Academic literature on the topic '21st century viola concerto'

Introduction. Recent decades have seen a revival of interest the problems of genre-creating and typology of genres in musicology, an interest largely stimulated by the complexity of processes happening in this area of modern composers’ creativity. Given article considers a work by A. Lubchenko, entitled “Confession” (Concerto for orchestra with solo viola) from this standpoint. While the second part of the title, placed in brackets, doesn’t need to be commented, the first one, in quotation marks, must be considered additionally. Theoretical background. In order to comprehend it as sign of genre this article includes systematization of modern views on inherent traits of confession both in literature (I. Vertsman, A. Stoliarov) and music (O. Sheludiakova). Founding on scientific information of mentioned scholars next genre indicators of confessions are revealed: auto-biographic mood, first-person narrative with pre-destined goal, immaculate honesty of the confessor with himself and the receiver, his exclusive concentration on his own personality, general aim on self-consciousness etc. although there are differences between musical and verbal forms of ways of expression, confessions even in different types of art share “archetype of genre” (O. Sheludiakova). This allows to consider musical confession not as adaptation of its literature prototype, but as inherent musical genre, possessing essential and attribute features, corrected my given type of art and experience gained by it. So as to elaborate on this these, the article uses comparative method of research, aimed at comparison of genre archetype of confession and its embodiment in given musical work. Objectives. The aim of the article is to reveal a complex of means of expressions, used in the work by A. Lubchenko to reflect confessional mood in its inter-type comparison with literate genre. Results and discussion. Just as confession in literature absorbs features of another genres, such as hagiography and autobiography, its musical type, presented in the work by A. Lubchenko, uses ballade type of dramaturgy, one of the achievements of Romantic era. Actualizing principle of narration, a basis of literature ballade, musical ballade-ness, being a special dramaturgic model, embodied it through intonationally-thematic and structural means. Orientation of A. Lubchenko towards ballade, whether is it intentional or not, seems to be quite logical, because composer regards himself as a person, continuing the tradition of understanding the music as “the art of experiencing” (A. Mikhaylov), dating back to XIX century. Not only does connection of multiple layers of “Confession” become a sign of author’s composing style, it also contains important dramaturgical meaning, communicating with sound-images, appealing to listener’s experience, previously gained while hearing modern music. It is significant that the score features largely expanded percussion section, its playing with the brass section, that, being combined with periodically happening maximal density of texture and extremities of dynamics creates an association with images of dark powers, creating a feeling of insurmountable terror. Algorithm of musical events in “Confession” is governed by cooperation of meditative and grotesque-scherzo episodes. The latter seem to “grow out” from the former; in their turn, meditative replace grotesque-scherzo ones. So, while being antinomic, they are perceived as different stages of a single process, in which aggressive and ominous reveals to be a spawn of author’s mind along with meditative, generally speaking – part of inner world, that allows to regard this as “collateral or eccentric lyric” (I. Sollertinskiy). Its coexistence with lyrical expressions gives it degree of sincerity of confessions, serving as one of the key indicators of this genre archetype. A. Lubchenko’s inclination towards introspection doesn’t stand in way of his contact with modern life with its anxious atmosphere, spiritual and intellectual wandering, searches for new moral guidelines, collision of polar systems of values. Refracted through prism of author’s perception, traits and collisions of epoch acquire psychological character, resulting in revealing of self-comprehension of our contemporary. Nevertheless, should any images appear in composer’s fantasy, be it visions of “another worlds” or of eternal chaos, author’s position remains steadfast, and that holds black colours back from filling all the musical texture. And even an ending, with farewell intonations and a shade of funebre, doesn’t create an impression of doom, granting catharsis, even in spite of continuous c-moll chord, a background for solo viola’s ending of its confessional narration. This effect is largely influenced by composer’s appeal to “human” timbre of string instruments, playing divisi, that bring features of intimate, chamber statement into last “word”. Conclusions. In Conclusions, generalizing observations made in article, it is stressed, that considered work matches genre archetype of confession. Complex of expressional devices, used in it, allows to create wide amplitude of emotional states, sometimes reaching exquisitely sharp expression, and that allows to classify genre type of A. Lubchenko’s “Confession” as “word-scream”, in terms of O. Sheludiakova. Double time dimensions (of narration and narrator’s) in this work, clarity of incarnation of plot collisions, constant escalating of psychological tension etc. indicates usage of ballade dramaturgical logic. While showing selfawareness of modern man in “Confession” and applying modes, typical for music of XX–XXI centuries, the composer uses artistic experience of romanticism as well, that contributes to this and other works being open to direct dialogue with the audience, and this is a quality, especially important in genre of confession.

Our interest in the position and significance of the concert music of Ivan Jevtic in the development of this genre in the Serbian music of the second half of the 20th century is based on several facts. Judging from the number of concerts and the variety of their stylistic, aesthetic, technical, expressive and historical qualities, Jevtic comes across as a composer who was the pioneer of several particular and general tendencies in the development of Serbian concert music, especially when we have the following in mind: his relationship to the musical heritage; his aspirations to master new contemporary tendencies; the time of general stylistic turmoil; compositional techniques etc. The comparative analysis of three concerts: Concerto for Tuba, Cello Symphony and Concerto for Viola points to the basic elements of traditional heritage, his reshaping of this heritage, as well as the elements of modern musical expression in the works of this composer. The analyzed paths of a part of his entire oeuvre do not exemplify the complete development of the concert genre in the Serbian music of the second half of the 20th century but, alongside with other important aspects such as historical, aesthetic, technical etc. they assist us in a better understanding of the tendencies in the development of this genre in Serbia, but also of the tendencies in Serbian music after 1945.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the concert for piano and symphony orchestra by the modern Azerbaijani composer R. Agababayev. The article is very relevant from the point of view of identifying ways to implement classical traditions in a modern piano concerto of the 21st century. It must be said that in this issue we have found many such stylistic features that testify to the strong reliance of Azerbaijani composers on classical traditions. This article is devoted to the study of identifying the stylistic features of R. Agababayev’s piano concerto in the context of the historical development of this genre. Research methodology. The choice of the methodological basis for this study is due to the above goals and tasks that we set ourselves in the framework of this work. Based on the subject matter of the article, the methodological basis of this scientific work is a complex analysis, which implies the interaction of several research methods at different levels. The basis for the analytical analysis of the piano concerto was a theoretical approach, in which such aspects of the work as the problem of form formation, stylistic features of individual elements of the musical language are subject to research. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time as special research work is the study and detailed analysis of R. Agababayev’s piano concerto. Conclusions. The main conclusion of our scientific research was to determine the stylistic features of the Azerbaijani piano concert created in the 21st century. Based on the data obtained during the analysis, we were able to determine the main trends and ways of development of this genre at the present stage of the development of Azerbaijani academic music. One of the important, if not decisive, aspect in achieving this kind of goal is to identify issues of preserving and transforming traditions, as well as innovative tendencies in the composer’s solution of a particular work. Single-movement piano concertos have become widespread in academic music since the beginning of the era of romanticism. And in the Azerbaijani one-part piano concerts, connections with romantic traditions are deeply felt. Moreover, in each specific work, these traditions are reflected especially. Since the concert by R. Agababayev demonstrates an interesting and original one-part interpretation, combined with an inner poly-part one, this is a typically romantic tendency associated with the composers’ desire to compress the cycle.

The article deals with the problem of dialogue between the church and contemporary art in Europe on the example of art installations in church space. The author analyses works of three contemporary artists: Christian Boltanski (“Na” - Old church in Amsterdam, 2017-2018), Bill Viola (“Martyrs”, 2014-, and “Mary”, 2016-, St. Paul Cathedral in London) and Stefan Knor (“Himmelwerd’s”, Cathedral in Bamberg, Germany, 2012). Christian Boltanski uses the fundamental theme of human obliteration for his art, strengthened by the space of the cathedral, functioned a long time as a crypt. Bill Viola gives a new interpretation of traditional Christian images of martyrs and Holy Virgin. The technique of video-art makes images dynamic, so spectator can “live” in that space. Stefan Knor aims by the means of contemporary art to actualize the fundamental theological ideas, for example, the idea of stairway to heaven. For the best acceptance of his works he collaborates with church members. The author claims that these artists become the religious owing to such characteristics as depth and sincerity in the interpretation of fundamental anthropological problems and the absence of irony (which is frequent for contemporary art). The article’s author shows that the interiors of the churches can harmoniously accept the works of contemporary artists, provided that the artists have to respect the religious traditions and sacred space of these churches.

Questions of source, style and interpretation have been central to the work of the Budapest Bartók Archives over its first half-century. The author looks at various issues of work genesis, structure, and interpretation, in works by Mahler and Riley, before considering the “definitive” state of Bartók’s Viola Concerto and the Sonata for Solo Violin, and the current availability of different editions of Bartók’s late works. He then outlines ways in which correspondence, both to and from Bartók, illuminates the rich and varied path from sketch to score to work première, and on to the earliest stages of performing interpretation. The paper concludes with seven examples where performance practice is enlightened by observations in Bartók’s correspondence: innovative work combination, comparative work quality or difficulty, compositional archetypes and models, processes of work revision, song-text translations, section or movement timings, and issues of correction versus revision.

Introduction. Concerto for oboe and orchestra in the music of modern time (20th – early 21st centuries), on the one hand, is based on the traditions of past eras, on the other hand, it contains a number of new stylistic trends, among which the leading trend is the pluralism of composer’s decisions. Despite this, the works created during this period by the composers of different national schools can be divided into three groups – academic, experimental, and pastoral. The article gives the review of them. Objective. The main objective of the article is to identify the features of genre stylistics in oboe concertos by composers of the 20th – early 21st centuries. Methods. In order to realize this objective, the elements of a number of general scientific and special musicological research methods have been used – historical-and-genetic, deductive, comparative, organological, stylistic, genre and performing analysis. Results and Discussion. The article discusses and systematizes the features of the genre stylistics of modern time oboe concertos. Based on the analysis of the historical-and-stylistic context, the correlation of traditions and innovations in the oboe-concerto genre, as well as the nature of the relationship between concerto and chamber manners as its common features are revealed. The classification of oboe concertos of the specified period by three genre-and-style groups – academic, experimental, and pastoral, is proposed. The main development trends in each of these groups are analyzed, taking into account the genre, national and individual-author’s stylistics (more than 70 pieces are involved). For the first time, the generalizations are proposed regarding the oboe expressiveness and techniques, generally gravitating towards universalism as a style dominant in the concerto genre. It is noted that, in spite of this main trend, the oboe in the concertos by modern time masters retains its fundamental organological semantics – the aesthetics and poetics of pastoral mode. The music of modern time, the count of which starts from the last decade of the 19th century and to present, comes, on the one hand, as a unique encyclopedia of the previous genres and styles, and on the other hand, as a unique multicomponent artistic phenomenon of hypertext meaning. The first is embodied in the concept of the style pluralism which means the priority of the person’s (composer’s and performer’s) component in aesthetics and poetics of a musical work. The second involves an aspect of polystylistics that is understood in two meanings: 1) aesthetic, when different stylistic tendencies are represented in a particular artistic style; 2) purely “technological”, which is understood as the technique of composing, when different intonation patterns in the form of style quotations and allusions (according to Alfred Schnittke) constitute the compositional basis of the same work. It is noted that the oboe concertos of the modern time masters revive the traditions of solo music-making, which were partially lost in the second half of the 19th century. At the new stage of evolution, since the early 20th century (1910s), the concerto oboe combines solo virtuosity with chamber manner, which is realized in a special way by the authors of different styles. Most of them (especially in the period up to the 1970s–1980s of the previous century) adhere to the academic model which is characterized by a three-part composition with a tempo ratio “fast – slow – fast” with typical structures of each of the parts – sonata in the first, complex three-part in the second, rondo-sonata in the third, as well as traditional, previously tried and used means of articulation and stroke set (concertos by W. Alvin, J. Horovitz – Great Britain; E. T. Zwillich, Ch. Rouse – USA; O. Respighi – Italy; Lars-Erik Larrson – Switzerland, etc.). The signs of the oboe concertos of the experimental group are the freedom of structure both in the overall composition and at the level of individual parts or sections, the use of non-traditional methods of playing (J. Widmann, D. Bortz – Germany; C. Frances-Hoad, P. Patterson – England; E. Carter – USA; J. MacMillan – Scotland; O. Navarro – Spain; N. Westlake – Australia). The group of pastoral concertos is based on highlighting the key semantics of oboe sound image. This group includes concertos of two types – non-programmatic (G. Jacob, R. Vaughan Williams, M. Arnold – Great Britain; О. T. Raihala – Finland; M. Berkeley, Е. Carter – USA and other authors); programmatic of two types – with literary names (L’horloge de flore J. Françaix – France; Helios, Two’s Company T. Musgrave; Angel of Mons J. Bingham – Great Britain); based on the themes of the world classics or folklore (two concertos by J. Barbirolli – Great Britain – on the themes of G. Pergolesi and A. Corelli; Concerto by B. Martinu – Czechia – on the themes from Petrushka by I. Stravinsky, etc.). This group of concertos also includes the genre derivatives, such as suite (L’horloge de flore J. Françaix); fantasy (Concerto fantasy for oboe, English horn and orchestra by V. Gorbulskis); virtuoso piece (Pascaglia concertante S. Veress); concertino (Concertino by N. Scalcottas, R. Kram, A. Jacques); genre “hybrids” (Symphony-Concerto by J. Ibert; Symphony-Concerto by T. Smirnova; Chuvash Symphony-Concerto by T. Alekseyeva; Concerto-Romance by Zh. Matallidi; Concerto-Poem for English horn, oboe and orchestra by G. Raman). Conclusions. Thus, the oboe concerto in the works by modern time composers appears as a complex genre-and-intonation fusion of traditions and innovations, in which prevail the individual-author’s approaches to reproducing the specificity of the genre. At the same time, through the general tendency of stylistic pluralism, several lines-trends emerge, defined in this article as academic, experimental, and pastoral, and each of them can be considered in more detail in the framework of individual studies.

The purpose of this scientific article is to determine the location of the bandura for a bandura with a piano by celebrated Ukrainian composer Valentina Martyniuk „Bandura foreverˮ in professional Ukrainian music. The target of this investigative work is determined by the corresponding tasks that are to identify the genre-style features of the musical character-logical language of outstanding, distinguished V. Martyniuk. The round of methods for this represented investigation is based on the historical, typological, analytical and didactic approaches, which allows the practically study of this research topic. The scientific novelty of this submitted explorative work is that it examines the original work of renowned contemporary Ukrainian composer V. Martyniuk for the bandura of the concert direction as a distinctive phenomenon combining academic and ethnic musical traditions. Conclusions. The analysis of the concert for a bandura with an orchestra „Bandura forever” by well-known author V. Martynyuk, in which we can see the richness of the imaginative-style panorama, defines the composer's special interest in neo-style – neo-folklorism, neo-romanticism, neo-classicism, neo-baroque, neo-impressionism; manifestations postmodernism, in particular, experimentation in the synthesis of various styles, including those that are opposite in their artistic and aesthetic essence. The original bandura repertoire relies heavily on folk themes and demonstrates the versatility of domestic, nationally musical folklore. Music of the famous composer V. Martynyuk has unrepeatable, charismatic artistically imaginative characterization, which had amazingly bright demonstrated into that musically artistic outstanding masterpiece. The creating of music for academic bandura by Ukrainian professional composers was and staying for today the one of main problem in relation to national, domestic musically performing art.

Background. The political and cultural movement of the “Sixtiers” in XX century opened wide horizons for Ukrainian composers to search for a new artistic and imaginative sphere, for new means of expressiveness, stylistics, form etc. The aspirations of young Ukrainian composers for concert genre renewal are realized through a rethinking of reality, intellectual and philosophical searching and psychologism in creativity. One of the brightest creative assets of this time is the First Piano Concerto by Ivan Karabyts, the talented Ukrainian composer, the outstanding representative of Ukrainian musical art of the last third of the 20th century. Among the studies of the last five years, and also of all the scientific research of the 21st century, we, unfortunately, cannot find any scientific study devoted to one of the largest conceptual works of the early period of creativity by I. Karabyts, which is the First Piano Concerto, and, therefore, this research can be called a unique one in modern musicology. In 1983, H. Yermakova provided only the general description of the Concerto in her small monograph. The author says about emotional tension and explosiveness that are the main features of the Concerto. The objectives of this article is to identify the model of the First Piano Concerto as a typological structure in terms of the renewal of the concert genre in Ukraine in the 1960s, through the analysis of embodiment of stylistic patterns and intonational dramaturgy of the work. Research methodology is focused on the interrelation of specific ways of analysis: functional, structural, intonational, genre, stylistic. Results. The First Piano Concerto was created by the 23-year-old composer in 1968 and was dedicated to B.Liatoshynskyi, reflecting the Teacher’s professional pedagogical credo. The First Piano Concerto based on emotional and imaginative contrasts and becomes a clear expression of dramaturgy development. The work’s concept carries the traces of experiments used by the young composer, which is reflected on the use of serial writing, cinematic editing (kaleidoscopic change of the thematic material “on the dramatic circles” of the two-part cycle), dissonance harmony. One of the basic principle of thinking is polyphonic development: imitations, canons, counterpoints, fugato, the principle of “countermovements” of voices, chorals are widely used. The two-part Concerto vividly presents the early work of I. Karabyts, highlights his distinctly individual style. The monumental purpose of this cyclical composition and its conceptualism strikes with its depth reflecting the collision of good and evil, sublime and earthly The First Movement exposition represents the main themes alternation, which extends from the theme-epigraph and the main soloist part in the beginning; bridge and its episode of fugato, second theme and closing area are highlighted also. The compositional features analysis of developing part shows the composer’s desire for a certain emotional quality of the thematic material, the main figurative lines are revealed from the very beginning. Each of themes gets the development of its material and its progressive dynamization, which process being often interrupted at its peak. Meaningful is the Coda of the First Movement, which fully implements the idea of “black-and-white palette” of the cluster chords, which can be interpreted as the idea of dualism of the world picture, embodying, for example, in Eastern philosophy as the sacred symbol of “Yin-Yang”. It can be said that the main meaning of the Code is to identify and understand the fundamental model of being, which is constantly changing and complementary. The Interlude, as a link between the first and second movements of the Concerto is fully consistent with the idea of continuation of the process and justifies smooth transition from one state to another. The Finale of the Concerto after the impromptu Interlude perceives as a vivid sketch in folk spirit connected with the traditions of folk genre principles reproduction and emerges as proof of life extension. The texture of the basic material is presented in a toccata manner, due to the alternation of weak and strong micro- and macrobeats in both parts of pianist’s hands. The middle part of the Finale is created in three-part format. The main section sets a certain rhythmic pulse. The introduction of quintuple (5/8) is innovative. The middle section of the middle part represents the choral is bringing us back to medieval music origins. Conclusions. The composer’s style of early I. Karabyts is distinguished by the scale and integrity of the artistic concepts of works that is typical of the entire Ukrainian national school, the use of variant and polyphonic techniques for the development of thematism, the timbre-orchestral and texture diversity. The First Piano Concerto of the composer is endowed with rich thematicism and vivid contrast of images, marked by the activity of the dramatic process based on dialogicity, due to the general philosophical concept of the work – the confrontation of the spiritual and anti-spiritual. Along with the conflict line, the Concerto presents the sphere of contemplatively dreamy, sensual lyrics. The First Movement in the dramaturgy of the cycle reveals the philosophy of life, its deep spirituality in coexistence with the forces of evil that bring destruction, accompanying the hero’s life path from birth to death, with all its collisions and intentions. The Finale is the continuation of being, movement (it represents the toccata material). The composer creates a concertо of a conflict-dramatic type, the dramaturgy of which is realized as an interaction of dramatic, lyrical and epic-dramatic principles. Conceptuality is revealed through the interaction of objective and subjective plans, where genre allusions acquire a certain semantic meaning (the introduction of a waltz and choral episodes, the toccata manner in “perpetuum mobile” image). The impulsive rhythmic development, the richness of harmonious sound, the wide timbre palette of the piano and orchestra make the Concert emotionally intense, romantic. The Concert uses a full register spectrum of pianos and a wide arsenal of its techniques, which allows the soloist to embody his performing abilities and recreate the concept of composer’s concept. The First Concerto embodies the philosophical theme, which is revealed through the procedural model of the endless circle “life-death-life”, continuing the line of the symphonic instrumental concerto, vividly presented in Ukrainian music of the 20 century by B. Liatoshinskyi, with allusions to Baroque genres (toccata, chorale) and with active use of polyphonic methods of development (in particular, the introduction of the episode of fugato).

The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the phenomenon of polygranism (genre synthesis) and its varieties in contemporary musical art. The methods of the study are based on a combination of historical and theoretical approaches of scientific knowledge. The historical method allows us to trace the origin, flourishing, complication and improvement of the phenomenon of genre synthesis in musical art, first of all, during the postmodern day (the last third of the twentieth century – the beginning of the XXI century). Dialectic, comparative, empirical (observation and generalization) methods of research, and contributes for a deep understanding of the various approaches of modern composers to the combination of signs of different genres in one musical also work are used. The scientific novelty of the research consis in generalizing the views of scientists on the problem of genre synthesis and its projection into contemporary works of Ukrainian music, especially, the concert genre as one of the leading composers (among others – Rhapsody Concerto for Viola and Mezzo Soprano Natalia Boyeva). Conclusions. The musical genre as a cultural phenomenon characterizing the classification of musical creativity by genera and species has historical origin and certain conditions of existence; it reveals to the composer the broad style of cultural potential, makes choosing and expanding her spiritual resource, develop and embody new stylistic ways of understanding the musical form. In the genre plane, we can note the constant interaction of traditional and new genres, the emergence of new in accordance to a new imagery, especially at the present stage. The technique of representing musical material and aesthetic demands of the new world stylistics, which gave rise to the emergence thinking both have a permanent impact on the development of the genre palette.

Background. The performance practice of recent decades demonstrates an obvious tendency to expand and update the repertoire due to the use of the works of those composers whose pieces had “lost” over time against to the pieces of their more famous contemporaries. At the same time, in sociology, psychology, culturology, gender issues are largely relevant. Musicology does not stand aside, applying the achievements of gender psychology in the study of composer creativity and musical performing (Tsurkanenko, I., 2011; Gigolaeva-Yurchenko, V., 2012, 2015; Fan, Liu, 2017). In general, the issue of gender equality is quite acute in contemporary public discourse. The indicated tendencies determine the interest of many musicians and listeners in the work of women-composers (for example, recently, the creativity by Clara Schumann attracts the attention of performers all over the world, in particular, in Ukraine the International Music Festival “Kharkiv Assemblies” – 2018 was dedicated to her works). The theme of the proposed work is also a response to the noted trends in performing practice and musicology discourse. For the first time in domestic musicology an attempt is made to give a brief overview of the life and career of another talented woman, whose name is little known in the post-Soviet space. This is a Swedish violinist, composer and pianist Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894), a graduate of the Stockholm Royal College of Music and the Leipzig Conservatory, a contemporary of Clara Schumann, J. Brahms, E. Grieg, with whom she and her husband – composer, pianist, conductor Julius Röntgen – were associated for enough long time by creative and friendly relationships. In the post-Soviet space, not a single work has been published that would be dedicated to the works of A. Maier. In European and American musicology, the composer’s personality and creative heritage is also not widely studied. Her name is only occasionally mentioned in works examining the musical culture and, in particular, the performing arts of Sweden at that time (Jönsson, Å., 1995, 151–156; Karlsson, Å., 1994, 38–43; Lundholm, L., 1992, 14–15; Löndahl, T., 1994; Öhrström, E., 1987, 1995). The aim of the proposed study is to characterize Amanda Meier’s creative heritage in the context of European romanticism. Research results. Based on the available sources, we summarized the basic information about the life and career of A. Maier. Carolina Amanda Erica Maier (married Röntgen-Maier ) was born on February 20, 1853 in Landskrona. She received the first music lessons from his father, Karl Edward Mayer, a native of Germany (from Württemberg), who worked as a confectioner in Landskrona, but also studied music, in particular, in 1852 he received a diploma of “music director” in Stockholm and had regular contracts. In 1869, Amanda entered to the Kungliga Musikaliska akademien (Royal College of Music) in Stockholm. There she learns to play several instruments at once: the violin, cello, piano, organ, and also studies history, music theory and musical aesthetics. A. Maier graduated from Royal College successfully and became the first woman who received the title of “Musik Direktor”. The final concert, which took place in April 1873, included the performance of the program on the violin and on the organ and also A. Maier’s own work – the Romance for Violin. In the spring of 1874, Amanda received the grant from the Royal College for further studies at the Leipzig Conservatory. Here, Engelbert Röntgen, the accompanist of the glorious orchestra Gewandhaus, becomes her teacher on the violin, and she studies harmony and composition under the guidance of Karl Heinrich Karsten Reinecke and Ernst Friedrich Richter. Education in Leipzig lasts from 1874 to 1876. In the summer and autumn of 1875, A. Maier returns to Landskron, where she writes the first major work – the Concerto for violin and orchestra in one-movement, D minor, which was performed twice: in December 1875 in Halle and in February 1876 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of K. Reinecke. The further career of A. Maier, both performing and composing, developed very successfully. She made several major concert trips between 1876 and 1880: to Sweden and Norway, to Finland and St. Petersburg; she also played to the Swedish king Oscar II (1876); concerts were held with constant success. While studying in Leipzig, A. Maier met her future husband (the son of her violin teacher) Julius Röntgen, composer and conductor. They married 1880 in Landskrona. Their personal relationships included active creative communication, both playing music together, and exchanging musical ideas, getting to know each other’s works. Part of his chamber opuses, for example, the cycle of Swedish folk dances, A. Maier created in collaboration with her husband. An analogy with life of Robert and Clara Schumann may take place here, although the Röntgen spouses did not have to endure such dramatic collisions that fell to the lot of the first. After the wedding, Röntgen family moved to Amsterdam, where Julius Röntgen soon occupies senior positions in several music organizations. On the contrary, the concert and composing activities of A. Maier go to the decline. This was due both, to the birth of two sons, and to a significant deterioration in her health. Nevertheless, she maintains her violin skills at the proper level and actively participates in performances in music salons, which the family arranges at home. The guests of these meetings were, in particular, J. Brahms, K. Schumann, E. Grieg with his wife and A. Rubinstein. The last years of A. Maier’s life were connected with Nice, Davos and Norway. In the fall of 1888 she was in Nice with the goal of treating the lungs, communicating there with her friends Heinrich and Elizabeth Herzogenberg. With the latter, they played Brahms violin sonatas, and the next (1889) year A. Maier played the same pieces with Clara Schumann. Amanda Maier spent the autumn of 1889 under the supervision of doctors in Davos, and the winter – in Nice. In 1890, she returned to Amsterdam. His last major work dates back to 1891 – the Piano Quartet in D minor. During the last three years of her life, she visited Denmark, Sweden and Norway, where she performed, among other, her husband’s works, for example, the suite “From Jotunheim”. In the summer of 1889, A. Maier took part in concerts at the Nirgaard Castle in Denmark. In 1894, she returned to Amsterdam again. Her health seems stable, a few hours before her death she was conducting classes with her sons. A. Maier died July 15, 1894. The works of A. Maier, published during the life of the composer, include the following: Sonata in H minor (1878); 6 Pieces for violin and piano (1879); “Dialogues” – 10 small pieces for piano, some of which were created by Julius Röntgen (1883); Swedish songs and dances for violin and piano; Quartet for piano, violin, viola and cello E minor (1891). Still unprinted are the following works: Romance for violin and piano; Trio for violin, cello and piano (1874); Concert for violin and orchestra (1875); Quartet for piano, violin, viola and clarinet E minor; “Nordiska Tonbilder” for violin and piano (1876); Intermezzo for piano; Two string quartets; March for piano, violin, viola and cello; Romances on the texts of David Wiersen; Trio for piano and two violins; 25 Preludes for piano. The composer style of A. Mayer incorporates the characteristic features of the Romantic era, in particular, the Leipzig school. Lyric elements prevail in her works, although the composer is not alien to dramatic, heroic, epic images (the Piano Quartet E minor, some pieces from the Six Songs for Violin and Piano series). In the embodiment of such a circle of images, parallels with the musical style of the works of J. Brahms are quite clearly traced. In constructing thematic structures, A. Maier relies on the melody of the Schubert-Mendelssohn type. The compositional solutions are defined mainly by the classical principles of forming, which resembles the works of F. Mendelssohn, the late chamber compositions of R. Schumann, where the lyrical expression gets a clear, complete form. The harmonic language of the works of A. Maier gravitates toward classical functionality rather than the uncertainty, instability and colorfulness inherent in the harmony of F. Liszt, R. Wagner and their followers. The main instrument, for which most of the opuses by A. Maier was created, the violin, is interpreted in various ways: it appears both, in the lyrical and the virtuoso roles. The piano texture of chamber compositions by A. Maier is quite developed and rich; the composer clearly gravitates towards the equality of all parties in an ensemble. At the same time, piano techniques are reminiscent of texture formulas by F. Mendelssohn and J. Brahms. Finally, in A. Mayer’s works manifest themself such characteristic of European romanticism, as attraction to folklore, a reliance on folk song sources. Conclusions. Periods in the history of music seemed already well studied, hide many more composer names and works, which are worthy of the attention of performers, musicologists and listeners. A. Mayer’s creativity, despite the lack of pronounced innovation, has an independent artistic value and, at the same time, is one of such musical phenomena that help to compile a more complete picture of the development of musical art in the XIX century and gain a deeper understanding of the musical culture of this period. The prospect of further development of the topic of this essay should be a more detailed study of the creative heritage of A. Maier in the context of European musical Romanticism.

Orientador: Emerson Luiz de Biaggi<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T03:18:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Kubala_RicardoLobo_D.pdf: 9122246 bytes, checksum: 3619885cdef78ff9e1b48b23e899406d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: O Concerto para Viola e Orquestra de Antônio Borges-Cunha foi composto em 2007 e estreado no mesmo ano, em apresentação que teve o autor desta investigação como solista e o próprio compositor como regente. Desde o início do projeto do Concerto, ocorreu amplo diálogo entre compositor e solista acerca da natureza da viola e da concepção estética da obra. Dessa forma, o intérprete pôde acompanhar o processo de criação da obra com proximidade, que, ao permitir uma visão abrangente dos procedimentos composicionais e ideário estético de Borges-Cunha, forneceu informações acerca da organização do material musical e expectativas do compositor em relação a aspectos expressivos. No primeiro capítulo, investiga-se a obra por meio da observação de sua estruturação formal, o que resulta em associações entre variedade de elementos de relevância, tanto para o entendimento da obra em si como para tomadas de decisões no âmbito interpretativo. Nos capítulos que se seguem, estudam-se aspectos do processo criativo, com enfoque na participação do intérprete durante a elaboração da escrita para a viola solista. No segundo capítulo, observa-se o tratamento das possibilidades tímbricas da viola. Por meio de viés histórico, realiza-se uma reflexão sobre maneiras de manipular o potencial sonoro da viola, as quais resultaram no estabelecimento de alguns padrões de atribuição de valor ao timbre do instrumento. Verifica-se a ocorrência desses modelos sonoros e suas variações na obra investigada. No terceiro capítulo, desenvolvem-se considerações sobre gesto em música, circunscritas ao contexto do percurso de elaboração da escrita para viola solista. São seguidas de aplicação desses conceitos a questões específicas da área de práticas interpretativas, mediante um trabalho de delineamento de sensação de movimento e direção, coadunado com características estilísticas levantadas anteriormente. Por fim, no último capítulo, disserta-se sobre temas relacionados à técnica instrumental. Busca-se conciliar aspectos ligados à dificuldade técnica demandada pela escrita do Concerto com atributos estilísticos dessa obra, entre os quais está a intenção do compositor de escrever algumas passagens propositalmente de maneira pouco idiomática. Listam-se exemplos de alterações que resultaram do diálogo entre compositor e intérprete. Esta investigação versa sobre o tema interpretação e sobre questionamentos quanto aos caminhos que instrumentistas podem tomar na busca por resultados ricos em elementos expressivos, resultados esses que, conclui-se, também são objetivos de Borges-Cunha. É um estudo dirigido especificamente para a área de práticas interpretativas e, em âmbito mais abrangente, também para compositores que se interessem pelo ponto de vista do intérprete sobre o processo de criação de uma obra<br>Abstract: The Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by Antônio Borges-Cunha was composed in 2007 and premiered in the same year in a concert, which featured the author as soloist and the composer as conductor. From the very beginning of the project, there was ample dialogue between composer and soloist as to the nature of the viola and as to the aesthetic concept of the work. The performer was thus able to closely accompany the work's creative process, which permitted an allencompassing vision of Borges-Cunha's compositional procedures and aesthetic ideal, and which rendered information on the organization of the musical material and the composer's expectations regarding expressive aspects. In the first chapter, the work's formal structure is investigated. This results in associations between a variety of elements which are relevant to the comprehension of the work itself and to decisive procedures in its interpretation. The subsequent chapters are dedicated to the study of aspects which relate to the creative process, focusing on the interpreter's participation during the elaboration of the compositional process for the solo viola. In the second chapter we observe the treatment of the viola's timbristic possibilities. We then discuss the manners in which the viola's potential sound qualities have been manipulated in the past, and this enables us to establish some standards of measure which are attributed to the instrument's timbristic qualities. We subsequently verify the occurrence of these sound models and their variations in the concerto. The third chapter examines musical gesture circumscribed to the context of the path chosen for the elaboration of the compositional process for the solo viola. These concepts are then applied to specific issues in the area of performance practice, by means of a process whereby the sensations of movement and direction, combined with the stylistic characteristics described above, are delineated. In the last chapter we discuss topics related to instrumental technique. An attempt is made to reconcile aspects linked to the technical demands of the compositional process in the concerto with the stylistic attributes of the work, such as the composer's intention to purposefully write some passages in a non-idiomatic manner. Examples are listed of alterations that resulted from the dialogue between the composer and performer. This investigation discusses interpretation and the queries regarding the paths which performers can choose in their quest for positive results in expressivity, which one concludes is also Borges-Cunha's objective. It is a study specifically geared to the area of performance and, in a broader sense, serves composers that are interested in the performer's contribution to the creative process of a work<br>Doutorado<br>Mestre em Música

The result of an artistic partnership between the composer and its dedicatee Yuri Bashmet, Alfred Schnittke’s Viola Concerto is one of the most representative contemporary viola concertos exemplifying the departure from conventional tonality and the development of a compositional language which impacts viola technique. The purpose of this study is to identify the significant role of Schnittke’s Viola Concerto in the development of the twentieth century viola concerto as well as to enable the performer to better execute and interpret the work. The discussion in this document is divided into four main chapters, consisting of an historical overview of the viola concerto before the twentieth century, an overview of Schnittke’s life and concerto composition, an examination of his Viola Concerto in context of previous twentieth century concertos, and a technical analysis of the concerto. The comparison of Schnittke’s Viola Concerto with the “significant three” viola concertos - William Walton’s Viola Concerto, Paul Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra - focuses on technical demands of the viola and orchestration.

This thesis develops an ecological perspective devoted to the question of what, if anything, it means to speak of music ‘itself’. As such it seeks to enrich and further develop music-centred perspectives in the sociology of music. To this end, the thesis uses and develops a sociology of mediations designed to specify empirically the constituents of localized, emergent and performed configurations of “music” within the ‘classical’ music world. An ethnographically informed and practice-driven case study of viola and viola playing is used as a means to gain insight into the avant-garde of viola playing today and to follow the ways in which different protagonists constitute viola aesthetics. Considering the viola’s identity historically, in terms of both reproduction and change (specifically, the instrument’s shift from a marginal status to a position nearer the centre within ‘classical’ music), the study addresses instrument materiality and technologies, sound playing techniques, as well as, more globally, viola identities in relation to the instrument’s sonic features, repertoire, psycho-cultural and affective associations and meaning making in interpretation and performance. It is also shown how musicians deal with and ‘erase’ ‘limitations’ formerly attributed to the viola and make the instrument ‘work’ (through technological calibration in collaboration with instrument-makers as well as playing techniques) and thus correspond the requirements of contemporary music performance. Aiming to be a useful resource for violists, this thesis traces change but also identifies potential constraints produced by the past history of the viola upon the ways the instrument is seen, used and explored. The data for this study was collected through audio/video-recorded interviews with eight widely recognized highly-skilled violists, video-recorded performance and observations of viola lessons, and documentary analysis. This thesis highlights the importance of intermediate mediations that, situated in-between score and performance, affect how music comes to sound when played. It also outlines a grounded theory of the affordances of couplings made between players and instruments, so as to develop a performative idiom that considers representations, discourses and social construction, but also materiality, bodies and minds, internalization processes, practices. The thesis concludes by suggesting that a ‘strong’ cultural and musical sociology requires a relational and transdiciplinary approach and that this approach in turn helps to articulate an eclectic and hybrid sociology of imbrications, one that challenges intra-disciplinary divides.

Sola Fides Sufficit is a 20-minute concerto for solo violin and ensemble. The 16-member ensemble consists of flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet in Bb (doubling bass clarinet), bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, tuba, percussion I (bass drum, brake drum, chimes, glockenspiel, two woodblocks), percussion II (snare drum, suspended cymbal, two toms, triangle, vibraphone), piano, two violins, viola, cello, and contrabass. Sola Fides Sufficit is based on my previous solo violin composition Et si sensus deficit… written for violinist Emily Rolka in 2010. Sola Fides Sufficit is an expansion, orchestration, and ultimately a recomposition of Et si sensus deficit… The melodic, harmonic, and formal material in Sola Fides Sufficit is largely based on my detailed musical analysis of the Pange Lingua, an unaccompanied 13th century plainchant written by St. Thomas Aquinas. The six-phrase melody is well-known in the Roman Catholic tradition for its performance at the end of Holy Thursday Mass. My analysis drove my compositional choices regarding two distinct objectives: One, to reflect the chant material in overt ways (e.g., use of neighbor figures) and two, to intentionally diverge from the original chant material, at times exploiting or exaggerating elements purposefully avoided in the chant (e.g., the tritone). I utilized both ways of decision-making to create drama, contrast, tension, and resolution in the piece. My large-scale formal goal was to create a cohesive composition utilizing particular surface and structural aspects of the Pange Lingua melody, while withholding presentation of the melody in its entirety until the climax (conclusion) of the work. Fragments from the chant were selected and employed in varying contexts depending on the formal goals of each section. Some fragments were presented with few changes, while others were transformed and developed through tonality, registration, timbre, and rhythm. My structural design was shaped by four words of character the composer Witold Lutoslawski perceived as essential in the creation of his large-scale works: Introduction, Narrative, Transitional and Concluding. Influenced by Lutoslawski’s psychological approach to listener perception as a compositional and analytical tool, Sola Fides Sufficit unfolds in four unbroken parts, each portraying primarily one of these four formal characters. Within each movement, these formal characters also occur on a smaller scale and give shape to each section. Only during the Narrative portions is the content the most important aspect perceived. During the Introductory, Transitional, and Concluding music, however, the role of the given section in the form is more important than the content.

The wind band provides an outlet for composers to use their platform to reach performers, enlighten audiences, and heal communities. This document is an analysis of three composers' approach to incorporate social consciousness in their wind band music. Adam Schoenberg, Omar Thomas, and Frank Ticheli work with specific social justice issues to respond to specific events, allowing them to reach and empower performers and audiences, to heal, thrive and build past these events. The chapters contain each composer's biographical information, then provide detailed information of the three works; background and cursory information, the composer's use and understanding of the social justice issue and an extensive analysis of each work. The composers use compositional design techniques to convey their intent to share a specific message. This document provides insight through each composer's techniques and thought processes, providing a better understanding of the works. The knowledge gained will help conductors and performers understand social consciousness in wind band music.

Completed in early 2010, the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra is a major foray into composing a concertante work for the viola, an instrument without the rich history of concertos of the violin or ‘cello. In three movements, the Concerto employs a diversity of compositional techniques for the viola and explores the timbral possibilities for the orchestra. The work derives primarily from the series of initial gestures in the viola, and, in the span of over forty minutes, as many possible permutations on these ideas are explored throughout the solo instrument and orchestra. Following the score of the work is a theoretical analysis of the piece, including a condensed history of the viola concerto as a genre. Within this examination, issues concerning approaches to deconstructing a 21st-Century orchestral work are discussed alongside structural, melodic, motivic, and orchestrational analyses.<br>text

abstract: This research paper provides a revised version of viola alta compositions by Hermann Ritter. These original compositions, written for viola alta, were published between 1878 and 1900. Without further reprint, these works are largely unknown by this generation of violists. Yet, these works are precious examples of viola alta repertoire from the late nineteenth century. The viola alta was designed by Hermann Ritter with an instrumental length between 17 and 19 inches. Another version of this instrument was constructed with five strings, adding a high E-string. Higher pitches could then be played with relative ease in lower positions. Compositions for the viola alta often feature brilliant passages in the treble register and rarely showcase the sonority of the lower strings. Many of Ritter’s scores for the instrument are notated in the alto clef and contain numerous ledger lines. Due to the difficulty of reading the music and handling such a large instrument, the viola alta had a relatively short existence and its repertoire was soon forgotten. Hermann Ritter actively promoted the viola alta during the late nineteenth century. His compositions featured the range of the instrument and captured the emotion and character of the late Romantic era. Ritter contributed a wealth of repertoire for the viola alta to increase its significance and importance. For today’s violist, it represents a body of work from the nineteenth century, and adds to the repertoire many wonderful, short, character pieces. This document consists of a brief discussion of Hermann Ritter’s career and his contributions to the viola alta. Six of Ritter’s viola alta works are presented in order of difficulty with bowings and fingerings, along with a performer’s analysis and performance instructions. To aid ensemble issues, the revised version includes simplified piano parts. It is the author’s hope that this volume increases repertoire options for violists and becomes a valuable pedagogical resource.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Doctoral Dissertation Music 2018