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U·M·I University Microfilms International a Bell & Howell Information Company 300 North Zeeb Road Music for clarinet and string quartet by women composers. Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Rothenberg, Florie. Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 08/10/2021 14:53:18 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186505 INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. 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Ann Arbor, MI48106 MUSIC FOR CLARINET AND STRING QUARTET BY WOMEN COMPOSERS by Florie Rothenberg Copyright © Florie Rothenberg 1993 A Document Submitted to the Faculty of the SCHOOL OF MUSIC In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1993 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Final Examination Committee, we certify that we have read the document prepared by Florie Rothenberq ~~~~~~~~~---------------------- " entitled Music for Clarinet and Strinf! Quartet by \'iomen Comoosers and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the requirements for Date I I U/ q 11) Datk I Date I / II -l{} -9 "3 Date Date Final approval and accept~nce of this document is contingent upon the candidate's submission of the final copy of the document to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this document prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the Date ;7 3 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This document has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this document are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgement of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. c·' ~ ---( SIGNED: ~/~"_(...;:;;..=::;:-____='=.,..;.... .. _L-d-=='-_' ___ 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES ................................... 5 ABSTRACT ..................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION ... .. 7 A Brief Introduction to the Clarinet Quintet . 8 ELIZABETH MACONCHY: QUINTET FOR CLARINET AND STRINGS ............................................ " 12 ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH: QUINTET FOR CLARINET AND STRING QUARTET ...................................... 31 ILSE FROMM-MICHAELS: MUSICA LARGA .... .. 51 ANNOTATED REPERTOIRE LIST ................................ 64 Stefania de Kenessey: Quintet in G Minor, op. 13 .................. 64 Ruth Gipps: Rhapsody in Eb, op. 23 .............................. 68 Elizabeth Gyring: Concertino for Clarinet with String Quartet ........ 74 Pamela Harrison: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings ................. 75 Katherine Hoover: Serenade . .................................. 76 Suzanne Joly: Introduction et Passacaille ......................... 81 Frida Kern: Clarinet Quintet, op. 19 ............................. 81 Nicole Lachartre: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings .. 82 Nicola LeFanu: Invisible Places ................................. 83 Helen Lipscomb: Design ....................................... 90 Vera Preobrajenska: Quintet for Solo Clarinet with Chamber Accompaniment ............................................ 92 Herta Maria Klara Ruff-Stohr: Clarinet Quintet . 95 Friederike Schwarz: Clarinet Quintet ..... .. 96 Toyoko (Braun) Takami: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet . 96 Louise Talma: Summer Sounds '" . .. 96 Julia Usher: Encounter for Clarinet Quintet ..................... 101 Joelle Wallach: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings .................. 106 CONCLUSION ................................................ 111 APPENDIX A: PIECES WRONGLY IDENTIFIED AS CLARINET QUINTETS ................................................. 114 REFERENCES ................................................ 115 5 LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES EXAMPLE 1. Movement 1, bars 1-8, all voices ..................... 20 EXAMPLE 2. Movement 1, bars, 9-10, all voices ................... 22 EXAMPLE 3. Movement 1, bars 13-14, clarinet .................... 23 EXAMPLE 4. Movement 1, bars 16-17, clarinet ... 23 EXAMPLE 5a. Movement 1, bar 21, cello .......................... 23 EXAMPLE 5b. Movement 1, bar 20, violin I ........................ 23 EXAMPLE 6. Movement 3, bars 1-10, all voices .................... 27 EXAMPLE 7. Movement 1 bars, 1-22, all voices .................... 39 EXAMPLE 8. Movement 1, bar 43, violin I ........................ 42 EXAMPLE 9. Movement 1, bars 58-64, clarinet .................... 43 EXAMPLE 10. Movement 2, bars 1-3, all voices ..................... 44 EXAMPLE 11. Movement 2, bar 21, clarinet ........................ 44 EXAMPLE 12. Movement 2, bar 12, cello .,. 44 EXAMPLE 13. Movement 3, bars 1-3, all voices ..................... 46 EXAMPLE 14. Movement 3, bars 11-12, viola ...................... .47 EXAMPLE 15. Bars 1-11, all voices ............................... 55 EXAMPLE 16. Bars 12-14, all voices .............................. 57 EXAMPLE 17. Bars 27-28, clarinet ............................... 59 EXAMPLE 18a. Bars 22-25, cello .................................. 59 EXAMPLE 18b. Bar 25, viola ..................................... 59 EXAMPLE 19. Bars 48-49, clarinet ............................... 61 EXAMPLE 20. Bars 60-62, cello .................................. 61 EXAMPLE 21. Bar 64, viola ..................................... 62 EXAMPLE 22. Bar 74, clarinet ................................... 62 6 ABSTRACT This document examines works written by women composers for the ensemble comprised of clarinet and string quartet. A thorough search of clarinet and chamber music repertoire lists as well as reference materials devoted to women composers has yielded twenty pieces composed by women for this ensemble. The quintets by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and lIse Fromm-Michaels are discussed in detail, primarily through analysis of theoretical properties, including formal structure, texture and timbre, harmonic idiom, and rhythmic and melodic language. An evaluation of performance requirements, leading to a determination of the level of ensemble needed for successful presentation is also provided, as is an aesthetic evaluation based on the above-mentioned analysis, existing criticism and personal opinion. A history of each composer's life is presented, with emphasis placed on her education and career. The remaining seventeen pieces are presented in the form of an annotated repertoire list. Ten of these works and their composers are discussed in a format similar to the works above, but in less detail. The composers in this category include: Stefani a de Kenessey, Ruth Gipps, Elizabeth Gyring, Katherine Hoover, Nicola LeFanu, Helen Lipscomb, Vera Preobrajenska, Louise Talma, Julia Usher, and Joelle Wallach. Music for the remaining seven pieces has not been obtained, but limited historical data for each composer is provided. 7 INTRODUCTION This document examines works written by women composers for the ensemble comprised of clarinet and string quartet (hereafter referred to as clarinet quintet). A thorough search of clarinet and chamber music repertoire lists as well as reference materials devoted to women composers has yielded twenty pieces composed by women for this ensemble. 1 The quintets by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and lIse Fromm-Michaels are discussed in detail, primarily through analysis of theoretical properties, including formal structure, texture and timbre, harmonic idiom, and rhythmic and melodic language. An evaluation of performance requirements,
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