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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC THE OBOE WORKS OF RICHARD DUBUGNON By KATHERINE ELIZABETH WOOLSEY A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2012 Katherine Elizabeth Woolsey defended this treatise on March 13, 2012. The members of the supervisory committee were: Eric Ohlsson Professor Directing Treatise Richard Clary University Representative Deborah Bish Committee Member Jeffrey Keesecker Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the treatise has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii This treatise is dedicated in loving memory to Charlene Chamberlin and William Chandler. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank composer Richard Dubugnon for allowing me to write about his wonderful contributions to the oboe repertoire, for his willingness to provide in-depth information on his works – including never before discussed theoretical elements – and his patience as we collaborated from two different continents. I would like to thank Monsieur Dubugnon, Héctor Colón of Edition Peters, and Robert Milanccio of MBG Hal Leonard for granting me permission to reproduce excerpts from copyrighted works (See Appendices A, B, and C). I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Eric Ohlsson, for his support and wisdom not only in preparing this treatise, but throughout the years as an outstanding teacher and musical role model.