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Abstract
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was among the first composers to collaborate with Andrs Segovia in the latters effort to expand the guitars repertoire. Of the many works produced through this collaboration, some have fallen out of favor with todays performers. There are numerous reasons for this, but one significant reason is the current state of performance editions of Castelnuovo-Tedescos guitar music. Many of these works are available only in the editions made by Segovia. Moreover, many of these editions are lacking in completeness.This document attempts to rectify this situation with one piece in particular, the Rondo for Guitar, Op. 129, by creating a performance edition and analyzing the Rondo within a discussion of Castelnuovo-Tedescos overall style.Two sources are used for the performance edition: the autograph manuscript and Segovias published performance edition. The analysis focuses on harmonic and formal considerations. Traditional Roman numeral analysis is used to discuss harmonic choices in the Rondo, and the formal analysis consists of a modified application of William Caplins Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.