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Selected Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composers' Changing Views on Composing for Wind Band
(2012)
The purpose of this document is to identify factors influencing selected Pulitzer Prize-winning composers in choosing to compose or not for wind band. By interviewing Steven Stucky, Paul Moravec, David Lang, and John ...
FOUR SONG SETTINGS OF HEINRICH HEINE BY FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
(2017-05)
This study examines four lied settings of Heinrich Heine by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. In this document, details of each Heine poem, “Und Wüssten’s die Blumen,” “Allnächtlich im Traume,” “Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam” and ...
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Instructor and Institutional Characteristics and the Concert Report in Music in General Studies Courses in the United States
(2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between institutional and instructor characteristics and the assignment of the concert report within American college music in general studies courses. Four ...
AN ANALYSIS OF TEXTURE, TIMBRE, AND RHYTHM IN RELATION TO FORM IN MAGNUS LINDBERG'S GRAN DUO
(2013)
Gran Duo (1999-2000) by Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is the result of a commission by Sir Simon Rattle, former conductor of the City of Birmingham (England) Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Festival Hall to commemorate the ...
Selections from Almeida Prado's Jardim Sonoro: A Critical Edition for Pianists and Teachers
(2011)
This study presents a scholarly, authoritative edition of fourteen selected pieces from the collection Jardim Sonoro (Sonorous Garden) for piano solo by José Antonio Rezende de Almeida Prado (1943-2010). One of the most ...
AN ANALYSIS OF SIX SONG SETTINGS OF SHAKESPEARE'S "WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL" FROM LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
(2011)
This study analyzes six song settings of Shakespeare's "When Icicles Hang by the Wall" from his play Love's Labour's Lost. The song settings under discussion are written by Thomas Arne, Hubert Parry, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ...
Samuel Barber's <italic>Souvenirs</italic>: A Comparative Study of the Solo, Duet, and Orchestral Versions
(2010)
Souvenirs is one of Samuel Barber\'s least known piano works despite possessing many of the trademark elements--beautiful melodies, elegance, compositional variety, and emotional appeal--that made his music famous. Souvenirs ...
Heinrich Domnich: A Discussion of His Career, Pedagogy and Concert Works for the Horn
(2014-08)
This document explores the life, music, and writing of Heinrich Domnich, a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a horn virtuoso of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Domnich lived from 1767 to 1844 and ...
Symphony No. 1
(2013)
This document contains the complete musical score for Symphony No. 1, an original composition in four movements for symphonic orchestra. At the highest level this symphony uses the Golden Section as a general template for ...
PREPARATION FOR AUDITION VERSUS PERFORMANCE: AN EXAMINATION OF FOUR PROMINENT ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS FOR TRUMPET
(2014-12)
The purpose of this document is to examine the preparation for orchestral audition versus performance situations for four of the most commonly requested trumpet excerpts: Petrouchka by Igor Stravinsky; Symphony No. 5 by ...