Date of Graduation
2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
DMA
College
College of Creative Arts
Department
School of Music
Committee Chair
James Miltenberger
Committee Co-Chair
Aric Agmon
Committee Member
Mary Ferer
Committee Member
Andrew Kohn
Committee Member
Lucy Mauro
Abstract
Barbara Kolb (b. 1939), one of the many lesser-known American avant-gardes, composed several unique works that symbolize what we consider American Art Music of late 1970s. Kolb survived with short periods of college institutional teaching and sustained her musical life mostly with commissions, scholarships, and award recognitions for her tremendous compositional output. The biographical information in this study gives several perspectives of Kolb's personal life: her persistence to pursue a career in music and also to maintain a private life. To serve as a reference for piano instructors or performers, this work journals performance challenges, options, and technical concerns with pre-recorded accompaniment in Solitaire (1971). Focused on the performance practice of other keyboard works Appello (1976), and Antoine's Tango (2001), this study serves as an overview of selected keyboard works.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Chiao Su Joyce, "Performance Practice and Overview of Selected Piano Works of Barbara Kolb" (2017). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 6908.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/6908