The purpose of this monograph is to provide a performer’s guide and conductor’s analysis for both of Sir Edward Elgar’s suites op. 1a and 1b, titled The Wand of Youth: Music to a Child’s Play. Sources for this work draw from the extensive scholarly writings on Elgar’s biography, compositional practice, and recordings, as well as from sources discussing issues of conducting analysis, gesture, and concert programming. As common techniques in formal and harmonic analysis are a standard component of performance guides, this work also includes commentary to that effect. The first section of this work briefly situates the composition of Elgar’s Wand of Youth suites into the already well-established biography of that composer. This section also pr...
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Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThis document is based on the preparation, rehearsal...
The compositional output of Igor Stravinsky is roughly divided into three periods: Russian, Neoclass...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThe following report is research and analysis of maj...
This thesis develops a new conception for ‘composed instruments’ and explores how these instruments ...
This portfolio of compositions and analytical commentary explores the use of extra-musical stimuli f...
Master of MusicDepartment of Music, Theatre, and DanceFrank C. TraczThe following report is a detail...
Theodor Kullak (September 12, 1818 - March 1, 1882) composed Scenes from Childhood, Op. 62 and Op....
This document explores the performance practices of Jean Françaix's Concerto for Clarinet and Orches...
Worth can be a difficult thing to understand and define, even under the best of circumstances. Nadia...
This is a commentary on seven pieces I have created to explore the idea of music as the social activ...
Historically orchestral string instruments have been defined as classical instruments. As a result i...
The purpose of this document is to provide clarinetists with a performance guide for Óscar Navarro’s...
When performing in opera, a singer portrays a character. A libretto is used as the principal resourc...
This submission, comprising a portfolio of four new musical works with commentary, explores musical ...
Few would dispute that the Ralph Vaughan Williams Concerto for Oboe and Strings (1944) belongs to th...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThis document is based on the preparation, rehearsal...
The compositional output of Igor Stravinsky is roughly divided into three periods: Russian, Neoclass...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThe following report is research and analysis of maj...
This thesis develops a new conception for ‘composed instruments’ and explores how these instruments ...