This study represents a creative project approach to the dissertation requirement of the Doctor of Arts degree with primary emphasis in the field of music performance. The project itself, a recital in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, took place on November 18, 1974. The program consisted of music for alto saxophone and piano, saxophone in the context of chamber music and unaccompanied saxophone.Preparation for the recital was concentrated on the building of a successful program of serious original compositions for saxophone and on preparing those works as thoroughly as possible. The taped performance of the November 18 concert, the program and its critical comment accompany the paper.The paper is in support of that recital. It focuses on the music performed and its composers, the pedagogical implications of the recital and its preparation, and recommendations based on the experiences of the writer.The basis for the discussion of the recital's music depends upon correspondence, work-sessions and upon conversations between the writer and the composers. Composers' statements about their music, and to some extent about the instrument, make up the body of the Appendix. The study grew out of the composers' statements, and the format was suggested by the program itself.The pedagogical implications of this project have not been limited to considerations of the creative project itself. This discussion drew upon the writer's experiences as an intern with Dr. Cecil Leeson and upon the study of interpretation and its long-term procedures.The relatively short history of the saxophone, the lack of a literature about it, the fact that all of the composers whose music is discussed are still alive and the study's scope basing the discussion on the composers' statements--all of these have set limits on the writer's sources. However, the intent of this study was to base the investigation on primary sources still available.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/178647 |
| Date | 03 June 2011 |
| Creators | Minor, Brian |
| Contributors | Leeson, Cecil |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | vii, 53, [3] leaves : music ; 28 cm. + 1 sound tape reel (90 min. : 7 1/2 ips, stereo. ; 7 in.) |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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