From Unsung To High-strung: The Development Of The Viola Through The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, As It Is Used To Introduce Fugues

Author(s) Information

Anthony Vincent Dell'Osso, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow

Department - Author 1

Music Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in Music

Date

5-2013

Primary Advisor

Alyson McLamore

Abstract/Summary

This paper looks at the development of the viola through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and considers why it has been used to introduce fugues more and more often. The viola has historically been an unimportant filler instrument, but beginning in the nineteenth century, and continuing to the present day, it has been given an increasingly important role in contrapuntal orchestral and chamber music. This study considers twelve pieces in which a fugue is launched by the viola.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/musp/40