The Cadenza In Cello Analysis

This treatise explores the topic of cadenzas in concertos for cello and orchestra with four goals in mind.The treatise is organized in three chapters.Chapter one,“History of Cadenzas in Cello Concertos,” presents an historic overview of the cadenzas in cello concertos.It includes a discussion of the evolution of the cadenza from a simple improvisatory penultimate section of a movement(Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Nos.1 and 2 by Joseph Haydn)to a separate movement in a concerto(Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op.107 by Dmitri Shostakovich).Chapter two,“Analysis of Ad libitum Cadenzas,” includes an analysis of harmonic progressions,use of thematic and non-thematic musical materials,the length of the cadenza,keys alluded to,structure,form,style,and interpretation of selected cadenzas for the cello concertos by Joseph Haydn.The chapter also includes a discussion and comparison instructions for improvising cadenza from selected eighteenth-century treatises.In chapter three,“Principles of Improvisation,”I discuss the principles of improvising cadenzas for cello concertos.I examine the choices of thematic materials from the movement and the possibilities for improvisation.Those principles however are not limited to classical concertos.They can be applied to the improvisation of any ad libitum cadenza.Finally,the author introduces the application of zhuangzhou dream,which is huachai in Chinese works.