Publication:
The Form of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorGary S. Karpinski
dc.contributor.authorPrindle, Daniel E.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentMusic
dc.date2023-09-23T03:37:31.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T21:13:08Z
dc.date.available2011-04-13T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.date.submittedMay
dc.description.abstractThis thesis proposes a methodology for understanding the form of a Baroque prelude, particularly the preludes to the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Violoncello written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Four musical dimensions, tonal structure, motive, texture, and the potential implications of a piece’s genre, parse the preludes in different ways. As the features of these musical dimensions undergo either an evolution or a dramatic change over the course of each prelude, they each suggest a different form. Points of change in each dimension delineate segments in the music. When aligned, these changes create significant formal junctures and suggest an overall form for the movement. Analysis of the interplay among the musical dimensions clarifies the form of each piece and suggests formal norms for the prelude as a genre.
dc.description.degreeMaster of Music (M.M.)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7275/1939010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47541
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1704&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectBach
dc.subjectPreludes
dc.subjectForm
dc.subjectMusical Dimension
dc.subjectComposition
dc.subjectMusicology
dc.subjectMusic Practice
dc.subjectMusic Theory
dc.titleThe Form of the Preludes to Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites
dc.typeopen
dc.typethesis
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:dan@danprindle.com|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Prindle, Daniel E.
digcom.date.embargo2011-04-13T00:00:00-07:00
digcom.identifiertheses/636
digcom.identifier.contextkey1939010
digcom.identifier.submissionpaththeses/636
dspace.entity.typePublication
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
PrindleThesis2011.pdf
Size:
5.27 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Thumbnail Image
Name: PrindleThesis2011.pdf
Size: 5.27 MB
Kind: Adobe PDF
Collections
Masters Theses