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Contemporary percussion performance : an overview of aesthetics and performance practices

Abstract

This thesis contains program notes for a recital presented in January 2008. It discusses Harrison Birtwistle's The axe manual, Christian Wolff's Rosas, and Christian Wolff's For Morty. These three pieces are scored for piano and percussion duet. A discussion of the history of each work is followed by a brief analysis

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