DOI

10.17077/etd.71958z48

Document Type

Dissertation

Date of Degree

Summer 2017

Degree Name

DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts)

Degree In

Music

First Advisor

Lecuona, Réne J.

Second Advisor

Kimber, Marian W.

First Committee Member

Lecuona, Réne J.

Second Committee Member

Kimber, Marian W.

Third Committee Member

Barbosa, Maria J.

Fourth Committee Member

Huckleberry, Alan

Fifth Committee Member

Platte, Nathan

Sixth Committee Member

Eckert, Michael

Abstract

This essay offers an English translation of Elementos de Musica e Methodo de Tocar Piano Forte (Elements of Music and Method of Playing the Piano-Forte), op. 19, by the Portuguese composer-pianist João Domingos Bomtempo (1775-1842). His method, the first of its kind written by a Portuguese national, was published in 1816 by Clementi & Co. in London. Bomtempo later rewrote his book, expanding its scope, but the second version survives only as an unfinished manuscript. My translation presents both versions of this instructional work in a single text, distinguishing the contents according to the two sources, with the aim of providing a comprehensive view of Bomtempo’s piano pedagogy. This is the first English translation of Bomtempo’s method. A short biography and critical notes regarding philological and musicological matters clarify ambiguities and contextualize this work within its historical period.

Keywords

method, pedagogy, Piano, Portuguese, translation, treatise

Pages

xvi, 194 pages

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194).

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Copyright

Copyright © 2017 Germano Gastal Mayer

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