Preferred Name
Dianna Marie Fiore
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Date of Graduation
Spring 2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
School of Music
Advisor(s)
Foster Beyers
Robert McCashin
John Peterson
Stephen Bolstad
Abstract
There are presently few resources on stringed-instrument fundamentals geared specifically toward the conductor who does not have string-playing experience. This paper is designed to fill this void through an explanation of string fundamentals, which the non-string-playing conductor should comprehend before addressing a string section on the podium. In addition to covering string fundamentals, this paper includes options for designing bowings and case studies of W. A. Mozart’s Divertimento in F major, K.138 and Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20.
Recommended Citation
Fiore, Dianna and Fiore, Dianna Marie, "String fundamentals for the non-string-playing conductor" (2018). Dissertations, 2014-2019. 178.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/diss201019/178
