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The violin sonatas of Heinrich Franz Biber
… melodically diversified. The majority of Biber's sonatas for solo violin involve the use of scordatura, or abnormal tuning. This practice, which was common during the Beroque period, seems to have been due more to theoretical than to practical considerations. The strings were generally tuned into …
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The piano sonatas by Harold Shapero: a stylistic synthesis
… into the stylistic language of the piano sonatas of Harold Shapero (1920-2013)—a twentieth-century American composer who is recognized as a member of the “Stravinsky School,” particularly for his emulation of Stravinsky’s Neoclassical style. Within its consideration of Neoclassical …
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The piano and violoncello sonatas of Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonatas for Piano and Violoncello have been somewhat neglected in terms of published study. Drabkin (1991a, n.p.) considers that the early sonatas "have received far less attention than they deserve", a deficiency which Lockwood attributes, in the case of the cello sonatas in …
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The historical editing of Mozart’s keyboard sonatas: History, Context and Practice
… day, with particular reference to W. A. Mozart’s sonatas for solo keyboard. The Introduction provides a concise description of the topic and, through a literature review, illustrates the purpose of this thesis and its place within relevant research. Chapter One consists of a historiographical …
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Aspects of Schubert's compositional style as displayed in selected piano sonatas
Includes bibliographical references.
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Motive and form in Lowell Liebermann's four Sonatas for violoncello and piano
This manuscript explores the four sonatas for cello and piano by Lowell Liebermann, and is accompanied by my recording of the works, in collaboration with pianist Kevin Chance. These works were composed between 1978 and 2008, but are not yet part of the standard repertoire. Given the lack of …
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Performing Brahms: Rediscovering expressive devices in the sonatas for violin and piano
… Brahms: Rediscovering expressive devices in the sonatas for violin and piano This submission for the degree of Master of Philosophy in musical performance at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, consists ofa portfolio of two CDs containing recorded performances of the …
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Performance Insights for Mozart Piano Sonatas Derived from Eighteenth-Century Compositional Guides
… into the musical language found in the Mozart sonatas K. 281, 333, 457 and 576. The contemporaneous concepts of the phrase punctuation, expansion and extension, phrase hierarchy, logical relations, and topics forms the basis of the analyses. Insights from the analysis lead to suggestions for …
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Creating Musical Structure through Performance: A Re-Interpretation of Brahms's Cello Sonatas
… Using recorded interpretations of Brahms’s Cello Sonatas as sources for three case studies, the second part evaluates dynamic ideas of musical form from an analytical viewpoint. Through their personal approaches to these works, I show how select performers create a wide range of structural …
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A comparison of the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Soler
… with formal structure. Both composers' sonatas were composed using structural practices already in place. However, it was through experimentation and modifications, which resulted in increased virtuosity in others, that they bridged the gap between the Baroque and the Classical periods, …
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Continuity and Change in Eugène Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas, Op. 27, for Solo Violin
The Six Sonatas, Op. 27, for Solo Violin by the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), written in 1923/24, are increasingly adopted into the standard repertoire of violinists. Ysaÿe saw them as containing his legacy to future generations of violinists and composers and also as a …
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The Flute Sonatas of Georg Friedrich Handel: A Stylistic Analysis and Historical Study
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A performance guide of J.S. Bach's viola da Gama sonatas transcribed for viola
… who is currently learning the viola da gamba sonatas, I have noted a significant dearth of literature in this focal area. This has been particularly evident when approaching the viola transcriptions of Bach’s solo cello suites and viola da gamba sonatas. My aim is to create a performance guide …
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The Six Piano Sonatas of James Sellars: Aspects of Form, Rhythm, Texture, and Style
… most important of which are his six one-movement sonatas, which represent, according to Sellars, "a journey from modernism to post-modernism." Their value lies in their eclectic stylistic approaches, artistic nd technical challenges, and pianistic effectiveness. The first three sonatas, …
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The Ornamentation in Seven Flute Sonatas Composed By, or Attributed To, J. S. Bach
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