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OPERATIC REDUCTIONS AND THEIR PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR USE IN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL OPERA SCENES PERFORMANCES
(2024-05-11)
Providing enrichment and further learning opportunities within the opera scenes program at the collegiate level is paramount to this project. Generally, opera scenes programs are performed with a vocal score and piano ...
Musical Mannerism: a Recurring Stylistic Phenomenon in Keyboard Variations by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt
(2016-08)
ABSTRACT
Mannerism was an artistic style that flourished in the sixteenth century between the High Renaissance and the emergence of the Baroque era. Originating in Rome and Florence in the 1520s, Mannerism eventually ...
Tempo determination as a key to understanding and performing Mozart’s operas and symphonies, with reference to the ideas of Nikolaus Harnoncourt
(2021-12-17)
How to convey the desired tempo is a problem that every composer had to face before the invention of the metronome. In Mozart’s time, the players could only rely on the information provided by the tempo marks, as well as ...
Survey of wind ensemble repertoire with double bass
(2024-05-10)
The study of the use of the double bass in wind ensemble literature is limited. The double bass itself is a unique color instrument in wind bands, sometimes doubling with either the low brass section or low woodwind ...
Bowing Drills: Highly Adaptable Exercises for All Ages
(2024-05-11)
In the orchestral string world, the left-hand is primarily responsible for pitch while the right-hand is accountable for much of the remaining elements of music including tone, dynamics, articulations, and phrasing. While ...
AN ORCHESTRATION ANALYSIS OF KEVIN WALCZYK’S CONCERTO GAUCHO FOR TRUMPET AND WIND ENSEMBLE (2007) IN CONTEXT WITH THE CONCERTO GENRE FOR BANDS FROM 1990 TO 2009
(2024-05-11)
Kevin Walczyk’s (b. 1964) Concerto Gaucho for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (2007) represents a significant development of original literature for soloist and full band orchestration. While the twentieth-century band movement ...
Choosing Repertoire for the Percussion Methods Course
(2024-05-11)
This document serves as a guide to finding band literature that is relevant and pedagogically beneficial for beginning percussion students. It can be an essential tool for the collegiate percussion methods instructor. In ...
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC IN THE WIND BAND REPERTOIRE: HISTORICAL CONTEXT, LATIN AMERICAN RHYTHMS, AND INTERPRETATIVE STRATEGIES
(2024-05-11)
The rich and diverse musical heritage of Latin America offers an attractive repertoire for wind bands that deserves greater recognition in the United States. Despite proximity and cultural exchange, many exemplary works ...