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Articles 1 - 23 of 23
Full-Text Articles in Musicology
The "Benfordness" Of Bach Music, Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett, Luke Haws, Sybil Prince Nelson
The "Benfordness" Of Bach Music, Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett, Luke Haws, Sybil Prince Nelson
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
In this paper we analyze the distribution of musical note frequencies in Hertz to see whether they follow the logarithmic Benford distribution. Our results show that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Christian Bach is Benford distributed while the computer-generated music is not. We also find that computer-generated music is statistically less Benford distributed than human- composed music.
Mieczysław Weinberg: Music Transcending Tragedy, Ilana Shapiro
Mieczysław Weinberg: Music Transcending Tragedy, Ilana Shapiro
Pomona Senior Theses
This thesis examines the music of Mieczysław Weinberg, a prolific Jewish Holocaust-era composer whose compositions remain in relative obscurity through the present day. I begin by investigating the musical expression of Weinberg’s Polish and Jewish identity under Soviet state persecution via close analysis of selected works: the Cello Fantasia, Op. 52 and Cello Concertino, Op. 43bis. Through context of composition and allusions to Jewish music and Polish folksong, these works reveal Weinberg’s identity as a Jew and a Pole, his connection to his homeland and youth, and his musical expression beyond the demands of the state. Subsequently, I explore qualities …
The Autodidactic Process Of Hugo Wolf And The Fourfold Learning Equation, Frank L. Strnad
The Autodidactic Process Of Hugo Wolf And The Fourfold Learning Equation, Frank L. Strnad
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation investigates and discusses the self-study process of the Austro-Slovene composer Hugo Wolf. A fourfold learning equation consisting of imitation+emulation+invention =results will be presented, discussed, and applied to the musical compositions of Hugo Wolf, who learned how to compose music mostly by self-study, and minimal formal conservatory level training. Standard methods of analysis of musical construct, harmony, and orchestration will be used to evaluate each musical work. The selected musical works and their musical qualities were chosen to illustrate the effectiveness of the use of the fourfold learning equation by Wolf, both with and/or without instructional resources. This dissertation …
“Transports Of Delight”? Reviews Of Clarinet Performance In Paris And London, C. 1770 – C. 1810, Catherine J. Crisp
“Transports Of Delight”? Reviews Of Clarinet Performance In Paris And London, C. 1770 – C. 1810, Catherine J. Crisp
Performance Practice Review
Reviews of clarinet performance in Paris and London, c. 1770 – c. 1810 make specific reference to 18th-century performance ideals, as identified by the contemporary writer Charles Burney who described the “principal excellencies of perfect execution”. The performance qualities described by Burney and their inclusion in contemporary reports is particularly valuable in assessing performances featuring the newest woodwind instrument, the clarinet. References to many of these performance qualities combine to form detailed accounts of the sonorities, technical execution and expressive qualities evident in performances given by clarinet players in Paris and London.
This article draws upon a wide …
"Manuscripts And Medieval Song: Inscription, Performance, Context" By Helen Deeming And Elizabeth Leach, Timothy Mcgee
"Manuscripts And Medieval Song: Inscription, Performance, Context" By Helen Deeming And Elizabeth Leach, Timothy Mcgee
Performance Practice Review
Timothy McGee reviews and discusses Helen Deeming and Elizabeth Leach's 2015 work. Deeming, Helen and Elizabeth Leach. Manuscripts and Medieval Song: Inscription, Performance, Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN: 1107062632.
"Werke Für Klavier Zu Vier Händen" By Franz Schubert, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2013, Su Yin Mak
"Werke Für Klavier Zu Vier Händen" By Franz Schubert, Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2013, Su Yin Mak
Performance Practice Review
Su Yin Mak discusses Bärenreiter's 2013 edition of Schubert's work.
Schubert, Franz. Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen, Band III, ed. Walburga Litschauer (Nos. 2-5) and Werner Aderhold (No. 1); Urtext of the New Schubert Edition, BA 9645. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2013.
ISMN: 9790006539871.
"Beyond The Score: Music As Performance" By Nicholas Cook, Aron Edidin
"Beyond The Score: Music As Performance" By Nicholas Cook, Aron Edidin
Performance Practice Review
Aron Edidin reviews and discusses Nicholas Cook's 2013 work. Cook, Nicholas. Beyond the Score: Music as Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-19-935740-6.
Henry Cowell, The Great Experimenter: Uncovering The Catalysts That Generated A Composer’S Ultramodernist Piano Techniques, Chessa Catherine Wathen
Henry Cowell, The Great Experimenter: Uncovering The Catalysts That Generated A Composer’S Ultramodernist Piano Techniques, Chessa Catherine Wathen
Scripps Senior Theses
In the scholarship surrounding piano repertoire, Henry Cowell is seen as a kind of “one-hit-experimental-wonder,” being know mostly for his astonishingly progressive piece The Banshee. However, Cowell was an enigmatic composer, a diverse scholar, an influential proponent new music, as well as a music theorist and comparative musicologist. Therefore in order to gain a more complete understanding of Cowell and his deeply influential piano works, this project seeks to explore the philosophical, cultural, and non- Western musical influences that inspired Cowell’s novel experimentation at the piano.
Alternate Minimalisms: Repetition, Objectivity, And Process In The Age Of Recording, Zachary Schwartz
Alternate Minimalisms: Repetition, Objectivity, And Process In The Age Of Recording, Zachary Schwartz
Pomona Senior Theses
This thesis examines the core concepts of early minimalism and the ways that they were influenced by recording as a medium of musical creation. The first chapter considers early minimalism’s historical lineage as the narrative has been passed down by music scholars, noting over-arching trends and problems of exclusion and misunderstanding inherent within it. Having established the myriad of concepts at the core of the early minimalist movement, the second chapter examines the recording medium’s effect on art music performance, noting trends in repetition, objectivity, and process that are represented within minimalism itself. With these ideas in mind, the idea …
"The Rameau Compendium" By Graham Sadler, Mary Cyr
"The Rameau Compendium" By Graham Sadler, Mary Cyr
Performance Practice Review
Mary Cyr discusses and reviews Graham Sadler's 2014 work.
Sadler, Graham. The Rameau Compendium. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-84383-905-1
The Off-Board String On The Medieval Fiddle, Linda Marie Zaerr
The Off-Board String On The Medieval Fiddle, Linda Marie Zaerr
Performance Practice Review
Drawing on explicit descriptions, iconographic representations, and contemporary narrative, this essay analyzes playing techniques and repertories plausible for one type of medieval fiddle and suggests that notions of historical fiddle performance may need to expand to accommodate the aesthetics and techniques implied by the off-board fiddle.
While it has been widely assumed that the left thumb was used to pluck the laterally divergent string described by Jerome of Moravia, the complete body of evidence suggests an alternative interpretation: the thumb can be used to stop this off-board string, extending the melodic range of the instrument down to a step below …
Report On Ams, Kenneth M. Cotich, Holly Gardinier
Report On Ams, Kenneth M. Cotich, Holly Gardinier
Faculty Papers and Conference Presentations with CGU Graduate Co-authors
This presentation summarizes and evaluates the American Musicological Society's website as a reference tool for music scholars. Evaluation methods used come from Laurie Sampsel (2012) and Holly Gardinier (2015).
Commonality And Diversity In Recordings Of Beethoven’S Middle-Period String Quartets, Nancy November
Commonality And Diversity In Recordings Of Beethoven’S Middle-Period String Quartets, Nancy November
Performance Practice Review
A widespread opinion in recent research about the performance of Beethoven’s works is that artists need to restore a connection to "tradition," and that recordings from the early twentieth century can help with this. However, these early recordings tell us most about the aesthetics and performance ideals of their day, and hence how Beethoven and his string quartets were received by early twentieth-century audiences. Case studies of early recordings of Beethoven middle-period quartets reveal ways in which these these performances differed, sometimes radically, from the kinds of performances Beethoven would have expected to hear, especially with regard to the use …
Unearthing Forgotten Treasures: Anonymous Arias With Obbligato Violoncello At The Estense Library, Modena, Alessandro Sanguineti
Unearthing Forgotten Treasures: Anonymous Arias With Obbligato Violoncello At The Estense Library, Modena, Alessandro Sanguineti
Performance Practice Review
Recent studies regarding the first steps of the violoncello in North Italy at the end of the seventeenth century have been concentrating on the vast musical output collected by Francesco II, Duke of Modena, now held at the Biblioteca Estense Universitaria. Nonetheless, there is still a conspicuous number of anonymous manuscripts copied in Modena at the end of the seventeenth century containing opera arias which include several examples with obbligato violoncello. A connection has been made with one of these collections and a particular performance of L’Ercole Trionfante in Piacenza in 1688 with music by the composer and organist Bernardo …
The Synthesizer: Modernist And Technological Transformations In Film Sound And Contemporary Music, Dusin J. Green
The Synthesizer: Modernist And Technological Transformations In Film Sound And Contemporary Music, Dusin J. Green
CMC Senior Theses
The invention of the synthesizer meant the possibility of achieving virtually any sound in one mechanism, a superbly convenient device for musical creativity. Perhaps the perfect space for this approval of sound creativity was in the modern electronic film score. The synthesizer also flourished in popular music immediately following its emergence, but a common form began to solidify itself among synthesizer music. Shortly after, improvements in electronic instrument technology led to the democratization of electronic music and equipment, ultimately leading to electronic music as the new mainstream.
"Stradivari" By Stewart Pollens, Peter Walls
"Stradivari" By Stewart Pollens, Peter Walls
Performance Practice Review
Peter Walls discusses and reviews Pollens 2010 work.
Pollens, Stewart. Stradivari. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
ISBN 978-0-52187-304-8
By Word Of Mouth: Historical Performance Comes Of Age, Ingrid E. Pearson
By Word Of Mouth: Historical Performance Comes Of Age, Ingrid E. Pearson
Performance Practice Review
Since Clive Brown’s 1991 accusation that many twentieth-century manifestations of historical performance lacked an appropriate degree of musical sensitivity, the historical performance movement has truly come of age. In the arena of Western Art music, historical performance is now an essential component of musical training and education. Successful performers must be able to seamlessly function across the widest possible range of musical styles, accommodating an equally wide gamut of tastes, both individually and collectively.
In 1982, nine years earlier, Walter Ong’s Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word explored differences between oral and literate cultures. Of particular interest to …
Polychoral Performance Practice And "Maestro Di Cappella" Conducting, Florian Bassani
Polychoral Performance Practice And "Maestro Di Cappella" Conducting, Florian Bassani
Performance Practice Review
This article disputes some basic questions concerning the coordination of seventeenth century sacred music, approaching the phenomenon through a musical species of particular interest, though largely unstudied from a performance practice point of view. Roman polychorality with its specific performing conditions offers an illuminating perspective on principles of musical direction and interaction which differ significantly from our modern access path towards these topics. The inquiry ranges from basics of performance (such as sheet music, rehearsals, direction technics, models and stylistic conditioning of the performers) over the concrete role of the maestro di cappella as well as the tactus as cornerstones …
Stravinsky, Tempo, And Le Sacre, Erica Heisler Buxbaum
Stravinsky, Tempo, And Le Sacre, Erica Heisler Buxbaum
Performance Practice Review
In reviews of recorded performances by others of Le sacre du printemps, Stravinsky contradicted his metronome markings and his own recorded performance tempos. His preferred tempos in the reviews encompass a range wider than the markings imply, yet more narrow than his own performance tempos suggest.
The "Not-So-Precisely Measured" Music Of The Middle Ages, Hendrik Van Der Werf
The "Not-So-Precisely Measured" Music Of The Middle Ages, Hendrik Van Der Werf
Performance Practice Review
Evidence from medieval writers, musical notation, and variant readings in the sources all suggest that troubadour and trouvere songs were performed in more or less equal note values and in a manner that presented the poetry clearly.
'Back To The Land': Performance Practice And The Classic Period, Malcom S. Cole
'Back To The Land': Performance Practice And The Classic Period, Malcom S. Cole
Performance Practice Review
Although much valuable work has been done on performance practice in the Classic period, many issues await detailed study.
The Performance Of French Baroque Music: A Report On The State Of Current Research, Albert Cohen
The Performance Of French Baroque Music: A Report On The State Of Current Research, Albert Cohen
Performance Practice Review
A survey, with a bibliography, of published research on French Baroque performance practice that appeared during the period 1978-88.
Francesco Rognoni's "Selva De Varii Passaggi" (1602): Fresh Details Concerning Early Baroque Vocal Ornamentation, Stewart Carter
Francesco Rognoni's "Selva De Varii Passaggi" (1602): Fresh Details Concerning Early Baroque Vocal Ornamentation, Stewart Carter
Performance Practice Review
"One of Milan's most important musicians during the late 16th and early 17th centuries was Francesco Rognoni (died before 1626), a Knight and Count Palatine, son of Richardo Rogniono. The father had published an important treatise on ornamentation nearly thirty years prior to Francesco's. The title page of Francsco's Selva tells us that Francesco was head of instrumental music at the ducal court and maestro di cappella at Santo Ambrosio Maggiore in Milan. In an earlier publication he calls himself a "player of the violin, of the viola bastarda, and other instruments." He may in fact have written the first …