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Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Collector (Mss 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckberry, Ray B., Jr., B. 1934 - Collector (Mss 685), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 685. Research material collected by Ray B. Buckberry, Jr. related to Ernest Hogan, an African American musician from Bowling Green, Kentucky, who is sometimes credited as one of the pioneers of ragtime music. He composed and wrote lyrics for numerous musical pieces for minstrel shows and published sheet music.
Evolution Of The Cello In Music, Joshua Propst
Evolution Of The Cello In Music, Joshua Propst
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
With this project, I have studied cello music written throughout many of the major musical eras in an attempt to discover the cello, specifically regarding playing style, technique, and tonal ability. The composers included in this project are Bach, Haydn, Dvořák, Pärt, and Amanti. Most of the major musical styles are represented, with a focus on baroque, classical, romantic, minimalism, and jazz. I performed this wide variety of pieces at my Senior Recital for the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Music Dept. The goal of the recital was to showcase the rich musical history of the cello and how cello composition …
Flaher For Wind Ensemble, Benjamin W. Lee
Flaher For Wind Ensemble, Benjamin W. Lee
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Music compositions are vehicles of communication. Organized music ensembles in schools allow for students to share in the process of music-making and extramusical expression within the curriculum. As of late, school districts have made a push in mental health awareness and suicide prevention within professional development seminars. This project views the music classroom as an important, open environment for such pressing social subjects. In such, my composition—Flaher (pronounced “flare”)—pays homage to a friend, Anthony Flaherty, who committed suicide (keeping his namesake in the work’s title). Flaher is an accessible piece for high school or college band that directors can …
Olympia: A Musical Composition For Wind Ensemble, Kyle Macdonald
Olympia: A Musical Composition For Wind Ensemble, Kyle Macdonald
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Olympia is a one movement musical composition to be performed by a wind ensemble. Written for the composer’s honors capstone project, Olympia is an exploration into the world of composing for large musical ensembles. The main theme, heard in the trombone solo at measure 40, is the proverbial “voice in the wilderness” that heroically comes out of chaos and is heard throughout the piece in different forms. Starting in short score with piano and percussion, the piece was then orchestrated into the final version. Written in the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012, Olympia was rehearsed and performed …
Ua68/9/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Publications, Wku Archives
Ua68/9/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by the department of Music, includes recordings.
Ua68/9/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Bowling Green Western Choral Society, Wku Archives
Ua68/9/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Bowling Green Western Choral Society, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Bowling Green Western Choral Society, aka Southern Kentucky Choral Society.
Ua68/9/2/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Orchestras & Ensembles Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, Wku Archives
Ua68/9/2/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, Orchestras & Ensembles Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra, also known as The Symphony at WKU.
Ua68/9/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, - Marching Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Wku Marching Band, Wku Archives
Ua68/9/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Music Bands, - Marching Bands, Ensembles & Orchestras Wku Marching Band, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the WKU Marching Band.
Classical Music In Early Kentucky, 1850-1889, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Classical Music In Early Kentucky, 1850-1889, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Research Collections
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