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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC THE HISTORY AND PEDAGOGY OF VIOLA DUOS FROM THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES By OANA VASILICA POTUR A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2015 Oana Vasilica Potur defended this treatise on April 9, 2015. The members of the supervisory committee were: Pamela Ryan Professor Directing Treatise Evan Jones University Representative Greg Sauer Committee Member Corinne Stillwell Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the treatise has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This treatise would not have been possible without the help and support of my professors, colleagues, and parents. I would like to thank Dr. Pamela Ryan, in particular, for her continuous mentorship and guidance throughout my studies, as well as to my committee members Corinne Stillwell, Greg Sauer, and Dr. Evan Jones for their generosity and wonderful ideas for this project. I would like to thank my fellow violists from Florida State University, especially to Allyson Royal and Mihai Razvan Berindean, who spent countless hours helping me play and understand the viola duos discussed in this project. I would like to acknowledge Joseph Koeferl’s wonderful work on writing the musical examples included in this treatise.