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The Emperor and the Pope: the Challenge of Orchestrating For the Organ and the Orchestra

Haan, Christina
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336682634

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2012, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Organ.
This paper examines the possible meanings of statements made by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in Berlioz’s Grand Trait¿¿¿¿ d’Instrumentation et d’Orchestration modernes about the difficulties of composing for organ and orchestra, and their advice on how to solve these difficulties. (Strauss later published this treatise with his own comments interpolated.) Although most orchestral instruments and organs Berlioz could have heard have changed in design since his day, our team—a musician, an engineer, and an engineer-musician—searched present day combinations for the possible existence of the difficulties described. Recordings were made of Principal and Reed stops on three organs built by different companies and installed in different acoustics. The harmonic frequencies of these stops were compared with those of four selected orchestral instruments—violin, flute, oboe, and horn—to determine if there is a fundamental inability to tune with the organ. Our team concluded that flutes and oboes can make instantaneous adjustments and tune perfectly with the organ, but violins and horns produce much dissonance. Berlioz’s Te Deum, Op. 22, Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, Saint-Sa¿¿¿¿ns’s Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, and Widor’s Symphony No. 3 in E Minor were examined to observe the techniques used by each composer to orchestrate for organ and orchestra.
Robert Zierolf, PhD (Committee Chair)
John Deaver, DMA (Committee Member)
Mark Gibson, MM (Committee Member)
62 p.
Music
the emperor and the pope; orchestrating for organ and orchestra; ; ; ; ;

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  • Haan, C. (2012). The Emperor and the Pope: the Challenge of Orchestrating For the Organ and the Orchestra [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336682634

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Haan, Christina. The Emperor and the Pope: the Challenge of Orchestrating For the Organ and the Orchestra. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336682634.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Haan, Christina. "The Emperor and the Pope: the Challenge of Orchestrating For the Organ and the Orchestra." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336682634

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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