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The Influence of Berio Sequenza V on Trombone Repertoire and Technique
The Influence of Berio Sequenza V on Trombone Repertoire and Technique K J BALDWIN PHD 2020 The Influence of Berio Sequenza V on Trombone Repertoire and Technique KERRY JANE BALDWIN A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Manchester Metropolitan University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Awarded for a Collaborative Programme of Research at the Royal Northern College of Music by Manchester Metropolitan University 2020 CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements i Abstract ii Literature Review iii 1. 1900-1965 Historical Context: Influences on Sequenza V 1 a. Early Twentieth Century Developments 4 b. Glissando Techniques for Trombone 6 i. The False Glissando 6 ii. The Reverse Slide Glissando 10 c. Flutter Tongue 11 d. Theatrical Works 12 e. Berio & Grock 13 2. Performing Sequenza V 15 a. Introduction and Context b. Preparing to Learn Sequenza V 17 i. Instructions 17 ii. Equipment: Instrument 17 iii. Equipment: Mutes 18 iv. Equipment: Costume 19 c. Movement 20 d. Interpreting the Score 21 i. Tempo 21 ii. Notation 22 iii. Dynamics 24 iv. Muting 24 e. Sections A and B 26 f. WHY 27 g. The Third System 29 h. Multiphonics 31 i. Final Bar 33 j. The Sixth System 34 k. Further Vocal Pitches 35 l. Glissandi 36 m. Multiphonic Glissandi 40 n. Enharmonic Changes 44 o. Breathy Sounds 46 p. Flutter Tongue 47 q. Notable Performances of Sequenza V 47 i. Christian Lindberg 48 ii. Benny Sluchin 48 iii. Alan Trudel 49 3. 1966 – 2020 Historical Context: The Impact of Sequenza V 50 a. Techniques Repeated 50 b. Further Developments 57 c. -
SCSM Newsletter 14
SCSM Newsletter The Pärt Phenomenon by Andrew Shenton Editor’s Note: In celebration of Arvo Pärt’s 85th birthday on Issue No. 14 September 11, 2020, Andrew Shenton, Professor of Music at Christmas 2020 Boston University and Pärt scholar, kindly agreed to contribute a feature article along with scholarly resources. Pandemic Edition Shenton has labored to organize conferences and enrich scholarship about this esteemed Estonian composer. Contents My attention was drawn to Pärt’s music in the early 1990s as many European and US choirs and orchestras began to The Pärt Phenomenon program his works. As I started Andrew Shenton 1 to perform his music myself I became fascinated with how Annual Meeting, the new tintinnabuli technique Online 2021 2 that he developed around 1976 could produce results of From the President Arvo Pärt, photo by Kaupo Kikkas Mark Peters 3 © Arvo Pärt Center such enormous beauty that seemed to genuinely touch so many people. By 2010 it was clear to me that Pärt was not Resources: Arvo Pärt just a composer but a phenomenon and, puzzled by why Andrew Shenton 4 he had not been studied with any seriousness, I decided to Pärt Scholarship devote some time to finding out more about this fascinating Andrew Shenton 5 man and his extraordinary music. Pärt was born in Estonia in 1935, studied at the Tallinn Member News 6 Conservatory and embarked on a career as a composer as well as working as a sound engineer for Tallinn Radio. From the Editor 8 Those of you not familiar with his life and works can read his official biography on his website, and this introductory article from The Guardian titled “A guide to Arvo Pärt’s music” is a quick read and has some good listening recommendations. -
Darlene Franz Joseph Adam Oboe & English Horn Piano & Organ
X ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL X SEATTLE X 22 MAY 2020 X 6:30 PM X MUSICAL PRAYER Darlene Franz Joseph Adam oboe & English horn piano & organ Romanze in A Minor, op. 94, no. 1 Robert Schumann 1809–1856 Schumann composed the Three Romanze for oboe and piano on the 7th, 11th, and 12th of December, 1849, at the end of an extraordinarily productive year that included the composition of most of his chamber music for winds and piano. It is believed that he wrote them as a Christmas gift to his wife, the famed pianist Clara Wieck Schumann, who performed them privately in the Schumann household on December 27, 1849. Intermezzo in E-flat Major, op. 117, no. 1 Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 The three Intermezzi, written in 1892, are among the last Brahms wrote for solo piano, and among his very last compositions. The first Intermezzo is prefaced by words from a Scottish lullaby (though in Herder’s translation into German), which begins: “Baloo, my babe, lie still and sleep; it grieves me sore to see thee weep.” Brahms places the melody in an inner voice surrounded by a gently rocking accom- paniment. The central section moves from E-flat major to E flat minor, taking the listener to even more remote regions of sombre reflection. Spiegel im Spiegel (1978/2007) Arvo Pärt b. 1935 Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror) is one of the best known and most performed pieces by Arvo Pärt and also one of his last compositions before his departure from his native Estonia. -
Luciano Berio's Sequenza V Analyzed Along the Lines of Four Analytical
Peer-Reviewed Paper JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning, vol.9, Winter 2010 Luciano Berio’s Sequenza V analyzed along the lines of four analytical dimensions proposed by the composer Niels Chr. Hansen, Royal Academy of Music Aarhus, Denmark and Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Abstract In this paper, Luciano Berio’s ‘Sequenza V’ for solo trombone is analyzed along the lines of four analytical dimensions proposed by the composer himself in an interview from 1980. It is argued that the piece in general can be interpreted as an exploration of the ‘morphological’ dimension involving transformation of the traditional image of the trombone as an instrument as well as of the performance context. The first kind of transformation is revealed by simultaneous singing and playing, continuous sounds and considerable use of polyphony, indiscrete pitches, plunger, flutter-tongue technique, and unidiomatic register, whereas the latter manifests itself in extra-musical elements of theatricality, especially with reference to clown acting. Such elements are evident from performance notes and notational practice, and they originate from biographical facts related to the compositional process and to Berio’s sources of inspiration. Key topics such as polyphony, amalgamation of voice and instrument, virtuosity, theatricality, and humor – of which some have been recognized as common to the Sequenza series in general – are explained in the context of the analytical model. As a final point, a revised version of the four-dimensional model is presented in which tension-inducing characteristics in the ‘pitch’, ‘temporal’ and ‘dynamic’ dimensions are grouped into ‘local’ and ‘global’ components to avoid tension conflicts within dimensions. -
2016-Program-Book-Corrected.Pdf
A flagship project of the New York Philharmonic, the NY PHIL BIENNIAL is a wide-ranging exploration of today’s music that brings together an international roster of composers, performers, and curatorial voices for concerts presented both on the Lincoln Center campus and with partners in venues throughout the city. The second NY PHIL BIENNIAL, taking place May 23–June 11, 2016, features diverse programs — ranging from solo works and a chamber opera to large scale symphonies — by more than 100 composers, more than half of whom are American; presents some of the country’s top music schools and youth choruses; and expands to more New York City neighborhoods. A range of events and activities has been created to engender an ongoing dialogue among artists, composers, and audience members. Partners in the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL include National Sawdust; 92nd Street Y; Aspen Music Festival and School; Interlochen Center for the Arts; League of Composers/ISCM; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; LUCERNE FESTIVAL; MetLiveArts; New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival; Whitney Museum of American Art; WQXR’s Q2 Music; and Yale School of Music. Major support for the NY PHIL BIENNIAL is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The Francis Goelet Fund. Additional funding is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation and Honey M. Kurtz. NEW YORK CITY ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL __ JUNE 5-7, 2016 JUNE 13-19, 2016 __ www.nycemf.org CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 DIRECTOR’S WELCOME 5 LOCATIONS 5 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE 7 COMMITTEE & STAFF 10 PROGRAMS AND NOTES 11 INSTALLATIONS 88 PRESENTATIONS 90 COMPOSERS 92 PERFORMERS 141 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA THE AMPHION FOUNDATION DIRECTOR’S LOCATIONS WELCOME NATIONAL SAWDUST 80 North Sixth Street Brooklyn, NY 11249 Welcome to NYCEMF 2016! Corner of Sixth Street and Wythe Avenue. -
An Analytical Conductor's Guide to the SATB a Capella Works of Arvo Part
The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Spring 5-2008 An Analytical Conductor's Guide to the SATB A Capella Works of Arvo Part Kimberly Anne Cargile University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the Composition Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Cargile, Kimberly Anne, "An Analytical Conductor's Guide to the SATB A Capella Works of Arvo Part" (2008). Dissertations. 1106. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1106 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi AN ANALYTICAL CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO THE SATB A CAPPELLA WORKS OF ARVO PART by Kimberly Anne Cargile A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts May 2008 COPYRIGHT BY KIMBERLY ANNE CARGILE 2008 The University of Southern Mississippi AN ANALYTICAL CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO THE SATB A CAPPELLA WORKS OF ARVO PART by Kimberly Anne Cargile Abstract of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts May 2008 DISSERTATION ABSTRACT AN ANALYTICAL CONDUCTOR'S GUIDE TO THE SATB A CAPPELLA WORKS OF ARVO PART by Kimberly Anne Cargile May 2008 Arvo Part (b. -
Estudo Comparativo Entre Edições Da Sequenza I Para Flauta Solo De Luciano Berio: Subsídios Para Compreensão E Interpretação Da Obra
UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO ESCOLA DE COMUNICAÇÕES E ARTES CIBELE PALOPOLI Estudo comparativo entre edições da Sequenza I para flauta solo de Luciano Berio: subsídios para compreensão e interpretação da obra São Paulo 2013 CIBELE PALOPOLI Estudo comparativo entre edições da Sequenza I para flauta solo de Luciano Berio: subsídios para compreensão e interpretação da obra Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo para a obtenção do título de Mestre em Música. Área de concentração: Processos de criação musical Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Adriana Lopes da Cunha Moreira São Paulo 2013 Autorizo a reprodução e divulgação total ou parcial deste trabalho, por qualquer meio convencional ou eletrônico, para fins de estudo e pesquisa, desde que citada a fonte. Catalogação na Publicação Serviço de Biblioteca e Documentação Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo Dados fornecidos pelo(a) autor(a) Palopoli, Cibele Estudo comparativo entre edições da Sequenza I para flauta solo de Luciano Berio: subsídios para a compreensão e interpretação da obra / Cibele Palopoli. -- São Paulo: C. Palopoli, 2013. 180 p.: il. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música - Escola de Comunicações e Artes / Universidade de São Paulo. Orientadora: Adriana Lopes da Cunha Moreira Bibliografia 1. Sequenza I 2. Luciano Berio 3. Análise musical 4. Performance musical 5. Música do século XX I. Moreira, Adriana Lopes da Cunha II. Título. CDD 21.ed. - 780 Nome: PALOPOLI, Cibele Título: Estudo comparativo entre edições da Sequenza I para flauta solo de Luciano Berio: subsídios para compreensão e interpretação da obra Dissertação apresentada ao Programa de Pós- Graduação em Música da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo para a obtenção do título de Mestre em Música. -
Calm Or Tension? the Musical Demands in Strung out (1967) and Spiegel Im Spiegel (1978)
International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, Vol. 6, No. 7, July 2016 Calm or Tension? The Musical Demands in Strung Out (1967) and Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) Ang-Cheng Kris Ho amplification. Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) is an example of Abstract—Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) and tintinnabuli compositional technique and minimalist music. American composer Philip Glass are composers who have This research will also illustrate the challenge of learning shown their similar musical influences yet different and performing this type of music. The violinist needs to compositional styles in their 1970s works written for amplified practice for flexibility in both hands and exercise the violin and violin and piano. Strung Out (1967) is an example of minimalist music and use of amplification. Spiegel im Spiegel sensibility of listening. (1978) is an example of tintinabuli compositional technique and minimalist music. This research will examine Strung Out (1964) and Spiegel im Spiegel (1978), two selected examples for II. COMPOSERS‟ BACKGROUND learning and performing experimental music. Both composers applied minimalist ideas and applied different techniques into Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) is an Estonian composer, whose their compositions. In Strung Out, Glass uses circular rhythmic compositions display many of the twentieth century's patterns and varied these patterns by groups. Pärt utilizes musical styles. His early works is based on piano, a simple harmonic tone and structure, varied by repeated and neoclassical idiom. Later he changed his interest to serial unchanged rhythm in Spiegel im Spiegel. Both works challenge music and continued creating works with serial techniques the performer’s musical interpretation, performance flexibility, throughout 1960s [3]. -
Olga Neuwirth, Enfant Terrible Van De Nieuwe Muziek 27 Info & Programma Focus on Olga Neuwirth, New Music Info & Programme 03 Enfant Terrible 29
OlgAFOCUS neuwirth KLOING! LE ENCANTADAS O LE AVVENTURE NEL MARE DELLE MERAVIGLIE PASCAL GALLOIS INHOUD CONTENT KLOING! FOCUS OLGA NEUWIRTH, ENFANT TERRIBLE VAN DE NIEUWE MUZIEK 27 INFO & PROGRAMMA FOCUS ON OLGA NEUWIRTH, NEW MUSIC INFO & PROGRAMME 03 ENFANT TERRIBLE 29 CREDITS 04 MUZIKAAL PORTRET 31 MUSICAL PORTRAIT 35 TOELICHTING 06 PROGRAMME NOTES 08 OLGA NEUWIRTH OVER HAAR COMPOSITIE LE ENCANTADAS 38 * OLGA NEUWIRTH ON HER COMPOSITION LE ENCANTADAS 42 LE ENCANTADAS O LE AVVENTURE NEL MARE DEL MERAVIGLIE BIOGRAFIEËN 46 BIOGRAPHIES 48 INFO & PROGRAMMA INFO & PROGRAMME 11 HOLLAND FESTIVAL 2016 52 CREDITS 12 WORD VRIEND BECOME A FRIEND 54 TOELICHTING 14 PROGRAMME NOTES 16 COLOFON COLOPHON 56 * PASCAL GALLOIS INFO, CREDITS & PROGRAMMA INFO, CREDITS & PROGRAMME 19 TOELICHTING 20 PROGRAMME NOTES 22 1 KLOING! NADAR ENSEMBLE MARINO FORMENTI 2 INFO PROGRAMMA ZO 5.6 PROGRAMME SUN 5.6 Stefan Prins (1979) aanvang starting time Mirror Box Extensions (2014/15) 15:00 3 pm ensemble, live-video en live electronics Nederlandse première locatie venue Dutch premiere Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Rabozaal pauze interval duur running time 2 uur 20 minuten, inclusief twee pauzes Olga Neuwirth (1968) 2 hours 20 minutes, including two Kloing! (2008) intervals Nederlandse première Dutch premiere inleiding introduction door by Michel Khalifa pauze interval 14:15 2.15 pm Michael Beil (1963)/Thierry Bruehl (1968) Bluff (2014/15) context scènische compositie voor ensemble met do 9.6, 12:30 & 13:30 live video en audio Thu 9.6, 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm scenic composition for ensemble with live Rijksmuseum, passage video and audio Lunchconcert: Vice Verses Nederlandse première Dutch premiere za 11.6, 14:00 Sat 11.6, 2 pm Festivalcentrum Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam Workshop Spielbar: speel eigentijdse muziek play contemporary music di 14.6, 20:00 Tue 14.6, 8 pm Festivalcentrum Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam Tijdens de voorstelling wordt gefilmd. -
Arvo Pärt's Te Deum
Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum : A Compositional Watershed STUART GREENBAUM Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (by thesis and musical composition) July 1999 Faculty of Music The University of Melbourne Abstract A critical analysis of Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum (1984-85) is conducted in light of his tintinnabuli style. The origin of this style is traced back to 1976, placing Te Deum in the middle of the tintinnabuli period. Te Deum is a major work lasting nearly half an hour, written for three choirs, strings, prepared piano and tape. The introduction to the thesis provides an overview of the composer and styles with which he is aligned. Definitions of minimalism, spiritual minimalism and tonality are contextualised, with reference to Pärt’s compositional technique, aesthetic and development. The work is analysed syntactically and statistically in terms of its harmonic mode, its textural state and orchestration, its motivic construction, and the setting of the Te Deum text. The syntactic function of these parameters are viewed in dialectical terms. Analysis is conducted from the phenomenological standpoint of the music ‘as heard’, in conjunction with the score. Notions of elapsed time and perceived time, together with acoustical space, are considered in the course of the analysis. The primary sound recording is compared to other sound recordings, together with earlier versions of the score and revisions that have accordingly taken place. The composer, Arvo Pärt, was interviewed concerning the work, and the analysis of that work. Pärt’s responses are considered in conjunction with other interviews to determine why he pursued or tackled some questions more than others. -
HEKMAN, MARK P., D.M.A. Cross-Disciplinary Adaptation: a Training Plan for Luciano Berio's Sequenza XII. (2017) Directed by Dr
HEKMAN, MARK P., D.M.A. Cross-disciplinary Adaptation: A Training Plan for Luciano Berio’s Sequenza XII. (2017) Directed by Dr. Michael Burns. 42 pp. This paper applies macro concepts of athletic endurance training to music performance by adapting a running training plan into a multi-week bassoon practice sequence leading up to a musical goal. The adapted practice program reflects a training plan for an endurance athlete. The purpose is to examine if adopting an athletic-based approach can be helpful to musicians. The sequence was followed and the results show that specified practice programs can be beneficial in music pedagogy. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ADAPTATION: A TRAINING PLAN FOR LUCIANO BERIO’S SEQUENZA XII by Mark P. Hekman A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical Arts Greensboro 2017 Approved by Committee Chair APPROVAL PAGE This dissertation, written by Mark P. Hekman, has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Committee Chair _______________________________ Committee Members _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Date of Acceptance by Committee Date of Final Oral Examination ii PREFACE The key point leading to the hypothesis explored in this document is: A small adjustment in my approach to cycling training created exponential results and the positive effects of the experience continue to overwhelm me. I wanted to see if a similar approach could have similar benefits in musical performance. There was a window for fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming a professional cyclist which was closing. -
The Cambridge Companion to Arvo P Ä Rt
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00989-9 - The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt Edited by Andrew Shenton Frontmatter More information Th e Cambridge Companion to Arvo P ä rt Arvo P ä rt is one of the most infl uential and widely performed contemporary composers. Around 1976 he developed an innovative new compositional technique called ‘tintinnabuli’ (Latin for ‘sounding bells’), with which he has had an extraordinary degree of success. His music is frequently performed around the world and has been used in award-winning fi lms, and pieces such as F ü r Alina and Spiegel im Spiegel have become standard repertoire. Th is collection of essays, written by a distinguished international group of scholars and performers, is the essential guide to Arvo P ä rt, and his music. Th e book begins with a general introduction to P ä rt’s life and works, covering important biographical details and outlining his most signifi cant compositions. Two chapters analyze the tintinnabuli style and are complemented by essays which discuss P ä rt’s creative process. Th e book also examines the spiritual aspect of P ä rt’s music, and contextualizes him in the cultural milieu of the twenty-fi rst century and in the marketplace. Andrew Shenton is Associate Professor of Music at Boston University. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00989-9 - The Cambridge Companion to Arvo Pärt Edited by Andrew Shenton Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org