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B. Ed. (Music), B. Mus. (Hon), Ph.D.
Sohyun Eastham
Title: The Role of the Violin in Expressing The Musical Ideas of the Romantic Period and the Development of Violin Techniques in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (2007)
This is the organisation of my Thesis -
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Chapter One introduces the background of this study and outlines the significant questions which the study attempts to answer.
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Questions which this study attempts to answer
1.3 Organisation of the Thesis
Chapter 2: Study Design and Methodology
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Chapter Two is a detailed description of the design and methodology used in the study.
Chapter 3: The Romantic Period
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Chapter Three outlines the research on the historical background of the Romantic
Period with special emphasis on nineteenth-
3.1 Romanticism and the Romantic Period
3.2 The end of the Romantic Era in Music
3.3 What happened in that Period?
3.4 How did the Development of Public Performance and the Concert Halls Relate to Romantic Compositions?
Chapter 4: The Development in the Design of the Instrument
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Chapter Four is the investigation of the literature available on the topic of instrument development.
4.1 Developments of the Violin Shape
4.1A How did the Violin Shape and Bow Develop?
4.1B How did the Evolution of the Violin Relate to Violin Playing?
4.2 Summary of How Violin Developmen Responeded to new Playing Conditions
Chapter 5: An Analysis of the Music Considering New Techniques...
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Chapter Five is an analysis of the music. It considers techniques only where they are new techniques in Romantic music. Further, consideration is given to the expressive reasons lying behind the new styles of writing for violin which are observed in the music of this period.
5.1 Rhythm
5.2 Texture
5.3 Tone Colour and Dynamics
5.4 Tempo, Style and taste as other means of expression
5.4A Tempo
5.4B Style
5.4C Taste
5.5 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Left-
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Chapter Six deals with left-
6.1 Some new Techniques of the Nineteenth Century
6.1A Shifting and the Portamento
6.1B Octaves
6.1C Tenths
6.1D Playing Chord Passages (triple stops and quadruple stops)
6.1E Left Hand Pizzcato and left Hand Articulation
6.1F Harmonics
6.1G Vibrato and Portato
6.2 Fingering in Romanticism
6.2A Changes of Position
6.2B Use of even-
6.2C Chromatic Passages
6.2D Thirds
6.2E Open Strings
6.2F Recurring Finger Patterns
Chapter 7: Right-
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Chapter Seven researches the production of Romantic tone and the colour of the tone. It also outlines bow patterns that were used and developed in the nineteenth century and how they contributed to the more expressive music.
7.1 Bowing Patterns
7.1A Detache
7.1B Martele
7.1C Staccato
7.1D Spiccato
7.1E The Ricochet
7.1F Mixed Strokes
7.1G Legato
7.2 Tone Production
7.2A Bow Pressure
7.2B Bow Speed
7.2C Contact Point
7.2D Finger Stroke
7.3 Conclusion
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Chapter Eight brings the research to its conclusion and offers some answers to the questions which were raised at its outset.
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