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Extended Program Notes For A Recital Of Selected Vocal Literature, Kathleen Mary Bell
Extended Program Notes For A Recital Of Selected Vocal Literature, Kathleen Mary Bell
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of these extended program notes is to provide information that will assist the listening audience in comprehending the historical and biographical significance of the each vocal selection. A brief analysis of each selection, a historical interpretation of the work, a translation of the texts and a CD of the recital are included. The contents of the recital comprise of several selections from the soprano repertoire: The Georg Phillip Telemann cantata Lauter Wonne, lauter Freude; the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Laudate Dominum from the Vesperae solemnes de confessore; the Joaquin Nin y Castellano Diez Villancicos de Noel; Gabriel Faurd's art …
Extended Program Notes For A Thesis Recital, Miroslav Daciċ
Extended Program Notes For A Thesis Recital, Miroslav Daciċ
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis recital is to focus on an integral perfornance of Chopin's op.28 prelude cycle which consists of a CD of the recital and an analytical paper on the set. The point of the analysis concentrates on two-part and three-part formal strategies and the ways in which these divisions are motivated by features left incomplete in the first formal section. This sense of incompletion, always causing a formal division, leads to the second attempt scenario and its successful outcome. Additionally, there is an introductory discussion on the title issues and several remarks about the Prelude throughout the …
An Analysis Of Six Original Latin Jazz Compositions And Arrangements, Ruben Caban
An Analysis Of Six Original Latin Jazz Compositions And Arrangements, Ruben Caban
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the cross-cultural fusion of jazz harmony and Afro Caribbean rhythms. These six compositions were chosen for the composers Master's recital to demonstrate how his writing technique was influenced by his cultural and musical experience during his years of study and performance in the United States and abroad. The instrumentation was chosen to exemplify the fusion of the traditional percussive sounds of Latin music with jazz harmony, melody and improvisation. It is important to note that even though one of the compositions, E.T., is not written in a Latin style, it was nonetheless …