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Transcriptions and Choral Arrangements of Five Wichita Melodies
(2015-08)
Preservation of Native American music is a timely and necessary endeavor. In the hopes of preserving the music of one Southern Plains tribe, this document examines five melodies and four choral arrangements of the Wichita ...
A Pedagogical and Performance Guide to Prokofiev's Four Pieces, Op. 32
(2017)
This document provides a pedagogical and performance guide to Sergei Prokofiev’s Four Pieces, Op. 32, a Twentieth Century work for solo piano that is appropriate for late-intermediate to early-advanced piano students. ...
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 ...
The piano music of Percy Grainger: An analysis of ten original works.
(2004)
The purpose of this document is to introduce readers to the wide range of Grainger's expression for the piano. The ten works introduced and analyzed demonstrate Grainger's penchant for transcribing ensemble pieces; most ...
Multiple percussion performance problems as illustrated in five different works composed by Stockhausen, Smith Brindle, Colgrass, Dahl, and Kraft between 1959 and 1967 /
(1983)
This document concerns itself with the identification and cross-relationship of three categories of performance problems related to multiple percussion performance: (1) notation; (2) instrument placement; (3) movement. ...
The Double Bassist's Companion to Better Playing Health
(2012)
The world of double bass playing has been marred from its inception with issues of pain and discomfort. Over time stress caused by the size and weight of the instrument creates potential physical problems for the musician. ...
UNLOCKING THE AFFECTIONS IN J.S. BACH’S FLUTE SONATA IN E MINOR, BWV 1034
(2011-05)
This document explores the affects of—or the use of emotions in—J. S. Bach’s Sonata for Flute in E minor, BWV 1034, by examining for potential connections Bach’s cantatas that were written contemporaneously. In the fall ...
Music education in Central America: A comparative study of educational policies and practices in Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica .
(2007)
This study aimed to investigate how music is currently being taught, primarily at the elementary school level, in three countries---Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica---where music education is included in the public ...