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Forsthoff, Kyle Manning, "CHALLENGES OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE PERCUSSION
MUSIC OF FREDRIK ANDERSSON: A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS" (2010). University of Kentucky Doctoral
Dissertations. 101.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/101
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ABSTRACT OF MUSICAL ARTS PROJECT
Kyle Manning Forsthoff
The Graduate School
University of Kentucky
2010
CHALLENGES OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE PERCUSSION
MUSIC OF FREDRIK ANDERSSON: A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS
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ABSTRACT OF MUSICAL ARTS PROJECT
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A music arts project submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the
College of Fine Arts at the University of Kentucky
By
Kyle Manning Forsthoff
Lexington, Kentucky
Director: James B. Campbell, Professor of Music
Lexington, Kentucky
2010
Copyright © Kyle Manning Forsthoff 2010
ABSTRACT OF MUSICAL ARTS PROJECT
CHALLENGES OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE PERCUSSION
MUSIC OF FREDRIK ANDERSSON: A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS
In the mid 1990s, Swedish composer Fredrik Andersson composed not everything
which happens is in the newspaper (1993), the lonelyness of Santa Claus (1994), and imagine
there was nothing (1996). All three pieces share a number of compositional and stylistic
elements while emphasizing the capabilities of their respective instrumentations to create
mysterious sonic worlds that are unique in the percussion idiom. By examining specific
concerns of each piece in detail, an understanding of Andersson’s presentation of musical
challenges will result. Acceptable solutions to such challenges will be examined and
compared, based primarily on the author’s analysis and experience encompassing multiple
performances of each of the three works, along with supplementary information provided by
various other sources. The results of this document will be significant within the larger
percussion community in that they will serve to increase the visibility of the composer and
increase exposure of works for percussion that are not only musically distinctive within the
repertoire, but also contain a variety of exciting pedagogical, technical, and interpretive
challenges that will contribute to the growth of any percussionist willing to engage them. It is
hoped that such engagement will “de-mystify” Andersson’s music and inspire increased
performance of his works.
KEYWORDS: Music, Fredrik Andersson, Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Marimba
Kyle Manning Forsthoff
April 7, 2010
CHALLENGES OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE PERCUSSION
MUSIC OF FREDRIK ANDERSSON: A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS
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Kyle Manning Forsthoff
Professor James B. Campbell
Director of Dissertation
Dr. Lance Brunner
Director of Graduate Studies
April 7, 2010
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MUSICAL ARTS PROJECT
Kyle Manning Forsthoff
The Graduate School
University of Kentucky
2010
CHALLENGES OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION IN THE PERCUSSION
MUSIC OF FREDRIK ANDERSSON: A PERFORMER’S ANALYSIS
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MUSICAL ARTS PROJECT
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A musical arts project submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the
College of Fine Arts at the University of Kentucky
By
Kyle Manning Forsthoff
Lexington, Kentucky
Director: James B. Campbell, Professor of Music
Lexington, Kentucky
2010
Copyright © Kyle Manning Forsthoff 2010
To Michael Spiro—the avocados should be ripe by now…
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This section of the document has been in a state of construction far longer than any
other by a measure of several months. No person’s education occurs in a vacuum. This
document represents the culmination of seventeen academic years of formal music
education. As such, a large number of people, having been so giving of their time and energy
before and during that time, deserve to be acknowledged forthwith.
I must first thank the members of my Doctoral Committee for their support and
assistance in both my tenure as a DMA student and in the preparation of this document.
Dr. Cody Birdwell and Dr. Doug Kalika have made them-selves readily available and have
offered sage advice throughout the entire Doctoral process. Dr. Lance Brunner has been a
most steadfast and loyal proponent of my endeavors throughout my academic and musical
career. His mentorship and insights have taught me new ways of playing, seeing, hearing,
thinking about, and writing about music. No amount of thanks would do justice to the service
offered by Jim Campbell. In the seven years I have spent as his student, he has shown himself
to be a phenomenal teacher, advisor, professional, mentor, friend, and colleague. His is a
model I may proudly hope to aspire to.
In addition to those above, the following faculty and staff have been of invaluable
assistance and support in the years I have spent as an Undergraduate and Doctoral student at
the University of Kentucky: Dr. Kevin Holm-Hudson, Dr. Ron Pen, Dr. Cecilia Wang, Dr. Kuo-
Huang Han, Dr. Donna Kwon, Dr. Joanne Filkins, Dr. David Sogin, Dr. Timothy Reynish,
Professor Harry Clarke, Professor Peter Simpson, Professor Richard Clary, Professor George
Boulden, and Vicki Pendleton.
As Teaching Assistants in the UK percussion department, Kenyon Williams, Eric Willie,
Michael Aukofer, Robert Parks, and Julie Hill all served as instructors during my time as an
undergraduate. They have been exemplary models of what graduate students can and should
be and I am indebted to each of them.
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