Publication Date
2012-12-04
Availability
Open access
Embargo Period
2012-12-04
Degree Type
Doctoral Essay
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Instrumental Performance (Music)
Date of Defense
2012-11-12
First Committee Member
Pamela McConnell
Second Committee Member
Ross Harbaugh
Third Committee Member
Scott Flavin
Fourth Committee Member
Donald Oglesby
Abstract
This essay examines Elizabeth Maconchy’s Five Sketches for Viola, a solo viola work by one of the greatest female British composers of the twentieth century and an important recent contribution to the viola literature. Following an investigation of Maconchy’s musical style, identifying relevant idioms present in the work, the author provides suggestions for the performer’s preparation and an interpretative and theoretical framework for the composition. The background of the piece was accumulated through interviews with the commissioner of the work, Nicholas Logie, and Philip Dukes, who featured the work on his debut disc. “Illuminating bud” is the condition of a flower which is about to bloom. It is also translation of Yun Young. I titled the dissertation after my name because the piece Five Sketches is not yet popular or well-known among musicians or even violists. I hope that my dissertation causes it to bloom in popularity and allows the work and the composer to be well-known through my research.
Keywords
Five Sketches for Viola of Elizabeth Maconchy
Recommended Citation
Lim, Yun Young, "The Illuminating Bud: A Performer's Analysis of Elizabeth Maconchy's Five Sketches for Viola" (2012). Open Access Dissertations. 895.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/895