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The History Of Choral Music Activity At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln 1885 – 1978, Rebecca C. Gruber

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

This is a history of the choral music program at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln (founded 1869). Resources from the Nebraska State Historical Society, the Archives and Special Collections of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, scrapbooks and files from the University of Nebraska School of Music, and its precursor, the University School of Music, have been examined to create a narrative of choral music activity and a list of choral music repertoire. The early years are studied, before the choral ensembles were a formal part of the curriculum, when choral/orchestral performances were a result of collaboration with the city of Lincoln. …

Performance Practices In Four Puccini Arias: Tempo Choices And Choosers, Joshua O. Neumann

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

PERFORMANCE PRACTICES IN FOUR PUCCINI ARIAS TEMPO CHOICES AND CHOOSERS

Joshua O. Neumann, M.M. University of Nebraska, 2008 Advisor: Peter M. Lefferts

Opera is notorious for having a wide spectrum of performance practices. Among the most notable opportunities for performer liberty is that granted by the heightened emotionalism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian operas. Giacomo Puccini is the most prominent Italian composer of the turn of the twentieth century. His operas are among the most popular and most often performed in the genre. Puccini’s best-known operas (La Bohéme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Gianni Schicchi) have been …

Fields Of Wonder: Exploring The Langston Hughes Song Cycles Of Robert Owens, Jamie Reimer

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

Tearless, Op. 9
Silver Rain, Op. 11
Desire, Op. 13
Heart On The Wall, Op. 14
Border Line, Op .24
Mortal Storm, Op. 29

Composer Robert Owens (b. 1925) is relatively unknown in the realm of American art song. Though a few of Owens’ songs have been published in two anthologies of songs by African-American composers, the majority of the Langston Hughes songs by Robert Owens are undiscovered gems in the art song repertory. It is the author’s hope that through the presentation of this research, singers and teachers are inspired to explore Owens’ catalog of works and to find …

Gustav Jenner’S Clarinet Sonata In G Major, Opus 5: An Analysis And Performance Guide With Stylistic Comparison To The Clarinet Sonatas, Opus 120 Of His Teacher, Johannes Brahms, Elizabeth R. Aleksander

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

Gustav Jenner was Johannes Brahms’ only composition student, but his works have not received the same attention that Brahms’ have. Jenner’s output includes chamber music, piano compositions, choral works, and over 200 Lieder. He wrote two pieces for clarinet, the Sonata in G Major, op. 5 for clarinet and piano and the Trio in E-flat Major for clarinet, horn, and piano. Relatively little has been written about Jenner, especially in English, and this document begins by detailing Jenner’s life and musical training, emphasizing his studies with Brahms, who was widely known as a demanding teacher. The first chapter continues with …

Roberto Sierra’S Compositions For Solo Clarinet, Alejandro L. Lozada

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

The present project focuses on the two compositions for solo clarinet by Roberto Sierra: Cinco Bocetos and Ritmorroto. Many composers throughout history have often written music for a particular performer. Sierra is no exception. These two clarinet works involve collaboration with some of today’s finest clarinet players in varying combinations of commissioning, premiering, and/or recording. Further insight into these works is provided by interviews with the composer and with the prominent clarinetists associated with these works.

The first chapter of this document provides biographical information about Roberto Sierra, his compositional style, and his compositional output involving the clarinet. Chapter two …

Soliloquies And Dances: An Analytical Introduction To The Solo Saxophone Repertoire Of American Composer Elliot Del Borgo, Christopher Barrick

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

The purpose of this document is to provide an introduction to the solo saxophone repertoire of American composer Elliot Del Borgo (b. 1938). By examining Del Borgo’s relatively unexplored body of works for saxophone, this research aims to encourage further research and performance of this music.

Since its invention in the 1840s, saxophonists have gone to great lengths to expand the instrument’s repertoire. Most of these efforts have been focused in one of two areas: the transcription and adaptation of existing music and the commissioning of composers to write new works for the saxophone. A subset of this latter method …