Homage in the solo guitar music of Roland Dyens

This treatise is a study of homage in the solo guitar music of Roland Dyens. Chapter One provides a brief history of musical borrowing and homage. Terms like dedication, arrangement, allusion, and homage are distinguished from one another. Chapter Two provides a brief biography of Roland Dyens and a discussion of his musical style. Chapters Three, Four, and Five explore relationships between Dyens' works and those by composers that influenced him. Chapter Three presents a discussion of the influence of Heitor Villa-Lobos on Dyens, as exhibited by Saudade No.2 and Hommage a Villa-Lobos. Chapter Four covers the influence of Leo Brouwer on Dyens, as seen in the works L.B. Story, and Eloge de Leo Brouwer. Chapter Five provides a brief survey of Dyens' other homages for solo guitar. These include the following works: Hommage a Frank Zappa, Deux Hommages a Marcel Dadi, Ville D'Avril (Hommage a Boris Vian), L'Allusive, Triaela, and some of the 20 Lettres. In Appendix A there is an annotated list of Dyens' solo guitar works. Other appendices provide lists of Dyens' arrangements, chamber works, and ensemble pieces as well as Dyens' discography.