University of Maryland LibrariesDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   DRUM
    • Theses and Dissertations from UMD
    • UMD Theses and Dissertations
    • View Item
    •   DRUM
    • Theses and Dissertations from UMD
    • UMD Theses and Dissertations
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Transcribing Viola da Gamba Literature for the Modern Double Bass

    View/Open
    Alger_umd_0117E_16738.pdf (2.527Mb)
    (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
    No. of downloads: 0

    Alger Dissertation Recital 1.zip (55.20Mb)
    (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
    No. of downloads: 0

    Alger Dissertation Recital 2.zip (44.26Mb)
    (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
    No. of downloads: 0

    Alger Dissertation Recital 3.zip (477.8Mb)
    (RESTRICTED ACCESS)
    No. of downloads: 0

    Date
    2015
    Author
    Alger, Shawn
    Advisor
    Murdock, Katherine
    Manzo, Anthony
    DRUM DOI
    https://doi.org/10.13016/M2ZT6W
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The double bass, in its modern incarnation, dates from the late nineteenth century, which means that any performer wishing to play solo music from an earlier era must resort to transcriptions. For modern bassists wishing to play music from the Baroque era, the options of existing transcriptions are severely limited. Currently a handful of composers dominate the landscape of baroque music for double bass, and the music tends to borrow from either violin or cello repertoire. The fact of the matter is that Baroque music is tremendously underrepresented when compared against the entire oeuvre of available music for the double bass. This dissertation will present a collection of transcriptions from viola da gamba literature in a variety of styles and genres in order to illustrate the potential this music has for expanding the baroque repertoire for double bass. The scope of this paper will include solo music with accompaniment, unaccompanied transcriptions, and music for two and four basses. In transcribing these works I have kept as close to the original manuscripts and publications as possible with regards to bowing and notation. Deviations from the original have been clearly marked so that modern performers may decide for themselves how faithfully to reproduce what the composer wrote. It will also serve as a starting point toward reinventing this wonderful body of music that has heretofore been taken for granted.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1903/17354
    Collections
    • Music Theses and Dissertations
    • UMD Theses and Dissertations
    Rights
    NOTICE: Recordings accompanying this record are available only to University of Maryland College Park faculty, staff, and students and cannot be reproduced, copied, distributed or performed publicly by any means without prior permission of the copyright holder.

    DRUM is brought to you by the University of Maryland Libraries
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7011 (301)314-1328.
    Please send us your comments.
    Web Accessibility
     

     

    Browse

    All of DRUMCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister
    Pages
    About DRUMAbout Download Statistics

    DRUM is brought to you by the University of Maryland Libraries
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7011 (301)314-1328.
    Please send us your comments.
    Web Accessibility