Entre 1999 y 2002 estudié en la Kansas State University y obtuve el título de Master in Music. Como trabajo final presenté esta Master's Thesis. Podés bajarla en formato PDF o Word. Esta es la tabla de contenidos. Está en inglés.

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A Survey and Analysis of Works for Guitar by Non-guitarist Argentinean Composers

Abstract

The extraordinary interest in the guitar in Argentina has deep roots in this country’s history. The guitar has been considered a national instrument from the nation’s inception. Argentina’s folk music has taken its shape with the guitar as the central instrument. Consequently, there have been many excellent guitarists-composers. However, this thesis is focused on how other composers, who did not play the guitar themselves, perceived the guitar. Most of their work remains almost unexplored by guitarists, even in Argentina. This study consists primarily of analyses of landmark works for solo guitar, beginning with the first known work, written by Juan Pedro Esnaola in the mid-19th century, to the compositions of the youngest generation of Argentinean composers. A list with all known works by Argentinean composers that include guitar in their instrumentation is also provided.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808-1878): Dos valses para guitarra (c. 1850)
• Chapter 2 – Gilardo Gilardi (1889-1963): Serie argentina para guitarra (1940)
• Chapter 3 – Ángel Lasala (1914-2000): Preludios americanos (1947)
• Chapter 4 – Emilio A. Dublanc (1911-1990):  Tres piezas para guitarra, op. 31
• Chapter 5 – Rodolfo Bernardo Arizaga (1926-1985): Endecha (1967)
• Chapter 6 – Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000): Sonata No. 2 para guitarra (1969)
• Chapter 7 – Eduardo Grau (b.1919): La fuente de Nié Pastrié, Op. 123 (1972)
• Chapter 8 – Pompeyo Camps (1924-1997): Cisma, op. 67 (1973)
• Chapter 9 – Gerardo Gandini (b.1936): Seis tientos (1977)
• Chapter 10 – Javier Giménez Noble (b.1953): Stasera (1986)
• Chapter 11 – Mario Davidovsky (b. 1934): Synchronisms No. 10 (1992)
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1 – List of works by Argentinean non-guitarist composers, with guitar in their instrumentation 
• Appendix 2 – Other musicians named in this work
• Appendix 3 - Glossary