A Lecture Recital: Schools of Playing Horn
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- Author:
- Mcgaugh, Caitlyn Kugler
- Area of Honors:
- Music
- Degree:
- Bachelor of Music Education
- Document Type:
- Thesis
- Thesis Supervisors:
- Lisa Bontrager, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor - Keywords:
- horn
lecture recital
French horn
performance practice
schools of playing
horn
lecture recital
French horn
performance practice
schools of playing - Abstract:
- This thesis accompanies my senior lecture recital as a demonstration of research on various “schools” of playing the modern French horn. The musical portion of the recital served as a means to represent my improvements and development as a musician, while the lecture portion of the recital allowed me to relay historically significant information concerning each piece to my audience. The purpose of the research was to illustrate the various performance practices that exist in the modern world of playing horn. Each piece was selected to represent a specific time period in music history, as well as to highlight a particular “school” of playing associated with that piece. The pieces were also selected based on personal connections in the world of horn playing, such as geographical location of my training. The final outcome of the performance, lecture, and research cumulate to represent both my artistic and my academic abilities.