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L'Art de doubler (2025)

Anežka Drozdová

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Just as variety and change are the core principles of nature itself, they seem to be essential for music, too. This research examines doubles in the repertoire for flute between 1700–1750 as a specific type of variation. Originating as a vocal tradition of embellishing the second verses of airs de cour, the tradition continued in instrumental music by creating doubles mostly for songs and dance forms, such as Menuet, Gavotte or Sarabande and remained popular until it gradually evolved into the variation form in the second half of the 18th century. The role of the flute in this repertoire is unique thanks to the vogue of the airs the cour among flautists and composers for flute. The presented exposition traces the development of doubles in the flute repertoire of the first half of the 18th century. Highlighting the variety of unique compositional styles, the research distinguishes between three typological categories of doubles: diminutive, ornamental, and those presented in sets of variations, typical of a Galant sonata. The examination and analysis of a representative number of doubles led me to extract elements and patterns, typical for each category, and, in turn, this thorough study of the doubles allowed me to play them with a better understanding. Finally, the synthesis of both the theoretical and empirical approaches provided enough information and inspiration to compose doubles for other musical pieces from the same period. These newly composed doubles are included in the collection titled L’Art de doubler, attached to the exposition.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsdouble, Variations, Ornamentation, diminutions, Art of Interpretation, 18th century, flute, traverso, airs de cour, baroque
date18/11/2024
published22/05/2025
last modified22/05/2025
statuspublished
share statusshared with registered RC users
copyrightAnežka Drozdová
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3198702/3200863
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3198702
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue1. Master Research Projects


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