Meconi, Honey2009-06-042009-06-042001Shands, Patricia Marie. "The aesthetic and technical treatment of the clarinet in selected nineteenth-century French orchestra treatises." (2001) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18033">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18033</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18033This thesis investigates the specific treatment of the clarinet family in selected nineteenth-century treatises that were written in Paris, or were influenced by their author's experience in Paris. Four works by Georges Kastner, Hector Berlioz, and Francois Gevaert have been selected. These influential treatises were written and revised between the years 1836 and 1885. The primary purpose of these treatises was to serve as instruction manuals for students of musical composition. Demonstrating a strong unity in information they also diverge on various points, reflecting the changing state of instrument manufacture, performance abilities and aesthetic requirements demanded by composers.103 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.MusicThesisTHESIS MUSIC 2001 SHANDS