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Prologue to Sounden Horn: A Phonetic Composition for Chamber Orchestra
(2017-05-12)
'Prologue to Sounden Horn' is a phonetic composition for chamber orchestra. Phonetic Composition is the orchestration of speech sounds for standard acoustic instruments. Spectrograms of audio recordings are used as a basis ...
James Chambers: His Life, Career, and Pedagogy
(2011)
This study documents the life, career, and pedagogy of James Chambers. James Chambers (1920-1989) performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He taught ...
John Harold Moyer’s "Job": A Conductor’s Perspective
(2017-12)
The purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of John Harold Moyer’s
(1927-2012) cantata, Job, as well as a pedagogical method for the modern choral
director to prepare it for performance. The document is organized ...
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 ...