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THE ART OF MELD: PITCH ORGANIZATION AND MOTIVIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN JOAN TOWER’S MUSIC FOR CLARINET
(2015-12)
Joan Tower is an award-winning American composer, best known for her orchestral and chamber music. Her music is widely performed and is well liked by performers and audiences alike. Her three solo works for clarinet—Wings ...
BEETHOVEN’S PIANO SONATA, OP. 53 “WALDSTEIN”: A STUDY OF FINGERINGS IN SELECTED EDITIONS
(2015-12-18)
This study collates and compares fingerings in selected significant editions of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53. These selected editions span from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first and include those ...
Betty Johnson, Midwest Pioneer of the Bassoon: Her Life and Legacy
(2015)
Betty Johnson’s career in bassoon performance and education spanned six decades. She was an early pioneer and prominent teacher of the bassoon in the Midwest. She began her tenure as a charter member of the Oklahoma Symphony ...
A Pedagogical Approach to Leo Cornelius Nestor's Magnificat
(2015)
The purpose of this document is to identify the most efficient way to benefit choir directors in the preparation of a performance of Leo Cornelius Nestor’s Magnificat. The document is organized in six chapters as follows: ...
Performance, Analysis, and Interpretation in the Solo Double Bass Works of Johanna Magdalena Beyer and Vivian Fine
(2015-05-08)
Though musical works worthy of study and performance, Johanna Magdalena Beyer’s 1936 Movement for Double Bass and Piano and Vivian Fine’s 1964 Melos for solo double bass have been neglected by both performers and scholars. ...
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 ...
Three Diverse Works for Trumpet by Japanese Composers: a Study of the Lives and Works of Toru Takemitsu, Marcel Kentsubitsch, and Hisato Ozawa
(2015-05-08)
Currently, band is one of the most popular extracurricular activities in Japanese schools, and many people enjoy playing the trumpet not only as professionals but also as a hobby. As band players, trumpeters in Japan ...
FLORENT SCHMITT AND THE LIED ET SCHERZO, OP. 54
(2015-05-08)
Though written by a less well-known composer, Florent Schmitt’s Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54, is a work for double woodwind quintet featuring a principal French horn that arguably approaches the stature of such cornerstone works ...
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 ...
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, ...