Date of Award
Spring 5-2008
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Committee Chair
Jack Dean
Committee Chair Department
Music
Committee Member 2
Gregory Fuller
Committee Member 2 Department
Music
Committee Member 3
Gary Odom
Committee Member 3 Department
Music
Committee Member 4
Joseph Brumbeloe
Committee Member 4 Department
Music
Committee Member 5
Edward Hafer
Committee Member 5 Department
Music
Abstract
Tango performance practices and notational conventions included in the orchestral works of Astor Piazzolla belong in two groups. The first is tango performance manner, or the specific way of rendering the written musical text; and the second is tango special effects, which could be defined as a group of non-traditional (for European music) instrumental techniques specific to tango music. Both groups are part of a performance style that has been poorly systematized, if at all, and kept alive only by means of face-to-face transmission. The purpose of this dissertation is to identify and analyze the challenges that Piazzolla faced while including these performance practices into his symphonic compositions, as well as to provide the orchestral conductor with the basic elements for a successful approach to performance.
Copyright
2008, Alejandro Marcelo Drago
Recommended Citation
Drago, Alejandro Marcelo, "Instrumental Tango Idioms in the Symphonic Works and Orchestral Arrangements of Astor Piazzolla. Performance and Notational Problems: A Conductor's Perspective" (2008). Dissertations. 1107.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1107
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