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There are a significant number of musical compositions for violin by composers who used folk songs and dances of various cultures in their music, including works by George Enescu, Béla Bartók and György Ligeti. Less known are pieces that draw on the plethora of melodies and rhythms from Turkey. The purpose of this paper is to help performers become more familiar with two such compositions: Fazil Say's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Cleopatra for Solo Violin. Fazil Say (b. 1970) is considered to be a significant, contemporary Turkish composer. Both of the works discussed in this document simulate traditional "Eastern" instruments, such as the kemenҫe, the baðlama, the kanun and the ud. Additionally, both pieces use themes from folk melodies of Turkey, Turkish dance rhythms and Arabian scales, all framed within traditional structural techniques, such as ostinato bass and the fughetta. Both the Sonata for Violin and Piano and Cleopatra are enormously expressive and musically interesting works, demanding virtuosity and a wide technical range. Although this document does not purport to be a full theoretical analysis, by providing biographical information, analytical descriptions, notes regarding interpretation, and suggestions to assist performers in overcoming technical obstacles, the writer hopes to inspire other violinists to consider learning and performing these works.
ContributorsKalantzi, Panagiota (Author) / Jiang, Danwen (Thesis advisor) / Hill, Gary (Committee member) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Rotaru, Catalin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
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For the ancient Greeks, music not only was esteemed for its social and entertaining value, but also because it reflected the beauty of the gods and their creations. Music furthermore “embodied larger universal principles and served as a vehicle for higher understanding.” According to Lippmann, the ancients believed that the universe “contains a harmony that controls both spatial and temporal phenomena” and “we can come to know the divine order of harmony more readily in ourselves than in the external world.” Gaining self-knowledge and awareness of one’s place in the world are significant and music is a means of gaining this consciousness. Ancient Greeks believed that music was inspired by the Greek goddesses known as the Muses. In this paper, I argue that, by gifting humans with divinely inspired music, the Muses help humans achieve this mindfulness of one‟s place in the world and attain immortality.
ContributorsSanders, Lauren (Author) / Norton, Kay (Thesis director) / Arena, Paul (Committee member) / Bruhn, Karen (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts (Contributor)
Created2012-12
ContributorsKalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / Peterman, Jeremy (Performer) / Nelson, Marla (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-12-04
ContributorsSanders, Lauren (Performer) / Smolnik, Carric (Performer) / Ellis-Perez, Santino (Performer) / Vutipadadorn, Levi (Performer) / Benitez, Rebecca (Performer) / Chen, Chia-I (Performer) / Gao, Jie (Performer) / Guan, Shenhui (Performer) / Castillo, Vanessa (Performer) / Austin, Madeline (Performer) / Burley, Aeryn (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2009-04-27
ContributorsKalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-04-22
ContributorsKalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / Quiring, Drew (Performer) / Tsai, Shao-Chun (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2011-04-29
ContributorsSanders, Lauren (Performer) / Smith, Brad (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-10-20
ContributorsSmith, Brad (Performer) / Cole, Nina (Performer) / Alanna, Liz (Performer) / Kalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-04-06
ContributorsWeiss, Tiffany (Performer) / Zheng, Qianyao (Performer) / Kim, Yerim (Performer) / Sanders, Lauren (Performer) / Smith, Brad (Performer) / Wang, Boyang (Performer) / Kalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / Ellis-Perez, Santino (Performer) / Vutipadadorn, Hanah (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2012-04-21
ContributorsWang, Boyang (Performer) / Li, Yuanmiao (Performer) / Guan, Shenhui (Performer) / Zhang, Chi (Performer) / Williamson, Sarah (Performer) / Ellis-Perez, Santino (Performer) / Vutipadadorn, Levi (Performer) / Quiring, Drew (Performer) / Kalantzi, Panagiota (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2011-03-06