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Night Song for tenor and orchestra
(2019-05-10)
Night Song for tenor and orchestra is a setting of the poem “Night Song” from Thus
Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated into English by R.J. Hollingdale. The
piece is 24 minutes in length, and is ...
"I Offer a Dance of Joy...": The Intersection of Genealogy and Genre in Edward Knight's Tales Not Told
(2009)
American composer Edward Knight completed his song cycle Tales Not Told in 2007. The poetry, by Knight's spouse and collaborator M. J. Alexander, involves the lives of six of Knight's female ancestors, including Patience ...
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 ...
Symphony No. 2, Op. 24, By Robert F. Kurka (1921-1957): A Band Transcription
(2019-05-10)
The need for this project stems from the lack of published compositions and biographical material on Robert Kurka. Given his short life it is no surprise that a lack of information exists; however, based on numerous awards ...
Jacques Delécluse's Twelve Studies for the Drum: A Study Guide and Performance Analysis
(2015)
This document is a study guide to aid the teacher and student in performing Jacques Delécluse’s Twelve Studies for the Drum. It is intended to foster an understanding of the etudes from not only a technical but also a ...
Tones: An analysis of Atli Heimir Sveinsson's "21 Sounding Minutes" for solo flute with interpretive implications
(2013-05)
Among the most significant and prolific Icelandic composers, Atli Heimir Sveinsson (b. 1938) has created music in virtually every style and genre. He has composed a diverse assortment of works for flute, and his formally ...
An Analysis of John Adams' Grand Pianola Music
(2010)
Grand Pianola Music, composed in 1982 by John Adams, was written for pairs of winds, extended percussion, three female vocalists, and two pianos. Due to critic and audience disapproval, by way of booing after its 1983 ...
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 ...
Allison Nelson: Pianist, Teacher and Editor
(2015)
This study documents the varied and significant contributions of Allison Nelson (b. 1927) to the field of piano through her work as a solo and collaborative pianist as part of the piano duo Nelson and Neal and teacher, ...