Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Date

2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Musical Arts

Department

Music

Committee Chair

David Spencer

Committee Member

Jeremiah Frederick

Committee Member

Albert Nguyen

Committee Member

Jeremy Orosz

Abstract

This document serves as an analysis of Eugene Bozza's Dix-Huit Études en Forme d'Improvisation pour Cor (1961), translated to Eighteen Etudes in the Form of Improvisation for Horn for the purposes of this document. I found and documented all motifs within the eighteen etudes, and categorized connections between them and Bozza's compositional ouerve as displayed in Dr. Lois Kuyper-Rushing's A Thematic Index of the Works of Bozza. My research takes inspiration from Dr. Kuyper-Rushing's work as well as Dr. Hsing-Fang Liu's research involving Bozza's use of “Adoptive Transcription”, or taking old melodies from previous works and using them in new works. Involved with this document is a recording of all eighteen etudes, recorded and performed by the author at the Barth House, a local Episcopalian center in Memphis, Tennessee. A discussion of each of the 18 etudes, their connections, and the process I had taken in practicing and recording them makes up the middle section of the document. Finally, using the knowledge gained from the connections made and the recordings provided, this document will conclude with three new preparatory etudes for the horn composed by the author in the spirit of making the performance of Bozza's body of work easier for future horn students. In their current state, most of Bozza's Eighteen Etudes in the Form of Improvisation are simply too difficult to be played well by intermediate students.

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Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest.

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