Both works dramatize the assassination of a sovereign by his political and erotic rival, which takes place during an official masquerade ball. The particularity of this work lies is its obvious thematic similarity to the celebrated Italian opera Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi and Antonio Somma. The opera Isabella d’Aspeno opened in April 1855 at the Milanese theatre ‘Carcano’ and was considered one of the grands succès of the year, a fact confirmed by the numerous repetitions of the production during that year and the next. This paper paper focuses on an opera forgotten today, but popular in its time: Isabella d’Aspeno, a work by the Ionian composer Paolo Carrer and the unknown Italian librettist hidden behind the initials R.G.S. It is now my conviction that this process of detailed and informed musical preparation is essential to my ability to be an effective performer and create great music.
At every step of preparing this research, I was surprised at the new depth and interest, as both performer and listener, which I found through the richer understanding of the formal structures and historical context of each work. These conclusions, where appropriate, take the form of music-theoretic notes including harmonic, thematic, and formal analytic sketches, historical background, and/or a survey of available recordings. In this paper, I discuss my own experience of the process of learning, studying, and performing each work, comment on the diverse tools I used to gain deeper insight, and present the applicable conclusions I've come to through my research and experience. Handel, Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major by Joseph Haydn, Legend by Georges Enesco, Sonata fur Trompete und Klavier by Paul Hindemith, and Variations on The Carnival of Venice by J.
For my recital and this exploration, I chose five of the central works of trumpet repertoire, "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (from Messiah) by G.
As part of preparing my Senior Recital, I chose to make an in-depth study to experience what this perspective on musical performance means to me as a performer. Stoia, Music The academic tools provided by the undergraduate music curriculum here at the University of Massachusetts are not mere academic exercises, separate from the practice of music-making, but an integral part of the process of preparing and performing. Berlin, Music Guidance Committee Member & Dept: Nikki R. Sienkiewicz Research Area: Music Guidance Committee Chair & Dept: Eric M. ABSTRACT Title: Research in Performance: Analysis of Five Trumpet Works Author: Frederick A.