Academic literature on the topic 'Bassoon concertos'

Recent studies of bassoon music in twentieth-century Russia have unearthed a rich trove of previously little-known repertoire. Despite the abundance of original Russian bassoon music, little of it approaches the sophistication of the bassoon writing within the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian symphonic tradition. One work which does come close to equaling those aesthetic standards is Lev Knipper’s Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra (1970), which confronts the bassoonist with far greater expressive and technical demands than previous Russian solo bassoon works. In order to facilitate this concerto’s incorporation into the standard bassoon repertoire, the present study has produced the first-available critical edition of the score, piano reduction and solo bassoon part to this concerto. The edition is framed by a concise biography of the composer, including an overview of his various compositional style periods, historical background on the concerto itself and an assessment of its musical contents.

The Concerto for Bassoon by Andrzej Panufnik is a valuable addition to bassoon literature. It provides a rare opportunity for the bassoon soloist to perform a piece which is strongly programmatic. The purpose of this document is to examine the historical and theoretical context of the Concerto for Bassoon with special emphasis drawn to Panufnik's understanding of religion in connection with Polish national identity and the national struggle for democratic independence galvanized by the murder of Father Jerzy Popieluszko in 1984. Panufnik's relationship with the Polish communist regime, both prior to and after his 1954 defection to England, is explored at length. Each of these aspects informed Panufnik's compositional approach and the expressive qualities inherent in the Concerto for Bassoon. The Concerto for Bassoon was commissioned by the Polanki Society of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was premiered by the Milwaukee Chamber Players, with Robert Thompson as the soloist. While Panufnik intended the piece to serve as a protest against the repression of the Soviet government in Poland, the U. S. context of the commission and premiere is also examined. Additionally, the original manuscript and subsequent piano reduction are compared. Although the Concerto for Bassoon has been subject to formal analysis by several scholars, discussion of the piece is generally contained within a larger discussion of several other compositions, and a comprehensive analysis of the piece has not yet been presented. This document contains a thorough formal analysis of all movements, as well as analysis of Panufnik's compositional style within the context of serialism, postmodernism, and the new Polish school of composition. The Concerto fro Bassoon features several devices common to Panufnik's larger opus, including the se of a common three-note cell, strong contrasts between section and movements, and symmetrical patterns of transposition, metric alteration, dynamic alteration, and registral expansion.

Thesis (M.Mus.)--University of Akron, School of Music, 2009.<br>"August, 2009." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 11/11/2009) Advisor, Brooks A. Toliver; Faculty Reader, Galen S. Karriker; School Director, William K. Guegold; Dean of the College, James M. Lynn; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.

This is a compilation of the music performed at the graduation recital of John Estacio on April 11,1991, at 2.30 p.m. in the U.B.C. Recital Hall. There were four pieces performed that afternoon including Azimuth for viola, clarinet and marimba, written in 1989. Ode on the Death of A Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes for S.A.T.B. choir was written in 1989 and uses the text of Thomas Gray. Moments is a set of three pieces for woodwind quintet written in 1990. Viola Concerto is in three movements and was written in 1991 for Reg Quiring, a former U.B.C. student. The concerto is scored for solo viola and chamber orchestra. A cassette copy of the recital is available with this book.<br>Arts, Faculty of<br>Music, School of<br>Graduate

When Bruno Bartolozzi published his revolutionary treatise New Sounds for Woodwind in 1968, composers worldwide were inspired to create new compositions which incorporated the use extended techniques. Since, extended techniques have become an inevitable requirement of the contemporary performer, becoming more and more common place as time has progressed. However, it seems that Bartolozzi's original complaint and call for change regarding the general pedagogical reluctance to incorporate these techniques into a standard woodwind, or more specifically bassoon, curriculum has been met with continued resistance over the past 42 years. Too often, performers learn extended techniques only when and if they are required to perform them, resulting in a small number of largely self-taught specialized musicians and a large number of performers deficient in and ignorant of an entire genre of repertoire. Historically, the bassoon has not been overwhelmingly favored by the great composers as a solo instrument, many of whom have preferred to compose concerti and sonatas for the piano, violin or cello, and prefer to focus on the bassoon within the orchestral setting. However, in the post-war era the bassoon has been the recipient of many solo and chamber compositions by extremely celebrated composers such as Luciano Berio (Sequenza XII, 1995), Elliott Carter (Retracing, 2002, Au Quai, 2002), and Sofia Gubaidulina, whose multiple compositions for bassoon have expanded the repertoire significantly. However, bassoonists whose educational experience has lacked exposure to the modern aesthetic will have considerably more difficulty learning these works, should they develop an interest in performing them. Inexperience with executing extended techniques, atonality, and even comprehension of the scores themselves is often an intimidating and overwhelming endeavor for the perspective performer. Though composed a mere 30 years ago, the Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings by Sofia Gubaidulina has already established itself as an essential part of the solo bassoon repertoire, as illustrated by its illustrious performance history. This work, being both of a large magnitude and composed by a celebrated composer, has been met with great enthusiasm in the bassoon community. Certainly, and perhaps more so than any other work in the solo bassoon repertoire, the Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings is uniquely rich in its formal and narrative structure. Due in part to the work's unique instrumentation, however, performances of this work are rare and almost entirely on the professional level. It is to the benefit of all advanced bassoonists though, that they be aware of and familiar with this work. When studied at the appropriate level, this score has the potential to provide students with a better understanding of 20th Century music, its stylistic components which include atonality, extended techniques, alternative notation, indeterminacy, and, on a broader level, exposure to a work of great musical sophistication and interpretive value. The challenge, however, lies in the fact that many students have not been exposed to these 20th Century elements thoroughly enough, if at all, to navigate their way through such a demanding work. Additionally, the score contains many ambiguous elements; no program notes are provided, and the key which appears in the preface of the score explains a very limited portion of the non-traditional markings to come. The performer is given little relative guidance. This document will seek to reconcile this deficiency in the form of a manual intended to guide the performer who is largely unfamiliar with or inexperienced in the modern repertoire of the 20th century and the world of extended techniques as they navigate their way through the score. By way of analysis, and performance suggestions this performance guide will endeavor to acquaint prospective performers with the work's unique narrative structure, non-traditional notations and extended techniques in hopes that they might be enthused to embark on educated and interpretive performances of one of the true masterpieces of the solo bassoon repertoire.

The trumpet was one of the wind instruments Hindemith used frequently in his chamber music, and he employed it prominently in five works from 1925 to 1954. These works are the Sonate fur Trompete (1939), the Konzert fur Trompete in B und Fagott mit Streichorchester (1954), Drei Stucke (19251 the Septett fur Blasinstrumente (1949), and "Morgenmusik," from the collection Plöner Musiktag (1932). This study examines and compares Hindemith's writing for the trumpet in these selected works, noting features in his use of the instrument which determine the applicability of the works to the Gebrauchsmusik concept.

Mozart's Concerto for Bassoon, K. 191 has long been an important part of the Classical era bassoon repertory. Few composers of the Classical period wrote for the bassoon as a solo instrument, and even fewer still paired it with an orchestral backing. K. 191 not only is unique within the bassoon repertory, but also stands out in the compositional career of Mozart as being his first completed wind concerto, composed at the age of eighteen. Mozart did not write cadenzas for K. 191; therefore a large part of the performance itself is untouched by Mozart's hand. Depending on personal (or teacher) preference, the performer may write an original cadenza for the performance or use an existing cadenza written by a well-known bassoonist or composer. In either case, the cadenza is removed stylistically from Mozart and almost always removed from the Classical period. While there are many guides on how to write a cadenza in the Classical style, there are none specific to the bassoon and its capabilities, strengths, or weaknesses during this period. Also lacking is an informational resource that critiques cadenzas on how they adhere to or stray from Classical performance practice, and more specifically to the performance abilities of the bassoon. A document that analyzes the abilities of the Classical era bassoon would be a useful guide in an era where accurate performance practice is increasingly sought after, even expected, in live performance.

This document demonstrates that study and performance of newly-composed versions of four etudes from Ludwig Milde's Concert Etudes, Op. 26 (publ. post. 1935) can prepare advanced bassoon students for performance of not only the etudes themselves (which includes advanced techniques such as rapid single tonguing, double tonguing, difficult slurring, tapering, an execution of complicated scales and arpeggios in the context of a musical passage, half-hole, vibrato, flicking, and control of long notes in extreme registers), but also can be used to address both performing and technical issues not covered in Milde's study, such as the problems posed by ensemble playing, tone-color, and rhythm.The project analyzes a selection of four etudes from the Concert Etudes, Op. 26 in terms of harmony and form, explores the technical difficulties found in each one of them and their possible approaches, and provides arrangements for two bassoons, bassoon and piano, and bassoon quartet, giving the student a new palette of options for the study of the Concert Etudes, Op. 26 and new devices for the improvement of various techniques.