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An "Alien Foundation": The Eclectism Of Antonin Dvorak's American Period, Kelly Marie Fallon

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1891 Bohemian composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) was offered a position as the Director of the American Conservatory in New York City by Jeanette Thurber (1850-1946) due to his reputation as a nationalistic composer. Thurber was intending to create a national music for America and hired Dvorak to not only promote the American Conservatory, but help her achieve her goal of an American style. By early 1892 an agreement was reached between the two parties, and Dvorak assumed his role as Director of the Conservatory in October of 1892, a tenure which lasted until May 1895. This three year period, …

On Constructing A Sonic Gangbang: System And Subversion In Gerald Barry’S Chevaux-De-Frise, Mark Fitzgerald

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This paper examines Chevaux-de-frise by Gerald Barry. The work is from a transitional period in Barry's work forming a bridge between the work of the 1980s (most notably The Intelligence Park) and the more polyphonic work of the 1990s. The paper describes Barry's use of canonic devices and his manipulation of found material before making some brief links to later works from Barry's output.

I Shall Not Live In Vain | 16-96760, Christopher Matthews

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I Shall Not Live in Vain (Three Choral Fugues)

Part Number:
16-96760

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Emily Dickinson

Music By:
Christopher Matthews

a cappella

Dear Friends Farewell | 10-96065, James Q. Mulholland

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Dear Friends Farewell, Appalachian Folk Song for SATB Voices with Piano Accompaniment

Part Number:
10-96065

Price:
$1.75

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Traditional

Music By:
Traditional

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Composed for the Berea College Concert Choir, Berea, KY
Stephen C. Bolster, conductor (2014)

Featured at:
2014 Rodney Eichenberger Conductor's Clinic

Christmas Lullaby-Satb | 10-96055, James Q. Mulholland

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Christmas Lullaby (Away in the Manger)

Part Number:
10-96055

Price:
$1.75

Voicing:
SATB

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also Available in SA

Featured at:
2015 ACDA Convention
2015 Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute

Christmas Lullaby-Sa | 10-96050, James Q. Mulholland

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Christmas Lullaby (Away in the Manger)

Part Number:
10-96050

Price:
$1.75

Voicing:
Treble (Univson S/A)

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also Available in SATB

Featured at:
2015 TCDA Convention

If Love Should Count You Worthy Ttbb | 10-96040, James Q. Mulholland

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If Love Should Count You Worthy

Part Number:
10-96040

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
TTBB

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

with Horn (part included)

Also available in SATB

Prayers Of Teasdale | 10-96070, James Q. Mulholland

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Prayers of Teasdale

Part Number:
10-96070

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
Sara Teasdale

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

Commissioned and Premiered by the 2014 Indiana Choral Directors Association's All-State Honor Choir in honor of past ICDA All-State Chairs, Phil Dunn and Herb Perry.

Rhosymedre | 41-96740, James Q. Mulholland

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Rhosymedre (Welsh for "Lovely")

Part Number:
41-96740

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
TTBB

Lyrics By:
Based on Robert Burns

Music By:
Melody by J.D. Edwards (1805-1885)
Adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

with Four-Hand Piano

Featured at:
2014 Rodney Eichenberger Conductor's Clinic

Written for and dedicated to The Singing Statesmen,
Gary R. Schwartzhoff, conductor

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day Satb | 13-96865, James Q. Mulholland

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day

Part Number:
13-96866

Previous Part Number:
AMP 0142

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
William Shakespeare

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also available in SSAA

Commissioned by Lousiana American Choral Direcor's Association
In Memory of Louise Cochrane Boteler

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day Ssaa | 13-96860, James Q. Mulholland

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day

Part Number:
13-96860

Previous Part Number:
AMP 0143

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SSAA

Lyrics By:
William Shakespeare

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also available in SATB

Commissioned by Lousiana American Choral Direcor's Association
In Memory of Louise Cochrane Boteler

Sour Wood Mountain | 10-96060, James Q. Mulholland

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Sour Wood Mountain

Part Number:
10-96060

Price:
$1.80

Voicing:
SATB

Arranged By:
James Q. Mulholland

Composed for the Berea College Concert Choir, Berea, KY - Stephen C. Bolster conductor (2014)

Featured at:
2015 MN ACDA Summer Convention

That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More Satb | 13-96850, James Q. Mulholland

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That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More

Part Number:
13-96850

Previous Part Number:
AMP 0147

Price:
$2.40

Voicing:
SATB

Lyrics By:
John Keats (1795-1821)

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also available in TTBB.

Commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association
Raymond W. Brock Memorial Endowment Trust
for the 1996 ACDA Convention

Auburn Mass | 20-95780, John Starr Alexander, Henry Leck

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Auburn Mass

Part Number:
20-95780

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
SA

Music By:
John Starr Alexander

Edited By:
Henry Leck

Featured at:
2015 TCDA Convention

Farewell To Tarwathie | 20-95790, Shelly Cooper, Henry Leck

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Farewell to Tarwathie
Scottish Folk Song

Part Number:
20-95790

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
Two-Part Treble

Arranged By:
Shelly Cooper

Edited By:
Henry Leck

Featured at:
2015 ICDA/OCDA State Conventions
2016 SW ACDA Convention

Rapsodia Española No. 2, Judith Herrington

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Rapsodia Española No. 2
Spanish Tongue Twister

Part Number:
20-95800

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
Unison/Two-Part

Lyrics By:
Spanish Tongue Twister

Music By:
Judith Herrington

Featured at:
2014 WACDA Summer Institute
2014 Rodney Eichenberger Conductor's Clinic
2014 KCDA Summer Conference
2015 ACDA National Convention
2015 MN ACDA Summer Convention
2016 MSVMA Summer Workshop

Cliffs Of Dooneen, The | 20-95770, Robert I. Hugh

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The Cliffs of Dooneen
(Irish Folk Song)

Part Number:
20-95770

Price:
$1.90

Voicing:
Four-Part Treble

Arranged By:
Robert I. Hugh

Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 43a : 1 score + 1 part (ii + 19 pages) ; includes part for (F) Horn

Setting to Music of a Collage of Verses by Transcendentalist Poets. Commissioned by Michigan State University College of Music.

That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More Ttbb | 13-96855, James Q. Mulholland

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That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More

Part Number:
13-96855

Previous Part Number:
AMP 0148

Price:
$2.40

Voicing:
TTBB

Lyrics By:
John Keats (1795-1821)

Music By:
James Q. Mulholland

Also available in SATB.

Commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association
Raymond W. Brock Memorial Endowment Trust
for the 1996 ACDA Convention

Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part, Soprano Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 43a : 1 score + 1 part (ii + 19 pages) ; includes parts for Horn and Soprano.

Setting to Music of a Collage of Verses by Transcendentalist Poets. Commissioned by Michigan State University College of Music.