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Figures For An Apocalypse: An oratorio for chorus and wind ensemble.
(2000)
This document contains the complete musical score for Figures For An Apocalypse, a five-movement oratorio for choir and wind ensemble, based on text taken from a portion of Thomas Merton's 1947 poem of the same name. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Canadian pedagogical piano repertoire since 1970: A survey of contemporary compositional styles and techniques.
(2005)
During the decade between 1940 and 1950, the composers in Canada began to express themselves through contemporary and avant-garde idioms. The concepts learned abroad and from composers who immigrated to Canada created a ...
Symphony No. 1.
(2007)
This document contains the musical score of a single-movement symphony for orchestra. The presentation of the score is preceded with commentary about the placement of this symphony in a historical context, as well as a ...
An Arabian Night: A one-act chamber opera.
(2002)
This document consists of a complete musical score of a one-act chamber opera based on an original libretto entitled An Arabian Night. The light story is loosely derived from a supplementary tale to 1001 Arabian Nights. ...
Joan Tower's "Fascinating Ribbons" for band: Genesis and analysis.
(2002)
The commission story was compiled primarily through interviews between the author and Joan Tower, and between the author and Jack Stamp, a pivotal figure in leading the project to fruition. Tower's compositional procedures ...
Dominick Argento's Songs about Spring and Miss Manners on Music: A Comparative Analysis of Compositional Styles in Poetry Versus Prose
(2009)
Document Title: Dominick Argento's Songs about Spring and Miss Manners on Music: A Comparative Analysis of Compositional Styles in Poetry Versus Prose