Janet Krause


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Exposition: The Art of Vibrato (20/02/2024) by Teodor Casiean
Janet Krause 10/03/2025 at 12:31

 

. I don’t want to be unnecessarily tough on you but I feel the paper is a bit too basic. I know you ran out of time but it would be great to add something about vibrato in relation to modern music practices. I think this was your plan as I understood it but you just ran out of time to think it through properly. Just to say modern day violinists use vibrato a lot is a bit too basic. You mention once that it is possible to play non vibrato, but what does this do to the sound. poco vibrato? How do contemporary composers regard the use of vibrato And incorporate this in their works. I think it would be a great addition if you could get your hands on that paper by Johannes Leertouwer. Do you not know anyone at AMsterdam Conservatory? Otherwise you could send him an email asking if you can read it. Even if I didn’t know that you had run out of time, I would still feel the paper has more possibilities. Your bibliography is unclear. Put the books in a clear list, one below the other. Tlitle the footnotes. I think you can easily expand it a bit more to make it more interesting. Now, it reads as a book about the history and types of vibrato. The conclusion should include more your reflections on the process of writing the paper as well. What do you think you have contributed to the violin world? You wrote a bit about yourself and what you have learned but that could be more. Are you pleased with the paper? etc. Unfortunately, you were so short of time, there was no possibility for me to read the conclusion before you submitted it.You don’t have to list the contents of the chapters In it, just a general synopsis of what you have learned.So, I think a few more hours of work will upgrade the paper a lot.

 

You need to rewrite the section about bow vibrato. This is not clear.

 

All in all, I cannot approve the paper as it stands at the moment.