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A Performance Guide to Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major with an Analytical Study of Published Cadenzas

Su, Chiu-Ching
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276955407

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2010, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Viola.
Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major (written prior to 1799) has become among the standard repertoire of viola concertos, due to the rise of viola virtuosos since the beginning of the twentieth century and the rarity of virtuosic viola concertos with stylistic forms from the Classical period. This piece has been included in several major orchestra auditions and competitions. While violists often lack hands-on experiences of the Classical repertoire, this document is to provide violists ways to perform this piece and pieces from the same period. Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major has been published by G. Henle Verlag, Kunzelmann, Peters, Kalmus, International Music Company (New York), H. L. Grahl, and Max Eschig. Kunzelmann is in full score and piano reduction, and the other six are in piano reduction. Seven cadenzas have been published, five of them were written by Franz Beyer, Herbert Blendinger, Maurice Vieux, Robert D. Levin, and Paul Doktor. Each of them presents different technical difficulties. These editions will be discussed and compared. The form of each movement will also be analyzed. Issues of performance practice will be provided along with the information above. I will examine Leopold Mozart's A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing, published at Ausburg in 1756, because this treatise not only deals with the techniques of violin playing, but also provides guidance on playing of ornamentations, which is informative for Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major.
Catharine Carroll, DMA (Committee Chair)
Jeongwon Joe, PhD (Committee Member)
Lee Fiser, BMus (Committee Member)
56 p.
Music
Hoffmeister; Franz Anton Hoffmeister; Viola concerto in D; Performance Practice; Performance guide; Cadenza

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  • Su, C.-C. (2010). A Performance Guide to Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major with an Analytical Study of Published Cadenzas [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276955407

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Su, Chiu-Ching. A Performance Guide to Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major with an Analytical Study of Published Cadenzas. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276955407.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Su, Chiu-Ching. "A Performance Guide to Franz Anton Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto in D Major with an Analytical Study of Published Cadenzas." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276955407

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