A Comparative Analysis of Selected Keyboard Compositions of Chopin, Brahms, and Franck as Transcribed for the Marimba by Clair Omar Musser, Earl Hatch, and Frank MacCallum Together with Three Recitals of Works by Bartok, Crumb, Miyoshi, Kraft and Others

• Main Author: Houston, Robert E.
• Other Authors: Schietroma, Robert J.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1980
• Subjects: marimba music; marimba transcriptions; Frederick Chopin; Johannes Brahms; César Franck; Marimba music > History and criticism; Arrangement (Music)
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331782/

This study is an examination of Earl Hatch and Clair Musser's transcriptions for marimba of Chopin's Waltz, Opus 64 No. 1, Musser's arrangement of Chopin's Mazurka, Opus 17 No. 4, Hatch's setting of Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Frank Mac Callum's treatment of Franck's "Chorale" from the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue. Additionally, the role of the transcription during the Romantic Period, the historical development of the marimba transcription, and performance considerations of the specific works presented are discussed.