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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Scherzo"”.
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Carlo Milanuzzi's Quarto Scherzo and the Climate of Venetian Popular Music in the 1620s
… Spanish guitar. Carlo Milanuzzi's Quarto Scherzo (1624) stands out among its contemporary Venetian song collections with alfabeto as an anthology of Venetian secular songs, including compositions by Miniscalchi, Berti, and Claudio and Francesco Monteverdi. Issues surrounding its …
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Structures of Beethoven's Scherzos
<p>The inclusion of the scherzo movement in multi-movement compositions such as symphonies, sonatas, and chamber music can be almost exclusively attributed to one composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. After assimilating the existing scherzo form as it appeared in the music of Joseph Haydn (still labeled …
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Master's thesis recital (horn)
Scherzo brilliante / Jan Koetsier -- 3 character pieces / Brett Kroening -- Ballad from Graham's Crackers / Dana Wilson -- Nocturne / John Williams -- Time and space / Richard Bissill
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Master's thesis recital (violin)
Scherzo "Sonatensatz" in C minor from FAE sonata / Johannes Brahms -- Sonata for violin and basso continuo no. 4 in D major / George Frideric Handel -- Polonaise brillante in D major, op. 4 / Henri Wieniawski -- Sonata for violin and piano no. 3 in C minor, op. 45 / Edvard Grieg
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"Schattenhaft" in Mahler's Seventh and Ninth Symphonies: An Examination of a Passage in Adorno's Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy
… Mahler's symphonies: at the beginning of the scherzo in the Seventh and within the first movement of the Ninth. Theodor Adorno's observations regarding Mahler's use of this marking, which connect it to Schopenhauer and Romantic aesthetics, provide the framework for an examination of possible …
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Musical Humor and Beethoven's Symphonic Scherzi
… and extensive imitation of Beethoven's symphonic Scherzo. Once the wit and humor of Beethoven's Scherzi became standard methods of composition, the amusing qualities were stripped away as the unexpected became expected. However, the imitation and replication of Beethoven's humorous techniques …
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Leyla and Mejnun for String Quartet
… a theme and variations. The third movement is a Scherzo based on a Middle Eastern dance called Dabke. It ends with an Epilogue whose materials stem from the Prelude.</p>
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Tonal and Formal Structure in Selected Larger Works of Chopin
… the larger works only the Ballade Op. 23 and the Scherzo Op. 31 have been so investigated. Moreover, previous analyses have dealt principally with the unfolding of each work's tonal structure; formal structure has not been discussed except in small contexts, and specific interpretive implications …
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Clear Sound for Clarinet and Orchestra
… movement based around a song-like theme, and a Scherzo final movement in Rondo form. With the opening movement, Clear Sound, I endeavored to fit my own pan-tonal harmonic language, which does not function under the tonic-dominant rules of common practice, into the Sonata-Allegro form, a formal …
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The compositional evolution of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony, its formal design and tonal strategies
… been addressed. A reexamination of the E minor Scherzo reveals more self-quotations from Das Lied von der Erde than earlier detected. While the Purgatorio and Finale source materials reflect relative stability, close analysis yields nuanced readings of the symphony's movements most closely …
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Concerto for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra
… form. The second is ternary form in which a scherzo serves as the B section surrounded by calm, slow A and AI prime sections. The third movement is a five-part rondo. Classical form stipulates that a double exposition should open the first movement of a concerto. I decided to expand on this …
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The Development, Tradition, and Global Influence of the Paris Conservatoire Flute Examinations
… of concours: 1902) Louis Ganne - Andante et Scherzo (year of concours: 1901) Philippe Gaubert - Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando (year of concours: 1906) André Jolivet - Chant de Linos (year of concours: 1944) I provide historical information on each of the composers and their pieces. …
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SYMPHONY. (ORIGINAL COMPOSITION)
… two sections (the second of which is a "scherzo-fugue" derived from the generative set). All of the materials are reprised and combined in the fourth large division of the composition. The final coda recalls the opening introduction and closes the work. Symphony is scored for large …
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An Examination of Toccata Line Movements in Prokofiev's Piano Music
… of Prokofiev's career as composer and pianist: Scherzo, Opus 12, No. 2; Third Sonata, Op. 28, Etude in C minor, Opus 2, No. 4; Suggestion diabolique, Opus 4, No. 4; Toccata in D minor, Opus 11; and the final movement of Seventh Sonata, Op. 83. It also examines some societal preconceptions and …
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An Early Violin Sonata by Peter Cornelius: A Critical Edition and Study
… sonata's four movements are: Allegro (340 mm.); Scherzo (B-flat major, 416 mm.); <em>Fantasie</em> (C minor, 35 mm.); and the finale (252 mm.).</p> <p>In Chapter One, I describe Cornelius's family background and his life, education, and musical experience until 1841; in Chapter Two, the composer …
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Pathways: for Chamber Orchestra
… music, characterized by both the ebulliance of a scherzo and the propulsion of a toccata, develops the opening material without ever fully reiterating it. When a sense of recapitulation finally does arrive, the main ideas appear in reverse order, their functions altered. A peaceful coda supplies …
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The music of architecture
… time. A hundred musicians playing Bruckner's Scherzo on Symphony No. 7 could make us feel emotionally moved; it could make us feel joy, anger, anguish, delight, peace, fear, freedom. Music has the ability to change our mood, to make us go through a series of feelings. This, I believe, has to …
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Music for Saxophone and Harp: An Investigation of the Development of the Genre with an Annotated Bibliography
In 1937, Gustav Bumcke (1876-1963) composed the Scherzo, op. 67 for alto saxophone and double-action pedal harp. Since then, over 50 duos were written for various members of the saxophone family and the pedal harp, yet most of this repertoire is rarely performed and many artists are not yet aware …
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THE BACH/KODÁLY LEGACY: THE SOLO CELLO'S THREE-HUNDRED-YEAR EVOLUTION
… Music for Solo Cello, Mehmet Aktuğ's Bis and Scherzo, and Kamran İnce's MKG Variations will also be presented, exploring more modern compositional styles with current cello technique. The third recital focuses on the works of American composers, with one exception: the American works are Sonata …
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Text and structure in Schoenberg's Op. 50, and an original composition, symphony #1
… the traditional symphonic model: Overture, Scherzo, Adagio, and Finale. In the tradition of Mahler, a vocal soloist is included in the final movement. The text for this movement is drawn from a Sara Teasdale poem "A Seagull in the City." The primary musical material for all four movements is …
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