ELGAR AND MART&: THE CELLO WORKS AND MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO REMARKABLE, SELF-TAUGHT, NATIONALISTIC COMPOSERS
ELGAR AND MART&: THE CELLO WORKS AND MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO REMARKABLE, SELF-TAUGHT, NATIONALISTIC COMPOSERS
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2006
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Bae, Kichung
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Elsing, Evelyn
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Abstract
The British Edward Elgar and Czech Bohuslav MartinB were two of the most
prominent Nationalistic composers of their respective countries during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their musical patriotism incorporates the
unique paths of their lives as socially isolated and self-taught composers as expressed
their outstanding Nationalistic compositions produced through the period of history
encompassing the two World Wars.In the first chapter of this dissertation, a brief biography of Elgar is presented
and the essential aspects of his formative years influencing him to become a
self-taught musician are discussed. The second chapter demonstrates Elgar's
musical characteristics through the study of a selection of his masterpieces. In the
third chapter, a brief biography of Martinti is presented along with a history of his
musical development, characterized by his social isolation during four different
periods of his life-his residences in PoliCka, Prague, Paris, and then in the United
States. The fourth chapter considers MartinB's musical characteristics as revealed
through the study of a selection of his greatest works.
In support of this doctoral project, I performed two recitals of cello works by
Elgar and Martini3 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The first recital,
accompanied by Susan Slingland and Hiroko Yamazaki, included three of Martini3's
works, Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano (1941); Variations on a Theme of Rossini for
Cello and Piano (1 942); and Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano (1952). The second
recital, accompanied by Wonyoung Chang and Naoko Takao, presented Martini3's
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (1939) and Elgar's Concerto for Cello and
Orchestra Op. 85 in E minor (1 919).