Music for solo bassoon by Mexican composers: Practical guides to compositions by Mario Lavista, Javier Alvarez, and Rodrigo Sigal
Haney, Ashley Michelle
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Title
Music for solo bassoon by Mexican composers: Practical guides to compositions by Mario Lavista, Javier Alvarez, and Rodrigo Sigal
Author(s)
Haney, Ashley Michelle
Issue Date
2019
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
McGovern, Timothy
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
McGovern, Timothy
Committee Member(s)
Dee, John
McCall, Joyce
Mann, Rachel
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
Bassoon
Mario Lavista
Javier Alvarez
Rodrigo Sigal
Mexican composers
extended techniques
multiphonics
Language
en
Abstract
This paper addresses compositions for solo bassoon and electronics by three Mexican Composers: Mario Lavista’s Plegarias (Prayers) (2009); Javier Alvarez’s De tus manos brotan pájaros (Birds spring from your hands) (2010); and Rodrigo Sigal’s Twilight (2001). Given that each piece requires extended techniques including: microtonal pitches and trills, alternate timbre and color change fingerings, flutter tonguing, glissandi, multiphonics, and more, I have chosen to provide practical explanations and potential solutions for the extended techniques and technical challenges for the bassoon. To help contextualize the use of electro-acoustic music in the three works written by Mexican composers, I provide a brief background of contemporary music composition and electro-acoustic music in Mexico. Each of the three chapters includes three sections: 1) a background of each composer, 2) a background of each composition, and 3) explanations of the extended techniques required and a practical guide with potential solutions for extended techniques and technical challenges aimed to assist future bassoonists in the successful execution of these deserving compositions by Mexican composers. Due to this project’s emphasis on performance details, this paper is presented as part of a double-lecture recital, presenting explanations, examples and full performances of each composition.
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