THE MOUSE THAT ROARS” : An exploration of the roles and functions of the piccolo flute in Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4, No. 5 and No. 10 through historical and political context.

Benson, Helen

dc.contributor.author	Benson, Helen
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-10T14:11:47Z
dc.date.available	2017-02-10T14:11:47Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/51606
dc.description.abstract	After outlining my personal goal and interest with the chosen subject, I will explore the historical and compositional development of the piccolo in the orchestra by giving examples of several different composers and works and by listing the primary roles and functions of the piccolo as used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I will then focus on Shostakovich’s use of the piccolo, detailing both the technical challenges piccolo-players face with his symphonic writing and the multitude of musical roles and functions given to the instrument. I will then explore the historical and political context of Symphonies No. 4, No. 5 and No. 10, recounting historical events of the time and exploring the influence the political environment had on artists of the day. With this political context in mind, I will then analyse material from the three symphonies in question with a large selection of both musical examples and audio samples to support it.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.subject	Dimitri Shostakovich	sv
dc.subject	War Symphonies	sv
dc.subject	piccolo flute	sv
dc.subject	auxiliary woodwind instrument	sv
dc.subject	musical role	sv
dc.subject	musical function	sv
dc.subject	technical challenges	sv
dc.subject	solo role	sv
dc.subject	piccolo duo	sv
dc.subject	orchestration	sv
dc.subject	instrumentation	sv
dc.subject	instrumental development	sv
dc.subject	timbre	sv
dc.subject	sonority	sv
dc.subject	Soviet Union	sv
dc.subject	Josef Stalin	sv
dc.subject	Communist Party	sv
dc.subject	Russian revolution	sv
dc.subject	Tsar autocracy	sv
dc.subject	The Great Purge	sv
dc.subject	formalism	sv
dc.subject	Soviet Realism	sv
dc.subject	historical and political context	sv
dc.title	THE MOUSE THAT ROARS” : An exploration of the roles and functions of the piccolo flute in Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4, No. 5 and No. 10 through historical and political context.	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.setspec.uppsok	FineArt
dc.type.uppsok	H2
dc.contributor.department	University of Gothenburg/Academy of Music and Drama	eng
dc.contributor.department	Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik	swe
dc.type.degree	Student essay