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Brahms’s Four Serious Songs: Arranged for Trombone and String Orchestra

Weikel, Anthony L, III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437755386

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2015, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
The trombone is an instrument that can very closely imitate the beauty of the human voice. However, composers do not often utilize this quality in pieces written specifically for trombone. Trombone players perform songs written for voice often on recitals and other public performances to show the very singing quality of the instrument. The trombone repertoire also lacks compositions from some of the most prolific composers throughout history. Vocalists, horn players, clarinetists and violinists, to name a few, all have pieces written for them by the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms. The trombone has no such list. This arrangement of Johannes Brahms’s Four Serious Songs gives the trombone player a chance to perform a piece by one of the most prolific Romantic composers. Arranged for string orchestra, this also gives the performer a chance to play in front of a large ensemble on a major concert, or with a string quintet on a recital. From the prologue, the performer will learn about Brahms’s life at the time of writing this cycle, Brahms as a songwriter, and will get a detailed analysis of the Four Serious Songs’ text and musical expression.
Joe Duchi (Advisor)
98 p.
Music

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  • Weikel, III, A. L. (2015). Brahms’s Four Serious Songs: Arranged for Trombone and String Orchestra [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437755386

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weikel, III, Anthony. Brahms’s Four Serious Songs: Arranged for Trombone and String Orchestra. 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437755386.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weikel, III, Anthony. "Brahms’s Four Serious Songs: Arranged for Trombone and String Orchestra." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437755386

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