PROGRAM NOTES FOR GRADUATE RECITAL: BENJAMIN’S LE TOMBEAU DE RAVEL VALSE CAPRICES, MANDAT’S ONE LINERS, SMITH’S FIVE PIECES FOR SOLO CLARINET, AND MOZART’S KEGELSTATT TRIO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 498

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER OFKristine J. Dizon, for the Master’s of Music degree in MUSIC PERFORMANCE at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.TITLE: PROGRAM NOTES FOR GRADUATE RECITAL: BENJAMIN’S LE TOMBEAU DE RAVEL VALSE CAPRICES, MANDAT’S ONE LINERS, SMITH’S FIVE PIECES FOR SOLO CLARINET, AND MOZART’S KEGELSTATT TRIO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 498MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Eric P. MandatThe purpose of this research paper is to provide scholarly program notes to accompany the graduate recital of Kristine J. Dizon, which took place on April 26, 2014. Program notes for Arthur Benjamin’s Le Tombeau de Ravel Valse Caprices (1949), Eric P. Mandat’s One Liners (2000), William O. Smith’s Five Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1959), and Wolfgang Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498 (1786) will be provided. Each piece will be examined historically and by musical analysis.