Type of Document	Treatise
Author	Acerb Jr., Sergio
Author's Email Address	sacerb@hotmail.com
URN	etd-11092008-143010
Title	An Arrangement of Franz Schubert's Cycle Of Song "Die schöne Müllerin" For Double Bass And Piano
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Evan Jones Committee Co-Chair Melanie L. Punter Committee Co-Chair Michael Buchler Outside Committee Member
Keywords	Performance Practices Transcription/Arrangement Franz Schubert Double Bass Repertoire Theory Analysis
Date of Defense	2008-11-03
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Franz Schubert wrote "Die schöne Müllerin" (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill) originally for high voice and piano. This cycle of 20 songs is one of Schubert’s most performed and recorded work. The love story of optimism, despair and tragedy between the miller’s boy and the beautiful maid continues to fascinate and inspire composers, performers and music lovers today. The purpose of this treatise is to present an arrangement of Schubert’s "Die schöne Müllerin" for Double Bass and Piano. Transcriptions and arrangements in the nineteenth century were largely intended to supplement an instrument’s literature, and continued to be part of the instrument’s literature in the twentieth century. Through chapters 1 to 4, I discuss the significance of presenting the richness and art of Schubert’s musical setting of Wilhelm Müller’s poems through this new medium: the double bass. Along with a brief historical context of transcription and arrangement from the nineteenth century, I analyze the songs of "Die schöne Müllerin" explaining such aspects of the arrangement as transpositions, revoicings, articulations, dynamics and performance practices.
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