Stepan Rak’s “Tracy”(1994): A Transcription and Commentary

dc.contributor.author	Khota, Reza
dc.date.accessioned	2006-03-13T07:15:19Z
dc.date.available	2006-03-13T07:15:19Z
dc.date.issued	2006-03-13
dc.description	Master of Music - Music	en
dc.description.abstract	The Czech guitarist and composer Stepan Rak (b.1945) has produced major works for the guitar, many of which stretch the boundaries of guitar technique and composition in new directions. This research report provides a musical transcription of one of Rak’s most ambitious pieces, Tracy (1994), based on the cyclone of that name which devastated the town of Darwin, Australia on Christmas Eve 1974. Rak uses rasgueado and tremolo techniques exclusively in Tracy. This report also contextualises the composition in terms of Rak’s life and musical output, and provides a detailed description on the execution of these techniques and a general analysis of the pieces technical, formal and compositional characteristics.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/235
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dc.subject	music	en
dc.subject	tracy	en
dc.subject	stepan rak	en
dc.title	Stepan Rak’s “Tracy”(1994): A Transcription and Commentary	en
dc.type	Thesis	en