Doutoramento em Música e Musicologia
The Oiseau-Lyre Wind Trios: a critical study of interpretations documented in sound recording
Catherine Stockwell

Orientação:  Benoît Gibson

The Oiseau-Lyre Wind Trios form a substantial part of the performance repertoire of any reed trio. This thesis explores how during the 1930s, founder of Éditions de l’Oiseau-Lyre, Louise Hanson-Dyer became involved with the performing group, the Trio d’anches de Paris. This document further shows how the collaboration led to a project of publishing and recording a selection works for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon by contemporary French composers, among them Darius Milhaud, Jacques Ibert, and Georges Auric. Aspects of sound and interpretation heard in the historical recordings of the Trio d’anches de Paris on the Oiseau-Lyre label are examined. In conclusion, this thesis shows how these historic recordings have been used as a primary source reference for editing the instrumental parts of the Oiseau-Lyre Wind Trios and constructing a requisite set of corresponding full scores.