Degree Name
Master of Music
Graduate Program
Music
Advisor
Cauti, Rossana
Abstract
María del Mar Añasco Mina, for the Master of Music degree in Performance, presented on April 10, 2025, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
TITLE: EXTENDED PROGRAMS NOTES FOR A VIOLA GRADUATE RECITAL MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Rossana Cauti.
This research paper is an expanded version of the program notes for the author’s viola graduate recital on December 8, 2024, at the Old Baptist Foundation in Carbondale, Illinois. The paper includes two works originally written for the instrument and two adapted. With Dr. Rossana Cauti’s help, the author chose four works to prepare a viola graduate recital, including works from different countries and eras that challenge the performer’s technique and interpretation. The research paper will include each composer’s background, historical context, and analysis of the Prelude, Sarabande, and Gigue of the Suite No.3 in C Major for Cello Solo BWV 1009, by Johann Sebastian Bach (transcribed for viola), the Viola Sonata in B-flat Major Op. 36, written by Henri Vieuxtemps, the Concerto for Viola Sz. 120, BB by Béla Bartók, and the Danza Nocturna composed by Francisco Gonzáles Giraldo.