the same tempo) is more lyric in nature. In the development, the juxtaposition of these themes provides changing meters and opportunity for dramatic tension. The bold and metric nature of the first movement is contrasted with the slow, more lyric second movement, “Dolce e sensibile,” (Sweet and sensitive, pg. 22). This movement in E-flat major is in sonata form and encourages a more expressive, rubato interpretation. The second theme of the first movement shares a similar falling gesture as the themes of the second movement, but are different in their expressive qualities. The third movement (“Grave et lento”) is played attacca and begins with a transition from the ideas of the second movement (pg. 30). The dissonant harmonies and low register of the piano solo create an ominous atmosphere which mutates to the bold nature of the first movement. The remainder of the third movement is a seven-part Rondo. The primary theme (m. 20, pg. 31) is derived from a theme from the development of the first movement (m. 210, pg. 12). The C section of the rondo (m. 118, pg. 40) develops the opening theme of the third movement and leads to the primary theme in B-flat major. The final A section of the rondo is piu mosso with the primary theme in a compound meter providing a coda for the entire work. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Music 2018

abstract: This document is comprised of an arrangement and recording of Giuseppe Tartini’s “Devil’s Trill” Sonata for solo violin, and includes historical background, an exploration of Italian ornamentation, and a structural analysis. The original work was written for violin and basso continuo. The author was inspired to create this arrangement for solo violin based on accounts that Tartini liked to perform this work unaccompanied. The first three chapters focus on events from Tartini’s early life that influenced his compositional style. Chapters four and five provide an overview of Italian ornamentation, and explore five documents that were used to support decisions in creating the arrangement: Giovanni Luca Conforto’s The Joy of Ornamentation; Giuseppe Tartini’s Traité des Agréments de la Musique; Letter to Signora Maddalena Lombardini; Regole; and L’Arte dell Arco. Chapter six provides a structural analysis of the Sonata. The appendices illustrate the process of creating the arrangement. The arrangement takes into consideration the composite of the original solo and basso continuo parts. In addition, a set of realized ornaments is provided on an ossia staff. The recording includes both the primary arrangement, presented in each initial section, as well as the realized ornaments, presented in each repeated section. / Dissertation/Thesis / Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata: Movement I / Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata: Movement III / Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata: Movement II / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), one of the best known German composers. He has a strong influence on the development of Western Music. Bach's three Viola da Gamba Sonatas (BWV 1027-1029) were composed during his Koethen period. These works were inspired by Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi, and have influenced the Classical Sonatas. The purpose of this thesis is to give a thorough presentation on Bach's three Viola da Gamba Sonatas. This essay consists of three chapters. The first chapter includes the introduction to Bach¡¦s life, the background of the three sonatas, and the development of the viola da gamba. The second chapter is the elimentary analysis of these works. The final chapter offers a comprehensive comparison to the different versions of the three Viola da Gamba Sonatas. The purpose of the thesis is to understand Bach¡¦s three viola da gamba sonatas deeply through the above aspects.