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The C.G. Conn instrument manufacturing company is known as one of the most successful and innovative band instrument manufacturers in the history of the United States. Many of C.G. Conn's instrument product lines have undergone significant changes throughout the company's history, especially in the brass family. The C.G. Conn tuba product lines are no exception to this company's extraordinary success, and have been significantly redesigned since the company began manufacturing these instruments in circa 1880. This research project investigates the tuba product lines that C.G. Conn manufactured between 1880 and 1940. C.G. Conn designed six different tuba product lines during this timeframe, including an unnamed tuba product line with Stölzel valves, the Wonder Valve line, the New American line, the Wonder Model line, the 20-J, and the 22-J instrumental product lines. These tuba product lines have been investigated using extant publications and patent information because the majority of C.G. Conn's internal records prior to 1970 have been lost. In addition to investigating each of C.G. Conn's early tuba product lines, this project also explores the particularly anomalous design in the top-action valve apparatus of the Conn Wonder Model tuba product line. This anomalous design was implemented in the all of C.G. Conn's top-action tuba and tuba-like product lines from circa 1890-1940. This author's measurements of period instruments and analysis of data taken from these measurements indicates that this anomalous top-action valve apparatus design utilized interchangeable parts with other front-action C.G. Conn tuba product lines.
ContributorsEarll, David Michael (Author) / Swoboda, Deanna (Thesis advisor) / Ericson, John (Committee member) / DeMars, James (Committee member) / Yeo, Douglas (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2014
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This project discusses the horn, tuba, piano sub-genre of brass chamber music. Alec Wilder wrote the first piece for this instrumentation in 1963 for his friends John Barrows and Harvey Phillips. Wilder's compositional style was directly affected by life events and relationships. Through letters, biographies, recordings and autobiographies the importance of his friendship with Barrows and Phillips are displayed to show the links between the two men and the composer's compositional output. A deeper look into the life of Alec Wilder and a thematic analysis of his Suite No.1 for Horn, Tuba and Piano (1963), and Suite No.2 for Horn, Tuba and Piano (1971) shed light on the beginnings of the genre and provide a deeper understanding of the works. Since Wilder's two trios there have been at least twenty works written for this instrumentation. A brief overview of works written for the trio since 1971 provide a broad sense of the quantity and benefits of the trio in the hopes of inspiring new performances and compositions. This paper will combine the seemingly random compositions for the instrumentation into a collected repertoire. With an increase in exposure, the trio for horn, tuba and piano has the potential to become a standard brass chamber group that will benefit students, performers, and audiences alike.
ContributorsRomano, Christina Marie (Author) / Ericson, John Q (Thesis advisor) / Saucier, Catherine (Committee member) / Swoboda, Deanna (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015
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The modern day tubist has an expanded collection of solo tuba repertoire that continues to grow in quantity and in difficulty, making it necessary to utilize all the tools available to improve musicianship and performance ability. In this capacity, the use of transcribed material serves as a vital method of cross training in order to develop skills which assist the performance of modern tuba literature. Rather than focusing on transcriptions solely to engage with musical eras that the tuba would not otherwise have access to, the tubist can use transcribed material as supplementary or even prerequisite repertoire.
This project examines a cross training style of studying transcriptions for the advancing tubist. Similar to how athletes cross train in two or more sports to improve their abilities, the tubist may cross train with transcriptions in order to improve the technical and musical skills required in modern tuba literature. Transcribed materials will be used to develop facility in the areas of technique, phrasing, and stylistic interpretation using three unique pieces of standard solo tuba repertoire; Krzysztof Penderecki’s Capriccio, the John Williams Tuba Concerto, and Anthony Plog’s Three Miniatures.
This project examines a cross training style of studying transcriptions for the advancing tubist. Similar to how athletes cross train in two or more sports to improve their abilities, the tubist may cross train with transcriptions in order to improve the technical and musical skills required in modern tuba literature. Transcribed materials will be used to develop facility in the areas of technique, phrasing, and stylistic interpretation using three unique pieces of standard solo tuba repertoire; Krzysztof Penderecki’s Capriccio, the John Williams Tuba Concerto, and Anthony Plog’s Three Miniatures.
ContributorsNetzer, Travis (Author) / Swoboda, Deanna (Thesis advisor) / Ericson, John (Committee member) / Rockmaker, Jody (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
ContributorsStover, Chris (Performer) / Berry, David (Performer) / Healey, Biddy (Performer) / Hedquist, Ben (Performer) / Kelly, Keith (Performer) / McClintock, Matt (Performer) / Neff, Megyn (Performer) / Price, Alex (Performer) / Helical Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2019-02-04
ContributorsGudaitis, Amber (Performer, Choreographer, Dancer) / Freeman, Vanessa (Choreographer, Dancer) / Davidson, Brittany (Performer) / Vazquez, Emilio (Performer) / Friedman, Ali (Performer) / Salajko, Marguerite (Performer) / Spencer, Cheyenne (Dancer) / Avril, Robert (Performer) / Kruse, Lexie (Performer) / Ericson, John Q. (John Quincy), 1962- (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Swoboda, Deanna (Performer) / Hathaway, Neil (Performer) / Retterer, Eric (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2014-03-07
ContributorsWu, Shengwen (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Oliverio, Alex (Performer) / Izotov, Aleksey (Performer) / Hedquist, Ben (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2013-11-26
ContributorsNetzer, Travis (Performer) / Swoboda, Deanna (Performer) / Moreau, Danielle (Performer) / Romano, Christina (Performer) / Rodriguez, Luis (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2015-11-17
ContributorsSwoboda, Deanna (Performer) / Creviston, Hannah (Performer) / Creviston, Christopher (Performer) / Ericson, John Q. (John Quincy), 1962- (Performer) / Hanson, Leanne (Performer) / Moio, Dom (Performer) / Garcia, Joe (Performer) / Novak, Gail (Pianist) (Performer) / Freeman, Vanessa (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2013-11-15
ContributorsHeiner, Charlotte (Performer) / Uhl, Nathan (Performer) / Liu, Jingting (Performer) / Yoon, Gloria (Performer) / Duke, Alex (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2016-04-09
ContributorsEricson, John Q. (John Quincy), 1962- (Performer) / Creviston, Hannah (Performer) / Lovelady, Alexis (Performer) / Smith, Juli (Performer) / Micklich, Albie (Performer) / Schuring, Martin (Performer) / Swoboda, Deanna (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2016-09-18