Semiotic modeling: relevance to trumpet performance and musical interpretation using Paul Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

Identifier

etd-04042006-170733

Author

Craig David Heinzen, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow

Degree

Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)

Department

Music

Document Type

Major Paper

Abstract

This paper is about the use of semiotics for the purpose of improving technical efficiency and musical interpretation in brass performance. Semiotics is the study of signs. The field is rooted in linguistics and logic, but has widened its influences to musicology and music theory in the last several decades. This paper constructs a model which simplifies music performance. The model has two components that address physical demands and musical analysis. The first component is a mathematically-based visual representation of the air stream used in brass performance. The second component of the model uses a reductive analysis. This analysis is the “roadmap” for performance for the purpose of improving musical interpretation. The dual model of conceptualizing a work for performance will be applied to the first movement of Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Trumpet and Piano.

Date

2006

Document Availability at the Time of Submission

Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Recommended Citation

Heinzen, Craig David, "Semiotic modeling: relevance to trumpet performance and musical interpretation using Paul Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano" (2006). LSU Major Papers. 41.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_majorpapers/41

Committee Chair

James West