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"On Steady Advance..." An Investigation Into The Rhetorical Intent of The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson
(2023-12-15)
This document will investigate the events and circumstances that shaped the music and message of Randall Thompson’s The Testament of Freedom. Evidence uncovered in this investigation will provide a more complete historical ...
Prima Donna Culture and the Tulsa Opera, 1954--1968
(2023-05-12)
This thesis explores the role of prima donnas in the Tulsa Opera in the mid-20th century and how women both onstage and offstage were essential to the development of the Tulsa Opera Company and American opera at large. I ...
Arban Expansion Pack: Classic Exercises Adapted for Today's Musician. 1st edition
(2020)
First published circa 1859 Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn is an integral part of the practice routines of trumpeters around the globe. The First Studies, which stress an ...
Love, Loss, and Memory: An Analytic and Hermeneutic Discussion of Clara Schumann’s Drei Romanzen, Op. 21
(2023-05-12)
One of Clara Wieck-Schumann’s last compositions, Drei Romanzen, Op. 21 is a set of three romances composed in 1853. The analysis which follows discusses the three romances of Op. 21 through the lens of large-scale ternary ...
An Analytical Study and Performance Practice Guide for Percussion Works Opus 35 and Opus 37 by Nebojša Jovan Živković
(2021-05-14)
This document provides an analysis and performance practice guide for two percussion works by Serbian composer Nebojša Jovan Živković (b. 1962). A renowned figure in the percussion world known for the aggressive style of ...
Catching Up With Cabaret: Finding Deeper Meaning in a Never-Ending Adaptation
(2022-05-13)
Cabaret, a 1966 Broadway musical with book by Joe Masteroff and music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, and the 1972 film of the same name, directed by Bob Fosse, have been subjects of considerable scholarly research ...
Crowned in Glory: The Beyond Band Approach
(2021-12-17)
In recent years, primary and secondary education has embraced trends which emphasize “core” subject areas. As of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), music has been labelled an essential area of education in the ...
Symphony No. 1
(2020-05)
Symphony No. 1 is a symphony in four movements consisting of movement 1, which is an ABCAD allegro with an introduction; Movement 2, which is an ABA largo; movement 3, which is a Minuet & Trio; and Movement 4, a third rondo ...
Cantata profana, BB 100, by Béla Bartók (1881-1945): a transcription for wind ensemble, solo tenor, solo baritone, and SATB chorus
(2021-12-17)
Though the modern wind band includes in its repertoire works encompassing a wide range of composers and prescribed instrumentations, there is relatively little music written for wind band combined with SATB choir, and even ...
Symphony for Wind Ensemble
(2022-05-13)
Symphony for Wind Ensemble, composed in 2022 by Parker Fritz, is a 25-minute acoustic work for single-part wind ensemble describing the inner feelings and identity realizations of the author as he realizes his dual artistic ...