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Mozart's Operas For Harmonie: Three Contemporary Arrangements Compared, Jacob R. Ludwig
Mozart's Operas For Harmonie: Three Contemporary Arrangements Compared, Jacob R. Ludwig
Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance
This thesis examines three approaches to arranging Mozart's operas for Harmonie by Johann Nepomuk Went, Josef Triebensee, and Joseph Heidenreich through an analysis of selections from their arrangements. It consists of two chapters. Chapter One discusses the historical background of the Harmonie ensemble in Vienna and an introduction to the complicated publishing history of Mozart's original works for the Harmoniemusik ensemble. A summary of the scant biographical information about the three arrangers of the works to be studied concludes Chapter One. Chapter Two covers the arrangements of Mozart's operas by Johann Nepomuk Went, Josef Triebensee, and Joseph Heidenreich. The Harmonie …
"Old Wine, New Bottles:" The Impact Of Schoenberg's Verein On The Arrangement Practice Of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (Movement I), Rebecca Nederhiser
"Old Wine, New Bottles:" The Impact Of Schoenberg's Verein On The Arrangement Practice Of Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (Movement I), Rebecca Nederhiser
Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance
The purpose of this document is to provide historical and cultural context to the chamber arrangements formed in Arnold Schoenberg’s (1874-1951) Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) and their impact on the orchestration practice of modern-day arrangers Iain Farrington and Peter Stangel. Using Gustav Mahler’s (1860-1911) Symphony No. 4 for comparison, the researcher will evaluate a reconstructed version of the work by Society member Erwin Stein, alongside two 21st century arrangements by Iain Farrington and Peter Stangel, who took creative inspiration from the Verein. From these versions, orchestration choices by each arranger will be compared …