Type of Document	Major Paper
Author	Matarrita, Manuel
Author's Email Address	mmatar1@lsu.edu, manuelmat@hotmail.com
URN	etd-06302004-182749
Title	An Analytic Study of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. l3, by Costa Rican Composer Carlos Enrique Vargas
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)
Department	Music
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Constance K. Carroll Committee Chair Jeffrey Perry Committee Co-Chair Jennifer Hayghe Committee Member Willis Delony Committee Member Margaret Parker Dean's Representative
Keywords	Latin American music Costa Rican music concerto Costa Rica piano concerto Vargas
Date of Defense	2004-06-07
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Carlos Enrique Vargas Méndez (1919-1998) was one of the most influential and versatile Costa Rican musicians of the last century. His work involved many areas since he was an accomplished pianist and organist, conductor, composer, arranger, editor, pedagogue and musicologist. However, Vargas’ work as a composer is perhaps the least researched and most neglected of the music disciplines he embraced. This research will focus on one of Vargas’ most important compositions, his Piano Concerto Op. 13, composed and premiered in 1944. The monograph is divided into four chapters. The first chapter includes a synopsis of the history of composition in Costa Rica, in order to provide historical background and musical influences on the Concerto. Chapter Two offers biographical information about Vargas, drawn from the most authoritative sources on the subject. The third chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of the formal and thematic structures of the Concerto, and Chapter Four deals with some pedagogical and performance considerations of the composition. Due to the lack of a published version of the piece, a performance edition of the Concerto is presented in Appendix A. This edition was made with permission of the composer’s son, Roberto Enrique Vargas.
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