Date of Award
Fall 12-2006
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
Committee Chair
Richard Perry
Committee Chair Department
Music
Committee Member 2
Stanley Hauer
Committee Member 2 Department
Music
Committee Member 3
Joseph Brumbeloe
Committee Member 3 Department
Music
Committee Member 4
Christopher Goertzen
Committee Member 4 Department
Music
Committee Member 5
Jennifer Shank
Committee Member 5 Department
Music
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to compare the Alto F trumpet used by the players of Richard Wagner’s orchestra to the modem trumpet, with reference to specific excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen. It will discuss topics pertaining to transposition, range, keys, timbre, and crooking. Other elements that will be explored are the evolution of the valved trumpet and how it led to the Alto F trumpet. The document will also discuss the eventual replacement of the Alto F trumpet by the modem C and B-flat trumpets. Included in this section will be a historic study of the practice of transposition by the orchestral trumpet player. Finally, this document presents a statistical analysis of how the trumpet is used by Wagner in Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Copyright
2006, Michael Ryan Ellzey
Recommended Citation
Ellzey, Michael Ryan, "Trends in Historic and Modern Performance Practice For the Trumpet In Richard Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen" (2006). Dissertations. 1307.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1307