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Vera, Fernand Toribio Soler Antonio Soler Antonio. "Selected harpsichord sonatas by Antonio Soler analysis and transcription for classical guitar duo /." connect to online resource, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9727.
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Sonata transposed to D minor. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded Apr. 25, 2005, Sept. 26, 2005, Nov. 27, 2006, and Oct. 13, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55).
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Daniel, Andrew. "Two Harpsichord Sonatas by Antonio Soler: Analysis and Transcription for Solo Guitar." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862826/.
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There is a puacity of original works from the Baroque Era for the guitar. Transcriptions, especially music originally for harpsichord, complement the guitarist's repertoire. Dominating the priviledged space in the guitar canon, represented by Baroque transcriptions, are the composers Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. Underrepresented in the Baroque guitar canon is the music of Spanish composers, most noteworthy, the harpsichordist Padre Antonio Soler, who composed more than 120 sonatas for his instrument. Music is culturally defined and it is clear, through an analysis of the keyboard works of Soler, that his music was imbued with the salient features of his place and time. There is an implicit connection between the guitar and the non-guitar music produced in Spain as guitar gestures are part of the national emblem; this study makes an explicit connection between the harpsichord music of Soler and the modern guitar. The Spanish Baroque style, epitomized by the works of Soler, provide a clear objective for transcription. The current study produces a transcription of Padre Antonio Soler's Sonata No. R.27 and Sonata No. R.100, as well as an analysis of the sonatas to facilitate interpretation for performance and an explanation of the transcription process. The lacunae of Spanish Baroque guitar transcriptions that exists in the repertoire will be partially filled by adding Soler to the distinguished list of composers that currently inhabit the guitarists's library.
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Vera, Fernand Toribio. "Selected Harpsichord Sonatas by Antonio Soler: Analysis and Transcription for Classical Guitar Duo." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9727/.
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Due to the limited repertoire for the guitar from the Baroque period, classical guitarists who wish to perform music from this era have to work primarily with transcriptions. Guitarists draw from various sources from this period such as vocal and instrumental music for the five-course guitar, lute and the harpsichord. Of these sources, the repertoire for the harpsichord is perhaps the most frequently arranged for various guitar formations because its textures are greatly similar to those of the guitar repertoire. As a result, harpsichord music tends to transfer well to the guitar. Baroque harpsichord composers such as Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, and Jean-Philippe Rameau-to name a few-have a permanent home in the classical guitar canon and represent the musical tastes and styles of Italy, Germany, and France. These composers exemplify the various stylistic differences between the above-mentioned countries; yet, the harpsichord music of Spain is largely underrepresented in guitar collections. One of the most noteworthy Spanish harpsichordists was Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783), who composed 120 sonatas for the instrument. When considering the ease with which some of his works transfer to the guitar, and specifically guitar duo, much can be gained by expanding the repertoire and exploring the Spanish Baroque style. The purpose of this study is three-fold: first, to present transcriptions of Antonio Soler's Sonata No. 85 and Fandango for guitar duo; second, to provide analysis of Sonata No. 85 with an emphasis on the intervallic features of the motives; third, to give an overview of the transcription process of Fandango for guitar duo while including a study of Spanish Baroque guitar and the appropriate stylistic effects drawn from its repertoire that can be incorporated in the arrangement.
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Camara, Queiroz de Souza Luciana. "Music and subjectivity in seventeenth-century free-style harpsichord music." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3328/.
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The present study explores the relationship between the seventeenth-century free-style repertoire for the harpsichord and the concept of subjectivity in early modern Europe. It involved considerations about the socio-historical role of music, the philosophic discussions on subjectivity, and cultural issues of the period. The reflection about the content of the works and the possible connection points between this music and subjectivity was centred on the concept of time in its musical, philosophic and cultural dimension. For the investigation of the textual and performative aspects of the musical discourse a phenomenological approach is chosen. Free-style music both articulates and sheds light on significant aspects of early modern subjectivity: the ambivalence between quantifiable and unquantifiable, the theatricality of self-expression, the subjective as object of representation, the balance between authority and subjugation, and the separation of the subject and his or her representation through perspective. It also calls attention to some facets of subjectivity that may be particularly musical: the intentionality of time flexibility, the subject’s conflict between fixity and transiency (instantiated in notated free-style music), and the shared nature of musical subjectivity (in connection with the understanding that the individual readings of the musical text may be seen as ‘appropriations’ of the composer’s playing style). Free-style music may be seen as both reflection and constitutive part of the subject’s move towards autonomy in the sense understood within modernity. It also expresses the vagueness and changeability of the seventeenth-century subject.
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Aramburu, Roberto Horacio. "Expanding guitar production techniques : building the guitar application toolkit (GATK)." FIU Digital Commons, 2006. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1301.
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The purpose of this thesis was to build the Guitar Application ToolKit (GATK), a series of applications used to expand the sonic capabilities of the acoustic/electric stereo guitar. Furthermore, the goal of the GATK was to extend improvisational capabilities and the compositional techniques generated by this innovative instrument.
During the GATK creation process, the current production guitar techniques and overall sonic result were enhanced by planning and implementing a personalized electroacoustic performance set up, designing custom-made performance interfaces, creating interactive compositional strategies, crafting non-standardized sounds, and controlling various music parameters in real-time using the Max/MSP programming environment.
This was the first thesis project of its kind. It is expected that this thesis will be useful as a reference paper for electronic musicians and music technology students; as a product demonstration for companies that manufacture the relevant software; and as a personal portfolio for future technology related-jobs.
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Otomo, Ayako. "Art, music and the harpsichord in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18614.pdf.
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Rabe, Hans-Henning. "Studien zur Rondoform in der französischen Clavecinmusik zwischen Spätbarock und Frühklassik." Göttingen : [s.n.], 1991. http://books.google.com/books?id=QglFAAAAMAAJ.
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Chung, David Yu-Sum. "Keyboard arrangements of Lully's music and their significance for French harpsichord music." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252310.
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Paget, Jonathan. "The guitar music of Peter Sculthorpe /." Digitized version, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5358.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester, 2003.<br>Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5358
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Olson, Ted. "A Century of Heritage Guitar Music." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/134.
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Album Notes For those who love the traditional music of Southwest Virginia, especially the many folks who make it, listening to these recordings will likely be a deeply emotional experience. Embedded within these recordings are cherished memories that connect people to the first time they ever heard a certain artist, or the first song they themselves ever learned on guitar. A Century of Heritage Guitar Music represents a shared experience of the people of The Crooked Road region - an experience that connects families and communities with their unique place and culture. Like The Crooked Road itself, this compilation is about music that is rooted in a particular place - a music that is perpetuated for the most part by barbers, farmers, luthiers, cabinet makers, and other folks who delight in the music-making at day's end. How remarkable that their music, made mostly for sharing with their friends and community, has had such a profound impact around the world. The Crooked Road is truly grateful for the opportunity to share the contributions of these amazing artists through this compilation.<br>https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1160/thumbnail.jpg
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Swoger-Ruston, John Paul. "The fifteen-cent guitar re-tempering the standard six-string guitar /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ59201.pdf.
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Lawson, Selena Michelle. "Radiohead: The Guitar Weilding, Dancing, Singing Commodity." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_theses/47.
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In 2007, Radiohead released a downloadable album, In Rainbows, allowing consumers to pay what they thought the album was worth. The band responded to a moment of change in the music industry. Since then, other bands, like Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay, have made similar moves. Radiohead's capability to release an album and let the fans decide its worth relied on the image they built, which foregrounded their commodification. The historic move redefined the boundaries between art and commodity, a well know tension in popular music studies. The thesis focuses on popular music as communication in the changing industry. Using Radiohead’s album as a case study, it looks at the changing boundaries in the tension between art and commodity. The thesis examines Radiohead's performance, its mediation by the press, and what the album’s distribution method meant to the fans.
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Olson, Ted. "The Guitar: ‘An Orchestra Unto Itself'." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1205.
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Burlet, Gregory. "Automatic guitar tablature transcription online." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=117224.
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Manually transcribing guitar tablature from an audio recording is a difficult and time-consuming process, even for experienced guitarists. While several algorithms have been developed to automatically extract the notes occurring in an audio recording, and several algorithms have been developed to produce guitar tablature arrangements of notes occurring in a music score, no frameworks have been developed to facilitate the combination of these algorithms. This work presents a web-based guitar tablature transcription framework capable of generating guitar tablature arrangements directly from an audio recording. The implemented transcription framework, entitled Robotaba, facilitates the creation of web applications in which polyphonic transcription and guitar tablature arrangement algorithms can be embedded. Such a web application is implemented, resulting in a unified system that is capable of transcribing guitar tablature from a digital audio recording and displaying the resulting tablature in the web browser. The performance of the implemented polyphonic transcription and guitar tablature arrangement algorithms are evaluated using several metrics on a new dataset of manual transcriptions gathered from tablature websites.<br>Transcrire à la main une tablature pour guitare à partir d'un enregistrement audio est un processus difficile et long, même pour les guitaristes chevronnés. Bien que plusieurs algorithmes aient été créés pour extraire automatiquement les notes d'un enregistrement audio, et d'autres pour préparer des arrangements de notes de tablature pour guitare tels qu'on les retrouve dans la création musicale, aucun environnement n'a été mise en place pour faciliter l'association de ces algorithmes. Le travail qui suit présente un environnement accessible sur l'Internet, permettant la transcription et la préparation d'arrangements de tablatures de guitare, directement à partir d'un enregistrement audio. Cet environnement de transcription, nommée Robotaba, facilite la création d'applications Web, dans lesquelles la transcription polyphonique et les algorithmes d'arrangements de tablature pour guitare peuvent être intégrés. Une telle application Web permet d'obtenir un système unifié, capable de transcrire une tablature pour guitare à partir d'un enregistrement audio numérique, et d'afficher la tablature obtenue dans un navigateur Web. La performance de la transcription polyphonique mise en place et des algorithmes d'arrangements de tablature pour guitare est évaluée à l'aide de plusieurs paramètres et d'un nouvel ensemble de données, constitué de transcriptions manuelles recueillies dans des sites Web consacrés aux tablatures.
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Fugazza, Lorenzo. "The Impressionistic Guitar : Is there a mutual influence between the Spanish guitar and the Impressionist masters?" Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-2505.
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This thesis is an investigation on the influences that the Spanish Guitar and the traditional music from Spain had on the impressionistic composers of the late 19th century and early 20th century. I have also inquired on the opposite influence, the impressionistic influence on Spanish composers.It contains a description of the characteristics of the two musical genres, informations on their most renowned composers’ composing style and an analysis on two relevant pieces of the guitarist and orchestral repertoire.I found out a very strong link between the two genres, with Impressionism being very influenced by the traditional Flamenco style and the guitaristic idiomatic language and on the other hand the Spanish composers including in their compositions the new Impressionistic composing techniques and its new research on colors and timbres.Keywords:
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Ferguson, Sean W. "The guitar in lexica: the development of the guitar as reflected in general and musical dictionaries and encyclopedias, 1611-1890." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1406730273.
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Lawson, Selena. "Radiohead the guitar weilding [sic], dancing, singing commodity /." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/communication_theses/47/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009.<br>Title from title page (Digital Archive@GSU, viewed June 16, 2010) Jeffrey Bennett, committee chair; Ted Friedman, Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, committee members. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-104).
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Kruger, Jaco Hentie. "A cultural analysis of Venda guitar songs." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002309.
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This thesis focuses on the articulation in music of human worldviews, and the social contexts in which they emerge. It suggests that people project various forms of social reality through symbolic systems which operate dynamically to maintain and recreate cultural patterns. The symbolic system investigated in support of this suggestion is that constituted by Venda guitar songs. In the performance of these songs, social reality emerges in a combination of symbolic forms: verbal, musical and somatic. The combination of these symbolic forms serves as a medium for individual self-awareness basic to the establishment of social reality and identity, and the drive for social power and legitimacy. A study of these symbolic forms and their performance indicates that musicians invoke the potential of communal music to increase social support for certain principles on which survival strategies in a turbulently changing society might be based. The discourse of Venda guitar songs incorporates modes of popular expression and consciousness, and thus attempts to invoke states of intensified emotion to promote these survival strategies. Performance occasions emerge as a focus for community orientation and the exploration of social networks. They promote stabilizing social and economic interaction, and serve as a basis for moral and cooperative action. Social reality also emerges in musical style, which is treated as the audible articulation of human thought and emotion. Stylistic choices are treated as integral to the conceptualization of contemporary existence. A study of these choices reveals varying degrees of cultural resistance and assimilation, ranging from musical styles which are essentially rooted in traditional social patterns, to styles which integrate traditional and adopted musical elements as articulations of changing self-perceptions, social aspirations, and quests for new social identity.
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Frank, Robert J. 1961. "Stellar Quintet: A Suite for Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello, and Harpsichord." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500418/.
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Stellar Ouintet is a composition in five movements (Prologue, Allegro, "...Of Stars", Rondo, Epilogue) for two violins, viola, violoncello, and harpsichord. It makes extensive use of constellations , a term used in this work to denote arrangements of pitches in spatial notation. This method of notation is derived from actual astronomical constellations. The score makes use of both real and freely constructed constellations which are rotated around their own central axis. The score is 90 pages long with a 28 page analysis preceding the score. The work has a performance time of approximately 18-20 minutes
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Xu, Zhixin. "La nuit bleue." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553614122095522.
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Martin, Margot. "Essential agréments : art, dance and civility in seventeenth-century French harpsichord music /." Ann Arbor : UMI, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37103563h.
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Pinta, Kristen Janet. "Inclusion strategies for the high school guitar class." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523263.
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<p> As researchers learn more about the human mind, educators adapt their curriculum to accommodate those findings. As these changes take place, school districts are offering different types of classes to help more students find success in their classes. One of the ways that music educators can contribute to these changes is to offer music classes other than the traditional band, choir and orchestra class. By adding a guitar class to the music curriculum, music teachers are opening the doors for more students to be able to learn about music and learn to play an instrument. Particularly, a guitar class is an effective way to include students with special needs in a music program. </p><p> This thesis will investigate adaptations designed for three students with special needs in a high school guitar class. Student A has been diagnosed as Autistic, Student B has been diagnosed with Asperger's disorder and also has behavioral issues and Student C has been diagnosed with a specific learning disability as evidenced in the areas of auditory processing and expression. The case studies provide an example of how accommodations and adaptations can easily be implemented within a guitar class curriculum for students with these types of learning disabilities.</p>
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Newton, Gregory Middleton Owen. "An American original the guitar music of Owen Middleton /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1383468361&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--UCLA, 2007.<br>Vita. Includes original and revised versions of Honoring song : variations on an American Indian theme. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-250) and discography (leaf 251).
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Taylor, John Wesley. "Hillbillies and sharecroppers : an introduction to East coast and Mississippi blues styles /." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2002. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=99.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 23 p. Includes a live performance (duration 1.01.03). Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-23).
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Casallas, Fernandez Jose Andres. "Making Music with a guitar orchestra : Motivation and friendship." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för klassisk musik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-3266.
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How can I, as a leader, keep the motivation of the participants in a group? When I started to write this report, I was focused on, how a group could affect the participants motivation of the participants, but little by little I realized that the biggest motivation came from that this group affected mostly my own motivationmyself. The guitar orchestra has given me the opportunity to learn and it has given another sense to my knowledge as musician and teacher. Analysing what I have done with the guitar orchestra has awakened more questions than answers. What exactly did I do? Why did I do it? Was it really effective? This written part of my project at KMH describes how, together with my colleagues, we have organized an orchestra of guitars in Avonia music institute based in Espoo, Finland and how this group and my own motivation have affected the motivation of the participants.<br>Making Music with a guitar orchestra
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Yim, Gary. "Affordant Chord Transitions in Selected Guitar-Driven Popular Music." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1308075022.
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Davis, Evan Brugh. "On the structural and acoustic design of guitar soundboards /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7116.
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Ledroit, Christien. "Streamlined : for chamber orchestra with electric guitar and digital audio." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79289.
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Streamlined is a musical composition for chamber orchestra. The entire piece was created from four basic musical fragments. These fragments are used melodically and as "roots" for chord progressions, eventually rendering melody and harmonic progression as one entity. These chord progressions move slowly from one chord to the other, through several intermediate chord progressions, metamorphosing into each other through carefully calculated and executed transformative processes.
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Figg, Graham Elliot. "Just Intonation and the Revitalization of Neoclassicism: Three Works for Baroque Instruments." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-6113.
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Thesis (M.M.)--University of North Texas, 2008.<br>First work for harpsichord; 2nd work for baroque cello and harpsichord continuo; 3rd work for tenor and baroque ensemble (trumpet, cello, timpani, organ and harpsichord). System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-50).
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Carey, Charles O. "Exposing and filling the need for an intermediate steel-string guitar method." FIU Digital Commons, 2006. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2045.
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This thesis demonstrates the need for and the importance of developing a comprehensive curriculum for the intermediate steel-string guitarist and provides a method to fill this need. The method is not specific to any one musical style and will serve to offer information necessary for the performance of music in any idiom. The lack of material presently available for the intermediate guitarist leaves them without proper musical guidance during this significant stage of their learning curve. The use of this method will help the prospective student to grow both as a guitarist and a musician.
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Klčo, Michal. "Electric Guitar to MIDI Conversion." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-385891.
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Automatický přepis hudby a odhad vícero znějících tónu jsou stále výzvou v oblasti dolování informací z hudby. Moderní systémy jsou založeny na různých technikách strojového učení pro dosažení co nejpřesnějšího přepisu hudby. Některé z nich jsou také omezeny na konkrétní hudební nástroj nebo hudební žánr, aby se snížila rozmanitost analyzovaného zvuku. V této práci je navrženo, vyhodnoceno a porovnáváno několik systémů pro konverzi nahrávek elektrické kytary do MIDI souború, založených na různých technikách strojového učení a technikách spektrální analýzy.
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Ortiz, Sánchez José Mario. "THEORETICAL STUDY AND PERFORMING EDITION OF SONATA III BY JAVIER G. COMPEÁN." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/143.
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Mexican composer Javier G. Compeán finished Sonata III, his most recent composition for solo guitar, in December 2015. Since the composition of his first such work in 2003, the composer has been experimenting with texture, register, dynamic range, extended techniques, harmonic possibilities, timbre, and form in his solo guitar music. In Sonata III, Compeán applied the experience he gained in previous compositions for guitar.
This work represents the composer’s current style, in which he returns to a more traditional language but continues to experiment with the technical capabilities of the instrument. Sonata III is Compeán’s most ambitious guitar composition and one of the most important twenty-first century contributions to the Mexican guitar literature. This research focuses on the production of a performing edition of Sonata III. This research also includes a comprehensive analysis of Compeán’s solo guitar music to provide context for guitarists so that they can better understand the composer’s style.
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McCallie, Michael. "A survey of the solo guitar works written for Julian Bream." Thesis, The Florida State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10000626.
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<p> The purpose of this treatise is to present a survey of the solo guitar works written for Julian Bream and to illuminate their historical significance and lasting importance to the guitar repertoire. For each piece, this treatise provides a brief biographical sketch of each composer, a survey of the relevant literature and, where necessary, a brief theoretical analysis. At the end of each section, a “Performer’s Note” has been included, which details the specific difficulties of performing each piece. Hopefully, this treatise will provide guitarists interested in the pieces written for Julian Bream a reference for performance and study.</p>
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Nystel, David J. "Harmonic Practice in the Guitar Music of Manuel M. Ponce." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500943/.
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This investigation examines the evolution of harmonic practice in the guitar misic of the Mexican composer, Manuel M. Ponce (1882-1948). Ponces harmonic practice evolved from a simple romantic style influenced by Mexican folksong to a more complex idiom influenced by Impressionistic harmony. This study explores the change in Ponce t s harmonic practice in two ways. First, general features of Ponce's harmonic vocabulary are surveyed in excerpts from various guitar works written over a twenty year period. Second, a work from Ponce's mature style--Theme Varie et Finale-is examined in detail. Chapter III gives a survey of harmonic materials in this work, while Chapter IV reveals aspects of its structural coherence.
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Wu, Siyu. "Harmonic and Rhythmic Transformation in Ligeti's Harpsichord Compositions: A Comparative Analysis of Continuum, Hungarian Rock and Passacaglia Ungherese." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595470695585872.
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Ledbetter, David. "Harpsichord and lute music in seventeenth-century France : an assessment of the influence of lute on keyboard repertoire." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:525956f0-fd49-4649-94e5-c52ad46221cb.
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The view that the lute exercised an important influence on the formation of French harpsichord style in the seventeenth century is a commonplace of musicology which has not until now been thoroughly investigated. This thesis is an attempt to determine the nature of that influence taking into account as much of the available relevant material as possible. The first chapter outlines the status and function of stringed keyboard instruments, particularly in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, using a wide variety of non-musical sources whether literary, archival, or documentary. It also charts the relative standing of the two instruments and the interrelationship of their repertoires as viewed by contemporaries throughout the seventeenth century. The second chapter provides a survey of the evolution of French lute style based on a detailed study of most of the French lute sources from the period cl600-cl670 and including the more important sources from cl670-cl700. The third chapter presents detailed comparisons of individual works existing in versions for both lute and keyboard. These are based on numerous parallel transcriptions presented in the second volume. The material for this section is provided by a concordance file for virtually all French seventeenth-century lute sources designed to be usable in conjunction with Gustafson's keyboard catalogue. The final chapter is an attempt to define the degree of affinity existing between particular features of the central harpsichord style and that of the lute on the basis of principles established in the previous discussions. This thesis contains the first detailed discussion of the works of the principal seventeenth-century French lutenists in the context of a survey of the general development of the lute style. Numerous illustrative examples of hitherto unpublished lute music are included in the second volume. The final chapter also discusses some new sources of French harpsichord music dating from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, with transcriptions. Also discussed for the first time is the Premier Livre (1687) of Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and a transcription of a suite supposedly written in imitation of the lute is given. A comprehensive concordance of pieces existing in versions for both lute and harpsichord is given in Volume II.
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Serce, Andrew J. "A POST-TONAL ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO SYNCHRONISMS NO. 10 FOR GUITAR AND TAPE BY MARIO DAVIDOVSKY." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/97.
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Mario Davidovsky is an American composer who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 4, 1934. Beginning in 1958, he was a student of Aaron Copland at the Berkshire Music Center (currently the Tanglewood Music Center) in Lenox, Massachusetts. At Berkshire, he also met American composer, Milton Babbitt, who persuaded him to work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center (currently the Computer Music Center at Columbia University) in New York City. Davidovsky was appointed Associate Director of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in 1960 where he inevitably began experimenting with the relationships between live instruments and electronic sounds.
Synchronisms No. 10 for guitar and tape (1992) is a piece for solo classical guitar and pre-recorded synthesized sounds. The piece was dedicated to David Starobin, the current Professor of Guitar at the Manhattan School of Music, who also edited the guitar part. This particular piece in the Synchronisms series shows that Davidovsky is aware of the limitations of the guitar in regard to dynamic range and decay of sound. Knowing these limitations, Davidovsky utilizes the various abilities of the instrument including its wide timbral range and use as a percussive medium. Although Davidovsky himself has been quoted as not using pitch-class sets of any kind, a post-tonal analysis can be applied to this piece in order to further understand individual sections and interaction between guitar and recording. Also, a review of the performance techniques necessary to approach this piece, and how said techniques are implemented, will help the musician perform at a higher level.
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Cordoba, Derick. "An in-depth analysis of classic jazz compositions for a graduate jazz guitar recital." FIU Digital Commons, 2007. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2495.
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The purpose of this thesis was to analyze jazz compositions by several great composers. The composers include: Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz, Russell Malone, Thad Jones, Dave Holland, Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer and Joe Henderson. Through their unique use of melody, har1nony and rhythm these composers have influenced countless performers and composers over many decades. These compositions served as the repertoire of a graduate jazz guitar recital. The musical group that interpreted these compositions was comprised of: guitar, upright bass, piano, tenor saxophone and drums.
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Incze, Lajos. "Popular guitar pedagogy: fostering traditional musicianship in the culturally relevant classroom." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119382.
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Music education in North America remains loyal to the ideals, materials, and methodologies of a bygone era despite widespread calls for pedagogical change. Popular music has a limited role in schools although culturally relevant programming is increasingly important in modern contexts. Guitar class has the unrealized potential to reach those many students who are eager for music opportunities but unable to work within traditional formats. Guitar is motivational, inclusive, and relevant to students, and therefore has an appropriate place in the pluralistic classrooms of the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, a model is l lacking to bridge the gap between guitar performance, and materials from popular guitar-based genres, with traditional values of formal music education. Guitar instruction is consistently portrayed in opposition to, or as an alternative to, success in the time0homored priorities of school music. The question remains, then, as to if popular guitar performance can be reconciled with an emphasis on theory, literacy, and fine musicianship. This narrative study details a public school teacher's attempt to synthesize an original electric guitar curriculum for his middle school classes, one responsive to both academic and cultural concerns. Suggestions for concrete steps towards an achievement-oriented popular guitar pedagogy are presented, amidst the argument that such developments are feasible, necessary, and overdue.<br>L'éducation musicale en Amérique du Nord reste fidele aux idéaux, au matériel et aux méthodes d'une époque révolue, malgré de nombreux appels pour un changement pédagogique. La musique populaire a un rôle limite den les écoles, bien que des programmes culturellement pertinents soient de plus et plus important dans des contextes modernes. Les cours de guitare ont le potentiel inexploité d'atteindre ces nombreux étudiants qui sont désireux d'apprendre la musique, mais incapables de travailler dans un format traditionnel. La guitare est motivante, inclusive et pertinente pour les élevés, et a donc une place appropriée dans les groupes diversifies du vingt et unième siècle. Malheureusement, il existe un fosse ester les objectifs traditionnels et la musique populaire a la guitare. L'enseignement de la guitare est habituellement perçu comme une opposition, ou comme une alternative a la réussite scolaire. La question demeure donc a savoir si la guitare populaire peut être conciliée a la théorie et a la musicalité. Cette étude décrit comment un professeur d'école publique tente de synthétiser un programme de guitare électrique original qui répond aux besoins académiques et culturels. Des suggestion portant sur des mesures concrète ayant pour objectif d'atteindre une pédagogie tournée ver la réussite du cour sont présentées comme possibles, nécessaires et attendues.
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Dean, Alexander. "The five-course guitar and seventeenth-century harmony : Alfabeto and Italian song /." Digitized version, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1802/1098.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester, 2009.<br>Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/10978
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Burns, Caryn L. "CONCERTO FOR HARPSICHORD, FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET, VIOLIN, AND VIOLONCELLO BY MANUEL DE FALLA: AN (AUTO)BIOGRAPHICAL READING." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1144356651.
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Schroeder, Lisa Marie. "The flute and guitar duo: the development of an equal partnership." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2010.
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THE FLUTE AND GUITAR DUO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP
By Lisa Marie Schroeder
December 2015
The 21st century flute and guitar duo literature contains equal parts of intricate melodic and harmonic content, challenging both players with standard and contemporary techniques. In the past, beginning with the late seventeen hundreds, the repertoire for this combination consisted of simple flute melodies and sparse, accompanimental guitar parts. When did an equal partnership begin developing between the instruments and how are professional duos guiding this change? For the research of this document, a survey was drafted and sent to 104 professional flute and guitar duos around the globe, resulting in 51 duos completing and returning the questionnaire. Of the 51 duos that returned the survey, 48 duos qualified as professional and three duos were disqualified. The general consensus reached is that the flute and guitar duo has developed into an equal partnership in the last 30 years, accomplished through music with more substantial parts for both instruments, beginning with the legendary Histoire du Tango by Ástor Piazzolla. My hope is that those who read this document will understand the need for more flute and guitar music containing equal parts, thus inspiring commissions. I hope, too, that the lists of pieces revealed by seasoned flute and guitar duos (located in Appendix B and C), will be a useful tool for all flute and guitar duos, especially those starting out in the genre. This document is essential to the university flute and guitar studios and beginning duos in selecting pieces in which both performers will learn and grow as instrumentalists and chamber musicians.
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Melvin, Michael John. "Tonal harmonic syntax and guitar performance idiom in two mid-seventeenth-century Italian guitar books by Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615--after 1682)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278814.
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Since the 1960s the publications of American musicologist Richard Hudson, along with recent articles by other scholars, have shown the five-course Spanish guitar to have been at the forefront of harmonic innovation in the early seventeenth century. Existing publications in this area, however, deal exclusively with guitar music in the rudimentary battuto strumming style and do not address the development of harmonic language in guitar music after circa 1630. From circa 1630 the battuto style gave way to a new guitar idiom that combined both strumming and plucking, thus affording guitarists the opportunity to incorporate more sophisticated harmonic devices into their music. This thesis endeavors to furnish a preliminary case study on the development of harmonic language in guitar music after circa 1630 by tracing the evolution of a tonal harmonic syntax in minor-mode Allemandes from two mid-seventeenth-century guitar books by Bolognese guitarist Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615--after 1682).
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Nilsson, Jokela Rickard. "SlowBass : exploring, adapting and evolving the possibilities of the bass guitar." Thesis, Kungl. Musikhögskolan, Institutionen för folkmusik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-1440.
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Kirsten, Ryan Kenneth. "An investigation into the process of transcribing keyboard works for guitar duet." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76609.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of transcribing keyboard music for guitar duet. Throughout history, few of the most important and prolific composers were guitarists or ever wrote for the guitar. This has resulted in the need for guitarists to expand the repertoire by arranging and transcribing music, originally written for other instruments or ensembles, for guitar solo, duet, trio, quartet or even larger groups. Furthermore, it is my hope that this study can serve as a guideline for prospective transcribers.<br>Mini Dissertation (MMus (Performing Art))--University of Pretoria, 2020.<br>Music<br>MMus (Performing Art)<br>Unrestricted
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Bert, Alison. "The influence of Flamenco on the guitar works of Joaquin Turina." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185487.
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Flamenco is a passionate style of song and dance accompanied by guitar. Its origin may be traced to the Moorish occupation of Spain, which began in the eighth century, and it continues to flourish in the southern Spanish region of Andalucia. This treatise will explore the structure and character of Flamenco and show how it influenced the twentieth-century Spanish classical composer Joaquin Turina in his five guitar works:(UNFORMATTED TABLE FOLLOWS): Fantasía Sevillana, Op. 23 (1923). Fandanguillo, Op. 36 (1926). Ráfaga, Op. 53 (1930). Sonata, Op. 61 (1931): Allegro, Andante, Allegro vivo. Homenaje a Tárrega, Op. 69 (1932): Garrotin, Soleares. (TABLE ENDS)
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Tuttle, Brian. "Who killed rock guitar? Virtuosity in nineteen-nineties alternative rock." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=121303.
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After the release of Nirvana's Nevermind in 1991, previously underground alternative rock burst into the mainstream and dethroned heavy metal as the dominant form of hard rock. The culture that surrounded alternative music was a politically progressive American post-punk movement that sought a more egalitarian, tolerant, and democratic world than heavy metal offered. Alternative culture saw heavy-metal style as a symbol for the masculinist values that seem to underlie the genre. Heavy-metal guitar gods—hyper-masculine virtuosic figures revered by fans for their "cool kid" personas and ability to "shred" the guitar—seemed sexist, arrogant, and apathetic. To oppose heavy metal's hierarchy, alternative rockers fashioned a contrastive aesthetic style in order to signify their democratic values. For Nirvana, doing so meant "killing" the guitar god by creating compelling hard rock without shred and satirizing the guitar god's "glam" appearance, thus rendering them impotent. Although alternative rock was generally suspicious of virtuosic display, several virtuosos took part in the genre including bassist Les Claypool of Primus, electric guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and acoustic guitarist Ani DiFranco. These alternative musicians share many characteristics with virtuosos of other genres. Yet, that which most distinguishes alternative virtuosos from other kinds is the "loser" persona types they embody. Furthermore, unlike guitar gods, alternative virtuosos were understood to put their virtuosity in the service of something greater than themselves: alternative politics. Taking a dialogical approach involving a cultural semiotic analysis of various sonic, visual, and verbal styles that construct virtuosity and its meaning within the context of the alternative genre, this study demonstrates how alternative virtuosos fashioned virtuosic styles that could express alternative values.<br>Après la parution de l'album Nevermind du groupe Nirvana en 1991, le rock alternatif auparavant “underground” a émergé sur la scène musicale traditionnelle, détrônant le heavy metal en tant que forme dominante du hard rock. La culture entourant la musique alternative se voulait un mouvement post-punk progressiste américain, qui recherchait un monde plus égalitaire, tolérant et démocratique que celui offert par le heavy metal. La culture alternative a perçu le style heavy metal comme le symbole des valeurs masculinistes qui semblaient sous-tendre le genre. Les dieux de la guitare heavy-metal—des figures virtuoses hyper-masculines adulées par les fans pour leur personnalité "décontractée" et leur abilité à faire du shred avec leur guitare—semblaient sexistes, arrogants et apathiques. Afin de s'opposer à la hiérarchie du heavy-metal, les rockeurs alternatifs ont développé leur propre style esthétique afin de démontrer leurs valeurs démocratiques. Pour Nirvana, ceci signifiait "tuer" les dieux de la guitare en créant un hard-rock irrésistible sans shred et en satirisant l'apparence "glamour" des dieux de la guitare, les rendant ainsi impotents. Les dieux de la guitare heavy-metal—des figures virtuoses hyper-masculines adulées par les fans pour leur personnalité "décontractée" et leur abilité à faire du shred avec leur guitare – semblaient sexistes, arrogants et apathiques. Afin de s'opposer à la hiérarchie du heavy-metal, les rockeurs alternatifs ont développé leur propre style esthétique afin de démontrer leurs valeurs démocratiques. Pour Nirvana, ceci signifiait "tuer" les dieux de la guitare en créant un hard-rock irrésistible sans shred et en satirisant l'apparence "glamour" des dieux de la guitare, les rendant ainsi impotents. Bien que le rock alternatif demeure généralement méfiant envers les démonstrations de virtuosité, plusieurs virtuoses ont pris part à ce genre musical, incluant le bassiste Les Claypool du groupe Primus, le guitariste électrique Tom Morello de Rage Against the Machine, et la guitariste acoustique Ani DiFranco. Ces musiciens alternatifs partagent plusieurs caractéristiques avec les virtuoses issus d'autres genres musicaux. Pourtant, ce qui distingue le plus ces virtuoses alternatifs d'autres catégories de virtuoses est la personnalité de "perdant" qu'ils incarnent. De plus, contrairement aux dieux de la guitare, il était établi que les virtuoses alternatifs mettaient leur virtuosité au service de quelque chose de plus grand qu'eux-même: la politique alternative. Empruntant une approche dialogique se fondant sur une analyse sémiotique culturelle de plusieurs styles soniques, visuels et verbaux construisant la virtuosité et son sens dans le contexte du genre alternatif, cette étude démontre que les musiciens alternatifs ont façonné des styles virtuoses de manière à exprimer des valeurs alternatives.
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Welch, Chapman. "Tele using vernacular performance practices in an eight channel environment /." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2003. http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20032/welch%5Fchapman/index.htm.
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"Selected Harpsichord Works by Sebastián de Albero, Arranged for Solo Guitar." Doctoral diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.26897.
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abstract: This project presents eight harpsichord sonatas, 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 21, by Sebastián de Albero (1722-1756), arranged for the classical guitar. These pieces were chosen because of the success of other eighteenth-century Iberian harpsichord music that has been arranged for guitar, including works by composers such as Domenico Scarlatti, Carlos Seixas, and Antonio Soler. The popularity and enjoyment of Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas on the guitar today was the inspiration for this project.
Historically, guitarists have used arrangements as a means to expand the guitar's repertoire. The late eighteenth century, especially, was a time in which the instrument was undergoing significant changes from being a five-course instrument into becoming the standard six single string instrument of today. Also, composer/guitarists at that time were beginning to abandon tablature in favor of modern staff notation. Because of these changes, the amount of music originally written for the guitar from this period that is suitable to be played on a modern instrument is limited.
I chose to focus on eight selected sonatas from Sebastián Albero's Treinta Sonatas para Clavicordio because of the influence of Domenico Scarlatti's harpsichord arrangements for solo guitar. It is intriguing to note that Albero and Scarlatti both held positions at the Spanish Royal Chapel for a number of years and, in this capacity, may have influenced one another in their musical compositions and style. Certain similarities are documented in this paper.
Since Scarlatti's music has been successfully arranged, and is popular to play on modern guitar, it is hoped that these sonatas by Albero may enjoy similar success.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Doctoral Dissertation Music 2014
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"Harpsichord Suite in A Minor by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Arranged for Solo Guitar." Doctoral diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.55627.
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abstract: Transcriptions and arrangements of works originally written for other instruments have greatly expanded the guitar’s repertoire. This project focuses on a new arrangement of the Suite in A Minor by Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729), which originally was composed for harpsichord. The author chose this work because the repertoire for the guitar is critically lacking in examples of French Baroque harpsichord music and also of works by female composers. The suite includes an unmeasured harpsichord prelude––a genre that, to the author’s knowledge, has not been arranged for the modern six-string guitar. This project also contains a brief account of Jacquet de la Guerre’s life, discusses the genre of unmeasured harpsichord preludes, and provides an overview of compositional aspects of the suite. Furthermore, it includes the arrangement methodology, which shows the process of creating an idiomatic arrangement from harpsichord to solo guitar while trying to preserve the integrity of the original work. A summary of the changes in the current arrangement is presented in Appendix B.<br>Dissertation/Thesis<br>Doctoral Dissertation Music 2019