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Orchestral Snare Drum Performance: an Historical Study. Guy Gregoire Gauthreaux II Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1989 Orchestral Snare Drum Performance: An Historical Study. Guy Gregoire Gauthreaux II Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Gauthreaux, Guy Gregoire II, "Orchestral Snare Drum Performance: An Historical Study." (1989). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4715. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4715 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Order Number 9002142 Orchestral snare drum performance: An historical study Gauthreaux, Guy Gregoire, II, D.M.A. The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical Col., 1989 Copyright ©1990 by Gauthreaux, Guy Gregoire, II. All rights reserved. UMI 300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ORCHESTRAL SNARE DRUM PERFORMANCE: AN HISTORICAL STUDY A Monograph Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by Guy Gregoire Gauthreaux II B.M.Ed., Northeast Louisiana University, 197S M.M., Northwestern University, 1979 May 1989 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the many persons who so generously contributed their time, knowledge, source materials, and support during the prepara­ tion and completion of this monograph. Special thanks are extended to Prof. Griffin Campbell, Prof. Larry Campbell, Dr. Milton Hallman, Prof. Richard Norem, and Dr. John Raush, members of my doctoral committee. I am forever indebted to my parents for encouraging my educational and musical pursuits. Special recognition is given to Dr. Charles Sens and the entire staff of the Performing Arts Reading Room in the Library of Congress for their assistance in locating rare scores and primary sour­ ces. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Dr. John R. Raush for his constant and unyielding patience, support, guidance and friendship during my graduate studies at Louisiana State University, for giving so freely of his time in chairing my doctoral committee, and for directing the preparation of this monograph. Lastly, I wish to thank Celeste, Greg, John and Lee, my children, and most importantly, my wife Debbie, for their countless years of understanding and support. This mono­ graph is a reality because of their constant sacrifices. I dedicate this monograph to them. iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................... iv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .......................................vi ABSTRACT .................................................... x Chapter I. INTRODUCTION ......................................... 1 Importance of the Study........................... 6 Purpose of the Study ............................. 7 Objectives of the Study........................... 8 Procedures of the Study........................... 9 Delimitations and Limitations of the Study . 10 Definition of Terms.................................. 13 Organization of the Study........................... 15 II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND MATERIALS .... 17 T a b o r ................................................ 17 Pipe and Tabor .......................................18 Fife and D r u m .......................................24 Snare Drum and Dancing ........................... 25 Basque Music ...................................... 29 Orchesography by Tabourot ......................... 32 Syntagma musicum by Praetorius .................. 38 II Torneo by prstofilo ..............................39 Early Military Sources ........................... 44 Harmonie universelle by Mersenne ................ 49 Early Military Drum S i g n a l s ....................... 57 The Voluntary Before the March .................. 61 Military Use at Sea I I I I T .....................63 Janissary music .................................. 69 III. REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF SELECTED MUSICAL EXAMPLES . 73 O p e r a ................................................74 Incidental Music .................................. 89 C a n t a t a s ............................................. 95 iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Battle music ...................................... 9 7 Outdoor Music ................................... 102 Social or Functional music ....................... 108 Standard Orchestral Repertoire ................... 113 Early Works ........... ........... 114 Strict Military Associations ................... 115 Military and Folk Associations ................. 124 Folk Associations ............................... 126 Military, Folk, and Neutral Associations . 126 Neutral Associations ........................... 127 Unique Applications ............................ 133 Chamber Music ..................................... 135 Jazz Influences ................................. 137 Multiple Percussion ............................ 140 Snare Drum Concerti ............................... 141 Rolf Lieberman ....................................141 Askell MAsson ................................... 146 IV. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS .... 152 S u m m a r y .............................................152 Conclusions ........................................ 163 Recommendations ................................... 166 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................... 168 APPENDIX A ................................................... 188 "De Tamburi: E di simili voci di Strumenti da Guerra" from II torneo di Bonaventura Pistofilo Nobile Ferrarese dottor di legge e cavaliere. nel Teatro di Pallade dell 'ordine Militare, et Accademico . by Bonaventura Pistofilo APPENDIX B ................................................... 208 An English translation of "De Tamburi: E di simili voci di Strumenti da Guerra" from II torneo di Bonaventura Pistofilo Nobile Ferrarese c>ottor di legge e cavaliere. nel Teatro di Pallade dell Tordine Militare, et Accademico . by Bonaven­ tura Pistofilo VITA ................................................. 228 v Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Rope-tensioned tabor ................................ 17 2. Title page from Nine Daies Wonder by K e m p ............ 21 3. Tambourin (de P r o v e n c e ) .................................23 4. Sixteenth century d r u m .................................33 5. Conversion of Tabourot's terminology .............. 34 6 . Tabourot's beats utilizing Tan and T e r e ...............35 7. Combinations of four Tan and one F r e ................
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