Papers by Phillip Ducreay
This thesis explores scholarship relevant to assembling a historically informed performance pract... more This thesis explores scholarship relevant to assembling a historically informed performance practice of Brahms's three Violin Sonatas, Opp. 78, 100, and 108 in the nineteenthcentury Germanic violin tradition of which, Joseph Joachim was its greatest proponent. This inquiry, which primarily examines surviving evidence of Joachim, his pedagogical ilk, and the circle of Brahms, engages with a variety of 19 th and early 20 th century Germanic musical and textual evidence, including nineteenth-century musical editions, correspondence and other archival materials, and early recorded performances to propose a historically informed style. In presenting this historiography of materials relevant to forming a historically informed interpretation of these sonatas as well as presenting lacunae in the field, the value of this endeavor becomes evident.
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Papers by Phillip Ducreay