Many of the musical works composed by Sir Arnold Bax have been studied, edited, and performed in the fifty or so years since his death in 1953. Until recently, several of the earliest symphonic works have remained as original unedited manuscripts tucked away in private collections. This dissertation serves to partially remedy this obscurity by presenting the first edition of the 1905 tone poem, A Song of War and Victory as a practical and working score. It also provides a study comprising commentary, analysis, and a large section devoted to the correction of the many errors in the manuscript. This early work is now available to orchestras, conductors, and scholars in a performance edition. Within the commentary and analysis portions is a comparison study of the other extant early, and interestingly varied, symphonic works, complete with an appendix, comprising a complete edition of the 1904 set of variations aptly titled, Variations (Improvisations). Before this study, Bax's Variations was the only remaining unedited work from the early symphonic complete works. Therefore, this dissertation fills these notable, existing, gaps and completes the exposition of these earliest examples of the composer's work. / School of Music
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/177854 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Ludden, Paul R. |
| Contributors | Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Song of war and victory., Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Variations (Improvisations), Koriath, Kirby L. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | xi, 308 leaves : music ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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