Transcribing Marin Marais's Pices de Viole for Modern Viola

Author

Alexander Binkley

Date

2020

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Musical Arts

Department

Music

Committee Chair

Lenny Schranze

Committee Member

Ken Kreitner

Committee Member

Heather Klossner

Committee Member

Marcin Arendt

Abstract

The viola da gamba was a family of bowed string instruments popular from the fifteenth century through the mid-seventeenth century. There were quite a few prominent composers that wrote for the instrument, but none more notable than Marin Marais. His study of the viola da gamba allowed him to become one of the most famous composers for the instrument. He wrote five books of viol music for playing and each book had notation symbols that today would not be in modern day music notations. Through an in-depth study of the history of the viol, and with the help of modern day music software, a complete transcription of Marin Maraiss first three books of viol music was produced for viola. The following document goes over the history of the viola da gamba and the viola, the challenges of creating the transcriptions, and finally, a three-part appendix section that includes viola transcriptions of the first three books of Marin Maraiss Pices de Viol.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

Recommended Citation

Binkley, Alexander, "Transcribing Marin Marais's Pices de Viole for Modern Viola" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2460.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/2460