The Noble Snare: A Collection of Works Exposing and Progressing the Performance Capabilities of the Unaccompanied Snare Drum

dc.contributor.advisorDeLio, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.advisorHinkle, Leeen_US
dc.contributor.authorArmbruster, Curt Josephen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T05:30:20Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T05:30:20Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Noble Snare is a collection of solos for unaccompanied snare drum that were commissioned and edited by Sylvia Smith, editor and owner of Smith Publications. Smith Publications is a publishing house that specializes in 20th century American music, with a particular emphasis on music for percussion. Smith released four volumes of solo compositions for the snare drum: Volume I (1988), Volume II (1988), Volume III (1990) and Volume IV (1990). When completed, the collection considerably advanced the size and quality of the genre of the snare drum solo. The solos that emerged from the commissioning project reflect a great deal of experimentation and creativity from leading classical composers. In a few short years the project literally created a repertoire for an important instrument that had received relatively little attention up to that point in the history of music. Upon initiating this project, Smith’s stated goal was to create a collection of significant pieces that would “elevate the snare drum to the status of a solo concert instrument.” Smith had two criteria for choosing composers for the collection: composers who could bring a new perspective to the snare drum as a serious solo concert instrument and composers who could contribute to the project through stylistic diversity. In 2014, a second edition of the complete collection was published. At that time, Smith says that a new printing order of the collection was imminent; and since there would be a new printing, she decided it would be nice to “get some new blood” in the collection. The new edition includes the addition of ten new solos and the removal of eight solos from the original edition. This performance dissertation consists of three recitals comprised entirely of snare drum solos drawn from the second edition of The Noble Snare series. The goal of this project is to display the diversity of experimentation and approach to snare drum composition that was revealed by The Noble Snare through the work of its participating composers. It is my hope that this dissertation will demonstrate the importance of this collection of solos both from a historical perspective and for the creation of a repertoire for this instrument.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/qcrc-unwb
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/24786
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsNOTICE: 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.
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPercussionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSmith Publicationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSnare Drumen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSylvia Smithen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledThe Noble Snareen_US
dc.titleThe Noble Snare: A Collection of Works Exposing and Progressing the Performance Capabilities of the Unaccompanied Snare Drumen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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