A Carmen Fantasy para contrabaixo e piano: um estudo técnico e interpretativo

Abstract

A Carmen Fantasy for Double Bass and Piano: a technical and interpretative study. A research realized about the work written by the American composer Frank Proto (1941). This work has as one of its approaches the stylistic contribution of François Rabbath (1931) granted in the piece. It contains an analysis of the form, harmonic and melodic structures of each movement, which are presented as the main focus of this paper, and also an exposition of the opera´s excerpts used into the Fantasy. This analysis shows the jazzistcs features that the composer uses in the piece. As an aid to practice preparation, I include indications of fingerings. The work also includes a brief biography of the composer Frank Proto, the bassist François Rabbath and a synopsis of the opera Carmen, where there is a description of the scenes from the opera used into this fantasy.