Music

Luigi Nono’s work Post-Prae-Ludium No.1 “per Donau ” represents a model for the emerging genre of electroacoustic tuba music. It is important to preserve this electroacoustic work because of its value to the tuba literature. Not only is it one of the first electroacoustic works for the tuba, but it also was composed by a man who is highly regarded in the field of music composition. Its preservation will be difficult because of the rapid advancement in technology. Within the last three decades of existence, the technology has evolved three times. An examination of the performance practice in Post-Prae-Ludium was undertaken to understand the demand on the performer required to play this work. This study will look at both non-traditional performance practices, as well as an inherent problem of how the advancement of technology can actually threaten the survival of a work dependent upon a specific version of electronic technology. ” Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), August 2009, 34 pp., 16 figures, references, 38 titles. Nono worked in collaboration with Giancarlo Schiaffini to compose a work fo