Tradition and Innovation in the Pedagogy of Brazilian Instrumental Choro
TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN THE PEDAGOGY OF BRAZILIAN INSTRUMENTAL CHORO A dissertation submitted to the College of the Arts of Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Eric A. Murray May, 2013 Dissertation written by Eric A. Murray B.M., Berklee College of Music, 1996 M.A., Kent State University, 2003 Ph.D., Kent State University, 2013 Approved by ____________________________________ Kazadi wa Mukuna, Ph.D., Chair, Doctoral Dissertation Committee ____________________________________ Theodore Albrecht, Ph.D., Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee _____________________________________ Thomas Janson, Ph.D., Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee _____________________________________ Richard Kelly Washbourne, Ph.D., Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Accepted by _____________________________________ Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., Director, School of Music _____________________________________ John R. Crawford, Ed.D., Dean, College of the Arts ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS...………………………………………………………………………iii LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………………………iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………………….v CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………….1 II. WHAT IS CHORO?.………………………………………………………………….7 III. CHORO MUSIC COMMUNITY……………………………………………………24 IV. HOW CHORO IS TAUGHT AND LEARNED……………………………………..71 V. CHORO’S MUSIC STRUCTURES.……………………………………………….118 VI. SUMMATION AND CONCLUSIONS……………………………………………160 APPENDIXES A. Portuguese quotes with English translations………………………………………..166
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