Browsing RIAM Theses & Dissertations by Title
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An exploration of the key characteristics in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas and selected instrumental repertoire
Associating Beethoven and tonal affect has been an attractive scholarly practice for many generations. Although there seems to be a widespread acknowledgment about Beethoven’s key symbolism, rarely do historians examine ... -
Final thoughts? Interpretation of the first movements of Beethoven's and Schubert's last three piano sonatas
Considered as the apex of the literature for piano sonatas in the classical period, Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas, Opp. 109, 110, 111, and Schubert’s last three piano sonatas, D. 958, 959, and 960, are still well ... -
French basso continuo performance technique: a study of the arpeggiated gesture in the prélude non mesuré (c1650-c1720)
To compensate for the evanescent nature of the harpsichord, improvised techniques evolved within Italian and French keyboard repertoire so as to avoid ‘leaving the instrument empty’.1 In France, these techniques consisted ... -
From ancient to avant-garde: The evolution of the organ in Ireland and a performer's analysis of five Irish contemporary pieces for solo organ
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-06)The organ is an instrument with a lengthy and diverse history. Woven into the very fabric of the venues in which they are situated, organs envelop listeners in a world of sound and resonance. Much has been written on the ... -
Gerald Finzi’s Violin Concerto: A Performer’s Perspective
While many of the choral works by Gerald Finzi have become standard repertoire, his early Violin Concerto remains relatively unknown to most, receiving only one full performance in the composer’s lifetime and lying ... -
Hudleston’s Harmonic Sounds: An Evaluation of Josiah Hudleston’s 1841 Treatise on Guitar Harmonics
Josiah Andrew Hudleston (1799-1865) was a forgotten figure in the history of guitar until the early 1990s when his collection of guitar music was re-discovered in the basement of the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. ... -
Implications of collaboration : the recreative artist and autoethnographic research in Seóirse Bodley's Never to have lived is best (1965)
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022)Since 1953 Seóirse Bodley has been a prominent composer, lecturer, academic, conductor and pianist in Irish classical music. Much has been written about Seóirse Bodley and his compositions. Axel Klein, Gareth Cox, Lorraine ... -
Implicit curriculum : improvisation pedagogy in guitar methods 1760-1860
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2021-10)Between 1760 and 1860 the guitar was in a fervent state of metamorphosis and experienced an unprecedented rise in popularity among lower- and middle-class learners. In this period of popularity, a strong community of ... -
The influence of the Cork International Choral Festival on choral singing, choral conducting and choral composition in Ireland (1954-2021)
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-04)The Cork International Choral Festival was established in 1954 as part of the Tóstal festival – a festival that sought to celebrate and showcase Irish traditions on an international stage. Over time (1954-2021), the Festival ... -
Interpretation and performance: a comparative study of artistic interpretations of performances of Beethoven's Eroica Piano Variations and Fugue in E flat major, op 35
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-09)Once music is created, the music may be played repeatedly by numerous performers for a long time and this custom has created the tradition of performances of Western classical music. Although the same music is played more ... -
Interpretation and Performance: An Investigation into Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A major D959
The investigation is based on the understanding of the role of the performer as narrator in the performance of early nineteenth-century piano music in general and Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A Major, D959, in particular. ... -
Investigating attitudes and practices toward vocal health in Irish conservatoires
This dissertation will investigate current practices and attitudes relating to vocal health in Irish conservatoires, namely the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), and Cork Institute ... -
An investigation of Aaron Copland’s Night Thoughts (1972) through a performative analysis
Since the latter half of the 1900s, large portions of Aaron Copland’s life and work have been researched and documented. However, the majority of the investigations pertain to largescale solo, orchestral, and ballet works ... -
An Investigation of Jānis Mediņš’s Piano Sonata (1946): historical context, analysis, editing and performance
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Miklós Rózsa's 'double life' : an assessment of Hungarian folksong elements in three of Rózsa's concert hall works
Miklós Rózsa (1907 – 1995) is best known for his Hollywood film scores, but in addition to this he also composed many concert hall works, leading to a diverse compositional output and the self-declaration of a ‘double ... -
Mirrors of monstrosity: the representation of the outcast in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and Death in Venice
The figure of the monster is at the heart of Benjamin Britten’s operas. By orchestrating and dramatizing various outcast figures from the world of literature, Britten and his librettists have illustrated that the monster ... -
Music, text and context in Felix Mendelssohn’s choral works for Berlin Cathedral
Although the towering presence of Mendelssohn’s oratorios has dominated the scholarship on his choral music, new light has recently been shed upon some of the shorter vocal works. During Mendelssohn’s tenure as ... -
Operation Singing Nation : a case study towards fulfilling the professional development needs of teachers in Ireland to facilitate group singing
Operation Singing Nation: a case study towards fulfilling the professional development needs of teachers in Ireland to facilitate group singing. Instantly cost-effective, accessible and inclusive, the voice as a musical ... -
Orchestrations of French piano music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a pianist's perspective
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2023)Regarding orchestrations of the piano repertoire, French music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constitutes a uniquely rich canon. While a great deal has been written about this repertoire, this thesis ... -
Performance Considerations for Robert O’Dwyer’s Eithne (1909): A Contextual Study and Edited Vocal Score
Robert O’Dwyer’s Eithne (1909) is recognised as the first opera to be performed in the Irish language. Based on the Irish folklore legend, Éan an cheoil bhinn or ‘bird of the sweet music’, the work is at once representative ...
