dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Marinescu, R.C.I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lemken, I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-05T18:00:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-05T18:00:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/31962 | |
dc.description.abstract | Since the early twentieth century, the British tuba playing tradition has differed strongly from
both the continental European and the American tradition. On June 13, 1954 the first Tuba
Concerto, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams, premiered at the last Jubilee concert of the
London Symphony Orchestra. The soloist of the premiere, Philip Catelinet, played on a British
“Barlow” F tuba. This instrument was a representation of the standard of British tubas playing
at this time and since importing foreign instruments was illegal, it can safely be assumed that
Vaughan Williams wrote his concerto with this instrument type in mind. In this thesis, the sound
of two “Barlow” F tubas is analyzed with the use of chromagrams. The chromagrams - a visual
representation of sound separated into twelve pitch classes - support an aural analysis of the
sound of these tubas. This analysis shows that both tubas in the case study have a dark and
mellow sound with a throaty whisper-like quality in the lower register - corresponding to a
strong presence of overtones in the minor seventh chroma. The results of this analysis are used
in the music analysis of the score of Vaughan Williams’s concerto. This music analysis shows
that the composer was aware of the better and lesser qualities of the British F tuba and used a
range of methods to accommodate this instrument and highlight its best qualities. Furthermore,
evidence in the orchestration points towards the composer viewing the tubas lower range timbre
as similar to that of the bassoon. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 10049591 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.title | The Tuba and the Concerto: An analysis of the Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra (1954) by Ralph Vaughan
Williams based on the characteristics of the British “Barlow” F tuba | |
dc.type.content | Bachelor Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Tuba, concerto, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Brass instruments, chromagram, Bass Tuba | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Muziekwetenschap | |