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The Form of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites
University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 2011 The orF m of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites Daniel E. Prindle University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses Part of the Composition Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Prindle, Daniel E., "The orF m of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites" (2011). Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014. 636. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/636 This thesis is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE FORM OF THE PRELUDES TO BACH’S UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES A Thesis Presented by DANIEL E. PRINDLE Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF MUSIC May 2011 Master of Music in Music Theory © Copyright by Daniel E. Prindle 2011 All Rights Reserved ii THE FORM OF THE PRELUDES TO BACH’S UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES A Thesis Presented by DANIEL E. PRINDLE Approved as to style and content by: _____________________________________ Gary Karpinski, Chair _____________________________________ Miriam Whaples, Member _____________________________________ Brent Auerbach, Member ___________________________________ Jeffrey Cox, Department Head Department of Music and Dance iii DEDICATION To Michelle and Rhys. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge the generous sacrifice made by my family. -
AP Music Theory Course Description Audio Files ”
MusIc Theory Course Description e ffective Fall 2 0 1 2 AP Course Descriptions are updated regularly. Please visit AP Central® (apcentral.collegeboard.org) to determine whether a more recent Course Description PDF is available. The College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of more than 5,900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, the College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success — including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement Program®. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit www.collegeboard.org. AP Equity and Access Policy The College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should make every effort to ensure their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population. The College Board also believes that all students should have access to academically challenging course work before they enroll in AP classes, which can prepare them for AP success. -
Keyboard Playing and the Mechanization of Polyphony in Italian Music, Circa 1600
Keyboard Playing and the Mechanization of Polyphony in Italian Music, Circa 1600 By Leon Chisholm A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Music in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kate van Orden, Co-Chair Professor James Q. Davies, Co-Chair Professor Mary Ann Smart Professor Massimo Mazzotti Summer 2015 Keyboard Playing and the Mechanization of Polyphony in Italian Music, Circa 1600 Copyright 2015 by Leon Chisholm Abstract Keyboard Playing and the Mechanization of Polyphony in Italian Music, Circa 1600 by Leon Chisholm Doctor of Philosophy in Music University of California, Berkeley Professor Kate van Orden, Co-Chair Professor James Q. Davies, Co-Chair Keyboard instruments are ubiquitous in the history of European music. Despite the centrality of keyboards to everyday music making, their influence over the ways in which musicians have conceptualized music and, consequently, the music that they have created has received little attention. This dissertation explores how keyboard playing fits into revolutionary developments in music around 1600 – a period which roughly coincided with the emergence of the keyboard as the multipurpose instrument that has served musicians ever since. During the sixteenth century, keyboard playing became an increasingly common mode of experiencing polyphonic music, challenging the longstanding status of ensemble singing as the paradigmatic vehicle for the art of counterpoint – and ultimately replacing it in the eighteenth century. The competing paradigms differed radically: whereas ensemble singing comprised a group of musicians using their bodies as instruments, keyboard playing involved a lone musician operating a machine with her hands. -
Josquin Des Prez: Master of the Notes
James John Artistic Director P RESENTS Josquin des Prez: Master of the Notes Friday, March 4, 2016, 8 pm Sunday, March 6, 2016, 3pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church St. Ignatius of Antioch 199 Carroll Street, Brooklyn 87th Street & West End Avenue, Manhattan THE PROGRAM CERDDORION Sopranos Altos Tenors Basses Gaude Virgo Mater Christi Anna Harmon Jamie Carrillo Ralph Bonheim Peter Cobb From “Missa de ‘Beata Virgine’” Erin Lanigan Judith Cobb Stephen Bonime James Crowell Kyrie Jennifer Oates Clare Detko Frank Kamai Jonathan Miller Gloria Jeanette Rodriguez Linnea Johnson Michael Klitsch Michael J. Plant Ellen Schorr Cathy Markoff Christopher Ryan Dean Rainey Praeter Rerum Seriem Myrna Nachman Richard Tucker Tom Reingold From “Missa ‘Pange Lingua’” Ron Scheff Credo Larry Sutter Intermission Ave Maria From “Missa ‘Hercules Dux Ferrarie’” BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sanctus President Ellen Schorr Treasurer Peter Cobb Secretary Jeanette Rodriguez Inviolata Directors Jamie Carrillo Dean Rainey From “Missa Sexti toni L’homme armé’” Michael Klitsch Tom Reingold Agnus Dei III Comment peut avoir joye The members of Cerddorion are grateful to James Kennerley and the Church of Saint Ignatius of Petite Camusette Antioch for providing rehearsal and performance space for this season. Jennifer Oates, soprano; Jamie Carillo, alto; Thanks to Vince Peterson and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for providing a performance space Chris Ryan, Ralph Bonheim, tenors; Dean Rainey, Michael J. Plant, basses for this season. Thanks to Cathy Markoff for her publicity efforts. Mille regretz Allégez moy Jennifer Oates, Jeanette Rodriguez, sopranos; Jamie Carillo, alto; PROGRAM CREDITS: Ralph Bonheim, tenor; Dean Rainey, Michael J. Plant, basses Myrna Nachman wrote the program notes. -
Andrián Pertout
Andrián Pertout Three Microtonal Compositions: The Utilization of Tuning Systems in Modern Composition Volume 1 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Produced on acid-free paper Faculty of Music The University of Melbourne March, 2007 Abstract Three Microtonal Compositions: The Utilization of Tuning Systems in Modern Composition encompasses the work undertaken by Lou Harrison (widely regarded as one of America’s most influential and original composers) with regards to just intonation, and tuning and scale systems from around the globe – also taking into account the influential work of Alain Daniélou (Introduction to the Study of Musical Scales), Harry Partch (Genesis of a Music), and Ben Johnston (Scalar Order as a Compositional Resource). The essence of the project being to reveal the compositional applications of a selection of Persian, Indonesian, and Japanese musical scales utilized in three very distinct systems: theory versus performance practice and the ‘Scale of Fifths’, or cyclic division of the octave; the equally-tempered division of the octave; and the ‘Scale of Proportions’, or harmonic division of the octave championed by Harrison, among others – outlining their theoretical and aesthetic rationale, as well as their historical foundations. The project begins with the creation of three new microtonal works tailored to address some of the compositional issues of each system, and ending with an articulated exposition; obtained via the investigation of written sources, disclosure -
S Y N C O P a T I
SYNCOPATION ENGLISH MUSIC 1530 - 1630 'gentle daintie sweet accentings1 and 'unreasonable odd Cratchets' David McGuinness Ph.D. University of Glasgow Faculty of Arts April 1994 © David McGuinness 1994 ProQuest Number: 11007892 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 11007892 Published by ProQuest LLC(2018). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 10/ 0 1 0 C * p I GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ERRATA page/line 9/8 'prescriptive' for 'proscriptive' 29/29 'in mind' inserted after 'his own part' 38/17 'the first singing primer': Bathe's work was preceded by the short primers attached to some metrical psalters. 46/1 superfluous 'the' deleted 47/3,5 'he' inserted before 'had'; 'a' inserted before 'crotchet' 62/15-6 correction of number in translation of Calvisius 63/32-64/2 correction of sense of 'potestatis' and case of 'tactus' in translation of Calvisius 69/2 'signify' sp. 71/2 'hierarchy' sp. 71/41 'thesis' for 'arsis' as translation of 'depressio' 75/13ff. Calvisius' misprint noted: explanation of his alterations to original text clarified 77/18 superfluous 'themselves' deleted 80/15 'thesis' and 'arsis' reversed 81/11 'necessary' sp. -
When the Leading Tone Doesn't Lead: Musical Qualia in Context
When the Leading Tone Doesn't Lead: Musical Qualia in Context Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Claire Arthur, B.Mus., M.A. Graduate Program in Music The Ohio State University 2016 Dissertation Committee: David Huron, Advisor David Clampitt Anna Gawboy c Copyright by Claire Arthur 2016 Abstract An empirical investigation is made of musical qualia in context. Specifically, scale-degree qualia are evaluated in relation to a local harmonic context, and rhythm qualia are evaluated in relation to a metrical context. After reviewing some of the philosophical background on qualia, and briefly reviewing some theories of musical qualia, three studies are presented. The first builds on Huron's (2006) theory of statistical or implicit learning and melodic probability as significant contributors to musical qualia. Prior statistical models of melodic expectation have focused on the distribution of pitches in melodies, or on their first-order likelihoods as predictors of melodic continuation. Since most Western music is non-monophonic, this first study investigates whether melodic probabilities are altered when the underlying harmonic accompaniment is taken into consideration. This project was carried out by building and analyzing a corpus of classical music containing harmonic analyses. Analysis of the data found that harmony was a significant predictor of scale-degree continuation. In addition, two experiments were carried out to test the perceptual effects of context on musical qualia. In the first experiment participants rated the perceived qualia of individual scale-degrees following various common four-chord progressions that each ended with a different harmony. -
Grade 8 Theory Requirements
Grade 8 Theory Examination Length: 2 Hours Recommended Prerequisites Questions will be based on all material • Grade 5 Theory from the previous grades plus the • Grade 6 Theory following requirements. • Grade 7 Theory Grade 8 Theory is a co-requisite for: Keys B.C.M.A., Teacher Diploma • all major and minor keys L.B.C.M. Hon., Licentiate Honours Clefs • C clefs - alto and tenor Scales • to write and identify all major and minor (harmonic and melodic) and natural, chromatic scales, modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian • to identify: whole tone, pentatonic, blues and octatonic scales • beginning on any degree of the scale, using a key signature and/or accidentals Intervals • to write and identify all simple and compound intervals and their inversions to a 15th above or below a given note, in harmonic and melodic form • using a key signature and/or accidentals Chords and Harmony • to write and identify triads - major, minor, augmented and diminished in close and open position with their inversions • built on any degree of a major or minor (natural or harmonic) scale • using functional chord symbols and root quality chords symbols • dominant sevenths with their inversions in close or open position using functional chord symbols and root quality chords symbols in major keys • leading note diminished 7th chords with their inversions in close or open position using functional chord symbols and root quality chords symbols in minor keys • to identify cluster chords, polychords and quartal chords Transposition • up or down any interval within the octave, from a major key to a major key or from a minor key to a minor key • to concert pitch of a single line of music for orchestral instruments, in B flat (clarinet, trumpet) in F (French horn, English horn) • transcription of a melody to any other clef, at the same pitch. -
Immaterial Cultural Heritage: a Resource for Sustainable Tourism? – Cultural Politics and Local Experiences with the Unesco Status
Eckehard Pistrick IMMATERIAL CULTURAL HERITAGE: A RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM? – CULTURAL POLITICS AND LOCAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE UNESCO STATUS Dynamic Touristic Visions Versus Immaterial Preservation Agendas One of the main research agendas of the discipline of ethnomusicology since more than 100 years has been the preservation and documentation of im- material/intangible cultural heritage. Every outside intrusion/alteration of the practices – considered to be worth documenting and transcribing – was con- sidered a potential threat to its presumed authenticity. Ethnomusicology, in this respect, assumed an increasing role within what in a globalised context we might call the ‘authentification industry’. It is, therefore, not surprising that ethnomusicologists always had a sceptical view on the long-term effects of tourism on local culture. The potential of tourism for the mission of eth- nomusicologists is, therefore, to be reconsidered – and it is in this light that I want to see my contribution to this volume. Talking about sustainable tourism means also talking about ‘cultural’ sustain- ability. How can tourism contribute to preserve local cultural practices in situ? What role illustrates authenticity in this case? How can tourism promote cul- tural diversity in collaboration with national cultural policies and with the cultural policies of transnational actors such as UNESCO? How can immate- rial cultural heritage, such as local and musical knowledge or oral histories, be incorporated into a holistic touristic vision considering social everyday prac- tices, material and immaterial heritage as complementary elements of a whole? It seems that, particularly, immaterial cultural heritage has played a neglected role in the touristic sector. Already, the elements of the term itself: ‘imma- terial’, ‘intangible’, and ‘heritage’ have become questioned and increasingly contested terms in the community of musicologists. -
Renaissance Counterpoint Towards a Better Understanding of Basso Continuo Repertoire Prepared by Lucas Harris Revised 10/2000
A Crash-Course in Renaissance Counterpoint Towards a Better Understanding of Basso Continuo Repertoire Prepared by Lucas Harris Revised 10/2000 I. Introduction In the period of the birth of basso continuo, it is certainly true that musicians and composers began to think more ‘vertically’ and less ‘horizontally,’ meaning that harmonic thinking in terms of block chords began to challenge the long-reigning contrapuntal procedures of Renaissance composition. This probably happened for a number of different reasons, not least of which is that it simplified accompaniment, thereby making self-accompanied singing more practical as well as freeing more attention to expressing the text. However, the highly evolved and complex system of Renaissance counterpoint could not have just disappeared overnight. In fact, despite the radical challenges that it sustained around 1600, Renaissance counterpoint still informed how music was made throughout the whole Baroque (think of music today nearly a century after the ‘collapse of tonality’). This is just to recognize that in many ways we are coming to the basso continuo repertoire from the opposite direction from its composers: the dominant approach to making music in our day involves melodies over chords, whereas theirs was one where individual but inter-dependent parts meshed to form a texture. It might do us some good to get some basics as to how Renaissance music theory worked. Though the whole corpus of rules is huge and took years to learn and master, we can be selective and brush on a few small topics that are fairly easy to grasp and will offer the most help in understanding the ‘horizontal’ component of basso continuo repertoire. -
Greenwich High School Advanced Placement Music Theory Mr
Greenwich High School Advanced Placement Music Theory Mr. Patrick Taylor, Instructor 2012-2013 Course Syllabus Objective of Course This course is a comprehensive investigation of the 18th-century harmonic practices, which have come to form the foundation of our Western system of music. Students will strive to attain mastery of aural skills and cognitive concepts to a degree that is commensurate with a first-year collegiate music theory course. In addition to learning the techniques and materials that pertain to writing and reading music, students will develop their listening, sight-singing and compositional analysis. When combined, all of these skills will prepare students for the Advanced Placement Examination in Music Theory. Required Materials Pencil (mechanical pencils are best) NO PENS MAY BE USED IN THIS CLASS Dedicated 3-Ring binder (with hard cover) Manuscript paper (provided in class) Grading Policy Quarter grades will be given in accordance with the following formula: Class participation 60% Quizzes & Tests 30% Homework 10% Quizzes and Tests: Some classes will begin with a pop quiz on recently covered material. Students missing the quiz due to unexcused tardiness will not be allowed to make up the quiz. The pop quizzes will combine to represent a full test grade at the end of the quarter. Major tests are given at the end of significant sections of the course and during GHS Mid-term and Final Exam weeks. Beginning-of-class pop quizzes will be averaged to create one test grade each quarter. Typical Course Schedule Part I: Fundamentals Weeks 1-4 The Keyboard and Octave Registers The Staff The Major Scale Scale Degree Names Major Key Signatures / Circle of Fifths Modes / Minor Scales Minor Key Signatures Aural Training: Major and minor 2nds; whole, half and quarter notes/rests. -
Motivic Development.Mus
Motivic Development Motive Basics - A motive is the smallest recognizable musical idea * Repetition of motives is what lends coherence to a melody - A figure is not considered to be motivic unless it is repeated in some way. - A motive can feature rhythmic elements and/or pitch or interval elements - Any of the characteristic features of a motive can be varied in its repetitions (including pitch and rhythm). * Motives are typically labeled with lowercase letters starting at the end of the alphabet (i.e. z, y, x, w) Motive z # 4 œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ Motivic Development Techniques - repetition: restatement of a motive at the same pitch level * repetition can feature a change of mode (i.e. major to minor) at the same pitch level Repetition Repetition (change of mode) # & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œbœ œ œ œ - transposition: restatement of a motive at a new pitch level * exact (chromatic) transposition: intervals retain the same quality and size * tonal (diatonic) transposition: intervals retain the same size, but not necessarily same quality * sequence: transposition by the same distance several times in a row - exact: intervals retain same quality and size - tonal: intervals retain the same size, but not necessarily same quality - modified: contains some modifications to interval size to fit within a given harmonic structure - modulating: a sequence which functions to transition the piece into a new key Tonal Transposition Exact Transposition # œ œ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ Tonal Sequence # œ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - variation: elaboration or simplification by adding or removing passing tones, neighbor tones, etc.