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The piano sonatas of Sir Michael Tippett: A contextual and analytical study.
(1999)
Because each of the sonatas has unique characteristics and represents a different stage of Tippett's compositional life, the analytic approach varies among the sonatas. While not rejecting traditional methods where they ...
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 ...
Andre Jolivet :
(1980)
The study contains three chapters. The first chapter includes biographical data, a discussion of Jolivet's association with the group "Jeune France, " and a delineation of his music into three creative periods. Chapter II ...
Transfer of learning in choral settings.
(1998)
Effective choral pedagogy should be concerned with more than the next performance. Conductors who hope to enable the efficient development of performance skill must design instruction that induces transfer on a conceptual ...
Octet in E-flat major, op. 20 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847): a transcription for double wind quintet
(2022-08-04)
Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 is widely considered to be a canonic work within chamber string repertoire. Composed when Mendelssohn was just sixteen years old, the Octet was described as “a different ...
Adult music programming in member schools of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.
(1998)
Most schools used enrollment numbers as the primary means to determine success in programming. Other informal methods, such as discussions with faculty and participants, also were used by over three-fourths of the schools. ...
Improvised ornamentation in the opera arias of Mozart: A singer's guide.
(2001)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, along with other composers of the late eighteenth century, often left melodic phrases of opera arias with simplified endings at cadenza points. This practice allowed particular care to be given to ...
The conducting of Gregorian chant :
(1984)
Within the Catholic Church, the singing of Gregorian chant has always been a form of liturgical prayer. However, when sung in a modern performance it assumes a position like other liturgical repertoire from succeeding ...
An identification of a sacred repertoire for wind band and rationale for its performance in worship contexts by wind bands in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
(2001)
Recommendations for further study included an exploration of the philosophical bases for the incorporation of non-sacred wind band literature into the worship context, a study examining the role of multi-media in correlation ...
An English translation of Olivier Messiaen's "Traite de Rythme, de Couleur, et d'Ornithologie".
(1998)
An English Translation of Traite de Rythme, de Couleur, et d'Ornithologie, volume I, by Olivier Messiaen is a translation of the first volume of Messiaen's important treatise on rhythm, color and ornithology (original ...