The French Sonatina of the Twentieth-Century for Piano Solo with Three Recitals of Works by Mussorgsky, Brahms, Bartok, Dutilleu
THE FRENCH SONATINA OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY FOR PIANO SOLO WITH THREE RECITALS OF WORKS BY MUSSORGSKY, BRAHMS, BARTOK, DUTILLEUX, AND OTHERS Scott A. Carrell, B.M., B.A., M.M. AP- Major Pro syor Minor Professor Cof the Rer bcai eRCo lege of Music Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies S79 /V04.9C4.t THE FRENCH SONATINA OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY FOR PIANO SOLO WITH THREE RECITALS OF WORKS BY MUSSORGSKY, BRAHMS, BARTOK, DUTILLEUX, AND OTHERS DISSERTATION Presented to the GraduateCouncil of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS By Scott Allen Carrell, B.M., B.A., M.M. Denton, Texas August, 1999 Carrell, Scott Allen, Theench Sonatina of the Twentith Century fr Piano Solo with Three Recitals of Works by Mussorgsky, Brahms, Bartok Dutileux, and Others Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August, 1999, 131 pp., 83 examples, appendices, references, 87 titles. The purpose of this study is to define the French sonatina of the twentieth century, to expose those works which are most suitable for concert performances, and to provide a resource for teachers and performers. Of the seventy-five scores available to the writer, five advanced-level piano sonatinas of the twentieth century were chosen as the best of those by French composers, in attractiveness and compositional craftsmanship: Maurice Ravel's Sonatine (1905), Maurice Emmanuel's Sonatine VI (1926), Nodl Gallon's Sonatine (1931), Alexandre Tansman's Troisieme Sonatine (1933), and Jean-Michel Damase's Sonatine (1991). The five works were analyzed, with a focus on compositional techniques used to create unity in the work.
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