Baroque and classical interpretation for secondary school choral music conductors: A guide for performance.

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dc.contributor.advisorShrock, Dennis,en_US
dc.contributor.authorTheodorou, Philemon Demetrius, Jr.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:29:58Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:29:58Z
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter One reviews published material that discusses seventeenth- and eighteenth-century repertoire appropriate for secondary school vocal ensembles. The chapter also defines categories of performance practice in literature dedicated to Baroque and Classical score interpretation. Information is gathered from professional journal articles, choral methods textbooks, choral anthologies, and interpretive guides. Music representing a balance between genres, national styles, and texts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is then identified in order to demonstrate various performance principles in the final chapter. Categories of performance practice common to the chosen Baroque and Classical interpretative guides is also identified.en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter Two investigates the way editors change scores for publication and compares different editions of one of the representative pieces in order to demonstrate and evaluate how useful each edition is to the performer. This evaluation is based on consistency with the intentions of the composer as indicated in the original score.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis document presents pertinent ideas for the interpretation of selected secondary-school level choral repertoire from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Primary source material is used as the basis for the interpretive advice.en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter Four gives performance advice for the chosen repertoire using the information related by primary sources. Excerpts from the scores are included in the body of the chapter, and markings are made in the music so the reader can see the performance suggestions as part of the notation.en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter Three contains an overview of important seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performance practice concepts along with pertinent ideas for introducing those concepts to secondary level performers. Using primary source quotations, the chapter seeks to give basic and direct solutions to common problems of interpreting early music. This chapter is not a comprehensive discussion to performance practice problems, but is an introductory platform for early music interpretive techniques.en_US
dc.format.extentxiv, 170 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/5604
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-01, Section: A, page: 0019.en_US
dc.noteAdviser: Dennis Shrock.en_US
dc.subjectChoral singing Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Secondary.en_US
dc.subjectChoral conducting.en_US
dc.subjectPerformance practice (Music)en_US
dc.subjectMusic.en_US
dc.subjectChoral music 17th century.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Music.en_US
dc.subjectChoral music 18th centuryt.en_US
dc.subjectChoral singing Juvenile Instruction and study.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeD.M.A.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineSchool of Musicen_US
dc.titleBaroque and classical interpretation for secondary school choral music conductors: A guide for performance.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupWeitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts::School of Music
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI9822821en_US

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