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This research concentrates on the five sonatinas for piano by Walter Saul. It consists of a recording and a document providing musical analyses and performance guides to these sonatinas.
The purpose of the research is to introduce Walter Saul’s five sonatinas, composed from 1998 to 2015. Walter Saul is a gifted living American composer and pianist. He has written a quantity of piano music intended for study by young performers. His five sonatinas, in traditional sonata forms, use a variety of compositional techniques, including twelve-tone rows, jazz elements, modulations, modes, scales, and contrapuntal procedures. Performers may find that the analyses in this document are useful in understanding these pieces. The guides are likewise provided to teachers and students studying these pieces.
This paper consists of six chapters. It begins with an introduction in Chapter 1; Chapter 2 presents a biography of Walter Saul; Chapter 3 observes characteristics of Walter Saul’s piano music; Chapter 4 deals with background of the five sonatinas; Chapter 5 provides performance guides including simple analyses; Chapter 6 arrives at a conclusion.
The purpose of the research is to introduce Walter Saul’s five sonatinas, composed from 1998 to 2015. Walter Saul is a gifted living American composer and pianist. He has written a quantity of piano music intended for study by young performers. His five sonatinas, in traditional sonata forms, use a variety of compositional techniques, including twelve-tone rows, jazz elements, modulations, modes, scales, and contrapuntal procedures. Performers may find that the analyses in this document are useful in understanding these pieces. The guides are likewise provided to teachers and students studying these pieces.
This paper consists of six chapters. It begins with an introduction in Chapter 1; Chapter 2 presents a biography of Walter Saul; Chapter 3 observes characteristics of Walter Saul’s piano music; Chapter 4 deals with background of the five sonatinas; Chapter 5 provides performance guides including simple analyses; Chapter 6 arrives at a conclusion.
ContributorsYun, Ahyeon (Author) / Cosand, Walter (Thesis advisor) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Ryan, Russell (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
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Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass wrote Tales of power: A Musical Drama for Solo Piano on the Writings of Carlos Castaneda in 1980. However, since the work’s premiere it has been overlooked, receiving little attention from pianists. This neglect is perhaps due, in part, to the absence of circulated recordings and writings. The present study includes the author’s recorded performance, found online at https://youtu.be/GqzMjgaSIDc. Because Tales of Power is a programmatic work about Carlos Castaneda’s study with Don Juan, an Indian sorcerer from Mexico, the author has inserted the score’s written program indications in the recording so that listeners may follow the narrative. This performance guide includes a concise biography of Colgrass, a review of the composer’s major works and general compositional styles, observations on the program and structure, insights regarding thematic transformation and recurring motives, and performance recommendations for accommodating troublesome sections. The author hopes that Tales of Power can be revived in concert performance and become part of the programmatic piano repertoire in the near future.
ContributorsLi, Aoshuang (Author) / Hamilton, Robert (Thesis advisor) / Rockmaker, Jody Rockmaker (Committee member) / Ryan, Russell (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021