Avant Garde or Rearguard? The Flute Music of Felix Werder: A Portfolio of Recordings and Exegesis
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2016
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Walters, Melanie Anne
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Carroll, Mark
Coaldrake, Kimi
Coaldrake, Kimi
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This thesis considers Felix Werder’s place in the Australian musical landscape, and assesses the extent to which his music might be considered avant garde in the Australian context. It does so through the performance of selected solo and chamber works for flute by Werder alongside works of other Australian composers of his generation, comparing the compositional techniques used by Werder to those used by Peter Sculthorpe, Richard Meale, Don Banks, Nigel Butterley, Colin Brumby, Keith Humble, and Larry Sitsky. This project also addresses the issue of the difficulty performers face when interpreting Werder’s music, and argues that these challenges can be addressed through an understanding of the role of the performer in this music. It uses evidence from his writings and interviews to show that the interpreter is given a substantial degree of interpretive freedom in these works. The submission comprises four CD recordings of performances of flute music by Werder and his contemporaries, supplemented by an exegesis that explores the philosophical influences on Werder’s music and the extent to which those influences impacted the recorded performances.
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Elder Conservatorium of Music
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 2017
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Part A: Exegesis -- Part B: Recordings [currently unavailable]