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Intersection: For Orchestra, William Jones

Masters Theses

Intersection is a musical work written for orchestra. The concept for it is loosely based on the sounds and emotions that I associate with trains. The music at the beginning of the piece, and the concept in general, was inspired by the sounds made by trains slowly passing the intersection of Kalamazoo Ave., Water St., and Pitcher St. in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Though most of the piece just uses the idea of the sound of trains as general inspiration, there are also sounds that more directly represent actual sounds, like an occasional blow of the whistle, or the sound of the …

Musical Poems For Chamber Ensemble, Fumiko Honda

Masters Theses

Musical Poems for Chamber Ensemble is a piece for a large ensemble of woodwinds, percussion and strings. The ideas for the piece come from Western music and Oriental music. There are four movements. Each movement has musical elements and sounds that create an image of motion. These movements are composed on the supposition that they could be choreographed for dancers as well as performance by a chamber ensemble.

Although the piece uses simple musical forms such as the rondo and arch, many different musical elements and languages express the characteristics of each movement. In general, the sounds are limited by …

Showings, Karen J. Olson

Masters Theses

Showings is a setting of excerpts from the writings of Julian of Norwich, a 14th century anchoress and mystic. While in her middle life, Julian fell ill, and, during the course of her illness, she received sixteen revelations of the love of God. She recorded these showings in two texts: a short version, apparently written soon after her recovery, and a longer one, written years later after she had reflected on the meaning of her visions.

Within the frame of an exploration of Julian's experience of the humbling and generative power of divine love, Showings focuses on her questions concerning …

"Détours De L'Amour" (Detours Of Love): Trois Chansons Françaises - Three French Songs For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 21: 1 score ( v + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents and poem "Sentimental Dialogue" by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

Movements:

1. Nocturne : L’amour perdu - Nocturne: Lost Love (set to Colloque sentimental by Paul Verlaine)
2. L’amour innocent - Innocent Love (set to A la Musique (last three stanzas) by Arthur Rimbaud)
3. L’amour marié - Married Love (a various by Emmanuel Dubois on Perrette et le pot au lait by Jean de la Fontaine)

Brass Quintet: Our World As It Is, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 20: 1 score (vi + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction

This eleven-minute brass quintet for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, "Our World As It Is", refers to current and recent tragedies taking place around the world. The first moment, "Confrontation", captures the anxiety caused by Nature's wrath and men's wars. The second movement, "Reflections: Prelude and Fugato", evokes this precious time for recollection. The third movement, "Civil Discourse", is the coming together in smooth harmony of the different factions that make our world. The mood of "Fanfare and Hymn", the final movement, is one …

Pseudo-Classical Sonatina For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 18a: 1 score (ii + 8 pages)

Movements:

1. Giocoso
2. Religioso
3. A la sicialana

Fantaisie Française: Fourth Piano Sonata, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 17: 1 score (iv + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction

This set of five pieces was composed by and large during the summer of 2003 in a historic village of Gascony in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France and is based on impressions gathered during walks and rides taken in the magnificent hilly countryside. Each movement is also an essay on counterpoint as I see it broadly defined by Walter Piston in the introduction to his treaty entitled Counterpoint. The Fantasie's five contrasting parts allude to the well-established genres, and overall unity and contrast results from …

Piano Rag, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 22: 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes the Story Behind the Rag … in English and French.