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Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 18 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4EJ, England GRAPHIC ANALYSES OP THE CONDUCTING TECHNIQUES FOR IRREGULAR INTERS AND NONfoETRICAL ORGANIZATIONS FOUND IN SELECTED TWENTIETH-CENTURY BAND LITERATURE A Dissertation 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 Philosophy in The School of Music John Wesley Knight B.Wi.E., University of Central Arkansas, 19&9 fcJi, , Louisiana State University, 1973 December 1979 CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ............... iv LIST OF TABLES ................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................ x ABSTRACT . ................................... xii Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION .......... 1 Statement of the Problem ............... 3 Significance of the Study ............. 3 Delimitations .......................... 6 Definition of Terms ................... 7 Method of R e s e a r c h ........................ 10 Organization of the Study ............. 10 2. SURVEY OF RELATED LITERATURE ............. 13 Review of Supportive Evidence ..... 13 Review of Selected Literature ......... 1? Review of Conducting Textbooks ......... 59 3. ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF QUESTIONNAIRES ............................ 77 First Questionnaire! To College Band D i r e c t o r s .......................... 78 Second Questionnaire: To Selected Conductors . * ........... 116 Comparison of Responses ....... 126 Summary of Conducting Patterns for Irregular ketric Groupings . 132 ii Chapter 4. GRAPHIC ANALYSES ................... 135 Representative Diagrams of Irregular Metric Groupings ........... 136 Diagrams of Conducting Patterns for Specific Musical Examples of Irregular Meters ................. 149 Conducting Solutions for Nonmetrical Organizations ............. 164- Reference Chart of Diagrams ............. 1?4 5. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................... 186 Summary ................................... 186 Conclusions. 192 Recommendations ........................ 198 APPENDIXES ......................................... 201 A. TWENTIETH-CENTURY BAND LITERATURE INVESTIGATED IN THIS S T U D Y ..................201 B. QUESTIONNAIRES ..... .................. 204 To College Band Directors ............... 204 To Prominent Conductors ............... 214 C. CORRESPONDENCE ............................... 217 Cover Letter to First Questionnaire . 217 Follow-up L e t t e r ....................... 218 Letter to Officers of ASBDA, ABA, CBDNA, and N B A ............. 219 Cover Letter to Second Questionnaire . 220 Letter to Publishers ................... 221 D. RESPONDING INSTITUTIONS .................. 222 E. FREE RESPONSES FROM COLLEGE BAND DIRECTORS ...............................225 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................ 229 VITA ................................................ 238 iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, third movement, "Rufford Park Poachers," measures 6-10, p. 1 3 ..................... 19 2. Andreas Makris, Aegean Festival Overture. measures 198-2 1 3 , p. 2 3 .......................20 3. Fisher Tull, Reflections on Paris, measures measures 103 -1 0 7 , p. 28 , . ................ 21 4. Igor Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and wind Instruments, first movement, measures 277 -2 9 3 , p, 2 9 .......................22 5 . Alvin Ftler, Concerto for Clarinet. measures 7-10, P- 40 ! ! ! T~.............. 23 6. George Rochberg, Apocalyptica, measures 367-373, P. 5 0 ............................... 24 7. Paul Creston, Anatolia "Turkish Rhapsody," measures 16-19, P» 8 ........... 25 8. John Barnes Chance, Blue Lake. measures 167-170, p. 3 6 ...............................26 9, Thea Musgrave, Scottish Dance Suite. third movement, measures 1-7, p. 24 . 27 10, Robert Jager, Third Suite, first movement, "harch," measures 1-4, p, 3 . • • 27 11, Robert Jager, Third Suite, second movement, "Waltz," measures 1-7, p. 7 . 28 iv Illustrations continued Figure 12. Niel DePonte* Concertino for Marimba. measures 144-152, p. 10 . 28 13. Charles Ives, Scherzo "Over the Pavements. " measures 61-65, p. 1 0 ........... 29 14. Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy. fifth movement, "Lord iVielbourne," measures 2-7, p. 30 . 30 15. Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posv. fifth movement, "Lord Melbourne," measures 37-41, p. 3 3 .....................31 16. Percy Grainger, The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart, measures 23 -2 7 , p. 4 . 31 17. Henry Brant, Verticals Ascending measures 132-134, p. 38 . ............ 33 16. Paul Hindemith, Symphony in B flat. second movement, measures 95**97. p. 59 . 34 19. Hindemith, continued, measures 98-101, p. 60 35 20. Cristobal Halffter, Lineas y Puntos. measures 14-28, p. 3 ..... ........... 36 21. Cristobal Halffter, Lineas y Puntos, measures 42-53, p. 5 .................... 37 22. Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, fifth movement, "Lord Melbourne," measures 2-16, p. 3 0 .............................39 23 . Paul Creston, Anatolia "Turkish Rhapsody." measures 32-3^1 P» 12 .......... 40 24. Alvin Etler, Concerto for Clarinet. fourth movement, measures 11-1 9, p. 41 . 41 v Illustrations continued Figure 2 5 . Igor Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. first movement, measures 256-276 , p. 28 . 42 26. John Barnes Chance, Blue Lake. measures 69-71 , p. 18 43 27 . John Barnes Chance, Blue Lake. measures I63 -166, p. 35 44 28. Charles Ives, Scherzo "Over the Pavements." measures 44-47, p. 7 ........... ^+4 2 9 . Cristobal Halffter, Lineas v Puntos. measure 94, divisions 1-13, p. 1 2 ........... 48 30 . Cristobal Halffter, Lineas v Puntos. measures 1-6 , p. 1 .......................... 49 31. Cristobal Halffter, Lineas v Puntos, measure 2 06 , divisions 14-20, p. 33 .... 5° 32. Krzysztof Penderecki, Pittsburgh Ouverture. measure 31* P. 1 1 ............... 52 33* Jose Serebrier, Twelve Plus Twelve, p. 1 • . 53 34. Jose Serebrier, Twelve Plus Twelve, section E ............................... 5^ 35. Donald Erb, Stargazing, measure 6, p. 8 , . 55 36 . Karel Husa, Apotheosis of This Earth, first movement, "Apotheosis," measures 99-103, P. 19 56 37. Karel Husa, Apotheosis of This Earth. first movement,