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From Distant Shores, Jamie Laurance Phillips
From Distant Shores, Jamie Laurance Phillips
LSU Master's Theses
From Distant Shores is a three movement symphony for full orchestra. Each movement follows an ABA form, with an initial statement of important thematic material, followed by a development section, and some restatement of the original material to complete the movement. The composition is divided into the following movements: Adagio, Largo, and Allegro.
The Sketches For Mendelssohn's Paulus, Op. 36, Karl Joseph Simmerman
The Sketches For Mendelssohn's Paulus, Op. 36, Karl Joseph Simmerman
LSU Master's Theses
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Paulus, Op. 36 (1836) is one of the most important nineteenth-century contributions to the oratorio genre. Current scholarly understanding of the oratorio’s creation rests on three dissertations: Stuart Douglass Seaton identified, transcribed, and discussed some of the sketches for Paulus; Siegwart Reichwald examined the extant autographs for Paulus; and Jeffrey S. Sposato thoroughly documented the collaborative compilation of the libretto. None of these studies, however, provides a thorough examination of all the sketches for Paulus.
This study constitutes the first complete transcription of the sketches for Paulus, basing its methodology on the transcription practices …
Zhenfang Zhao’S Widow Xianglin [Xianglin Sao] And New Directions In Modern Huai Opera, Yuxi Zhao
Zhenfang Zhao’S Widow Xianglin [Xianglin Sao] And New Directions In Modern Huai Opera, Yuxi Zhao
LSU Master's Theses
Huai Opera, a category of Chinese opera performed in Shanghai as well as the Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces, has been a popular type of entertainment ever since its creation sometime in the nineteenth century. With the beginning of the twenty-first, the art form has begun to lose audiences, in part due to the changed economic circumstances, which no longer made it feasible to attend three- to four-hour performances, in part due to problems inherent in the genre, such as old-fashioned plots, the common, unrefined style of the libretto, and the inflexible use of role types, modes, and metrical types. Zhenfang …
A Critical Examination Of The Rehearsal Frame Model, Allison Elise Carroll
A Critical Examination Of The Rehearsal Frame Model, Allison Elise Carroll
LSU Master's Theses
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the practical adequacy of Duke’s (1994) rehearsal frame model as a “middle ground” perspective sequential outline of rehearsal events that lead to positive musical change. Observation and video recording of three accomplished high school band directors’ rehearsals generated data that allowed for a comparison between the model and actual practice. Results suggested that all parts of the original model need not be present, nor must they occur in the originally stated order for rehearsal frames to take place and direct students toward positive musical change. An amended model of the rehearsal frame …
Character Studies Of Time: A Two Movement Work For Orchestra, Crystal Darcell Birdsong
Character Studies Of Time: A Two Movement Work For Orchestra, Crystal Darcell Birdsong
LSU Master's Theses
The idea behind The Character Studies of Time: A Two Movement Work for Orchestra should be reminiscent of, and is inspired by the character pieces of Robert Schumann’s Carnival. Although the works of Robert Schumann are originally short piano solos, the spirit of the character piece and all that it entails could be found throughout The Character Studies of Time. This symphony does not follow a strict form of 19th century writing, although the elements of romanticism can be found throughout the piece. The “characters” as they relate to time are quite literally “night” and “day.” The individual titles are …
On The Use And Development Of The Pentatonic Scale Through The Works Of Antonín Dvořák, Andrew W. Brinkman
On The Use And Development Of The Pentatonic Scale Through The Works Of Antonín Dvořák, Andrew W. Brinkman
LSU Master's Theses
Concepts related to style change have been discussed thoroughly by theorists such as Leonard Meyer and others. In the case of Czech scholar, Antonín Dvořák, this change relates directly to his pentatonic style. While many musicologists suggest that the composer's travels to the United States in the early 1890's had a profound effect on the birth of his pentatonic style, this thesis posits that Dvořák's pentatonicism is apparent from even his earliest works. In examining evidence of this pentatonicism it becomes clear that, for Dvořák, there are two types: thematic and cadential. Thematic pentatonicism arises from themes of works or …