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The Parton Paradox: A History Of Race And Gender In The Career Of Dolly Parton, Lindsey L. Hammers Georgia Southern University

The Parton Paradox: A History Of Race And Gender In The Career Of Dolly Parton, Lindsey L. Hammers

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

With a career that has spanned over five decades, country music artist Dolly Parton has continually redefined her image and her music to remain relevant. By incorporating the musical and lyrical stylings of disco and other popular music genres into her songs, Parton moved beyond music’s color line to increase her popularity as an artist. This thesis shows how Parton established a distinct career that catered to different audiences as she traversed the musical color line and repackaged what feminism looked like to country music fans during the Women’s Movement of the 1960s. Placing Parton’s actions in conversation with music’s …

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Chinese Aesthetics And Performance Practice In Three Works For Piano By Chen Yi: Tunes From My Home, Northern Scenes, And Four Spirits, Cong Ji CUNY Graduate Center

Chinese Aesthetics And Performance Practice In Three Works For Piano By Chen Yi: Tunes From My Home, Northern Scenes, And Four Spirits, Cong Ji

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation provides both analyses and performance practice suggestions on the three selected works that include piano by Chinese-American composer Chen Yi (b. 1953): Tunes from My Home, Northern Scenes, and Four Spirits. The author takes a step beyond Chen Yi’s widely identified “fusion style” of Chinese and Western music, to explore her cultural roots and how she blends Chinese music, arts, aesthetics, philosophy, and mythology with her musical language and imagination on a deeper level.

As a performer and pedagogue, I believe that it is important not only to analyze Chen Yi’s music from the perspectives of …

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Blending European And Latin Sounds: A Study Of French Horn Repertoire In Mexico, AJ Bernal University of Kentucky

Blending European And Latin Sounds: A Study Of French Horn Repertoire In Mexico, Aj Bernal

Theses and Dissertations--Music

As a first generation Mexican-American, it is crucial that I advocate and promote music of the culture I grew up in. This project aims to unearth Mexican compositional techniques that derive from the fusion of European and Indigenous roots in an effort to promote diversity within the realm of Western Classical music. Music in Mexico is characterized by a unique blend of indigenous rhythms, European classical structures, and regional folk influences. This project will discuss how the bold timbre of the French horn intertwines with traditional Mexican and indigenous melodies, rhythms, and forms that create a unique style. The horn’s …

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Composers And Publishers Of Parlor Songs And Spirituals From Civil War Richmond: 1861 – 1867, Michael Gray University of South Carolina

Composers And Publishers Of Parlor Songs And Spirituals From Civil War Richmond: 1861 – 1867, Michael Gray

Theses and Dissertations

This document is an historical compendium of how Richmond, Virginia contributed to a significant shift in early American music during and after the American Civil War. Firstly, we will explore the music industry practices of the 1850’s and 1860’s in Richmond, and how they were a reflection of the rest of the American South at that time. Secondly, we will explore the height of parlor song repertoire in the South, its technical simplicity, and use as a tool for music education, artistic expression, but perhaps most notably as a means of informal propaganda for the Confederate cause. Finally, we will …

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An Underestimated Master: A Critical Analysis Of Carl Czerny's Eleven Piano Sonatas And His Contribution To The Genre, Levi Keith Larson University of Nebraska-Lincoln

An Underestimated Master: A Critical Analysis Of Carl Czerny's Eleven Piano Sonatas And His Contribution To The Genre, Levi Keith Larson

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

Carl Czerny is unquestionably a well-known figure in the history of nineteenth-century pianism. He was a pupil of the great Beethoven, and later taught young Franz Liszt, thereby initiating a pedagogical lineage that continues to this day. Czerny’s pedagogical material is still relevant to contemporary piano education, and many of his treatises are valuable resources for understanding Classical and early Romantic musical culture. Although Czerny is known for being an accomplished piano teacher, he was also a highly prolific composer. His oeuvre totals 861 opus numbers, many of which contain multiple pieces. Czerny also penned a variety of compositions that …

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Melodia : A Comprehensive Course In Sight-Singing (Solfeggio), Samuel W. Cole, Leo R. Lewis San Jose State University

Melodia : A Comprehensive Course In Sight-Singing (Solfeggio), Samuel W. Cole, Leo R. Lewis

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Melodia is a 1904 book designed to teach sight-singing. The educational plan is by Samuel W. Cole; the exercises were written and selected by Leo R. Lewis.

Melodia is presented here as a complete edition and has also been divided into its four separate books.

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Analyzing And Comparing Selected Works For Violin And Piano By Chen Gang, Chen Guoquan And Bright Sheng, Liangjun Zou University of South Carolina

Analyzing And Comparing Selected Works For Violin And Piano By Chen Gang, Chen Guoquan And Bright Sheng, Liangjun Zou

Theses and Dissertations

Cross-cultural musical synthesis plays an important role in the creation of musical progress in the twentieth century. This dissertation is a study on the development of the use of Chinese folk elements in Western-style compositions by Chinese composers. Through analyses of different compositions by traditional Chinese composers, Chen Gang and Chen GuoQuan, as well as Chinese-born American composer Bright Sheng, the aesthetic variations produced by the synthesis of Western and Eastern music is examined.

Chapter One focuses on the development of Chinese violin music promoted by the efforts of several generations of composers. Chapter Two presents the background information of …

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Come As You Are: The Rise And Fall Of The Grunge Movement And Its Implications On The Identity Of Seattle, Colin J. Wood Liberty University

Come As You Are: The Rise And Fall Of The Grunge Movement And Its Implications On The Identity Of Seattle, Colin J. Wood

Montview Journal of Research & Scholarship

This paper evaluates the rise of the Grunge movement through Nirvana’s Nevermind album as a unique burst of culture through the city of Seattle. Culturally, in the late 20th century, Seattle found its identity in the area around it, though other American cities overshadowed its significance. Through music, figures such as Jack Endino and the iconic Kurt Cobain gave Seattle an unfathomable uplift within global culture. This paper argues that grunge culture emerged as a distinct facet of Seattleite identity, with elements like flannel clothing and thrifting playing pivotal roles in shaping the city's recognizable and esteemed cultural landscape. It …

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Integrating Chinese Tradition And Western Techniques In Jiang Zuxin’S Piano Works: A Study Of Temple Fair And Mountain Flower Collection, Qi Zhang University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Integrating Chinese Tradition And Western Techniques In Jiang Zuxin’S Piano Works: A Study Of Temple Fair And Mountain Flower Collection, Qi Zhang

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

This document focuses on Jiang Zuxin’s two piano suites, Temple Fair and Mountain Flower Collection, examining how traditional Chinese musical materials interact with Western compositional techniques. Through close analytical readings of selected excerpts, combined with considerations of performance practice and modal context, the research demonstrates that Jiang systematically employs pentatonic collections and their modal configurations (gong, shang, jue/zhi/yu), along with certain altered tones (such as biangong and qingjue), as foundational pitch material. He also draws on folk songs, dances, and theatrical elements from traditional Chinese culture. At the same time, he simulates the timbres and idiomatic playing techniques of …

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Beijing Opera Elements In Qigang Chen’S Piano Concerto Er Huang, Funa Wang University of Southern Mississippi

Beijing Opera Elements In Qigang Chen’S Piano Concerto Er Huang, Funa Wang

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Beijing opera (known as jingju in Chinese) dates back to 1790 and is the most famous traditional Chinese regional opera of some 335 different styles, combining music, vocal performance, dance, and acrobatics. Originally considered vulgar by the court, Beijing opera became especially popular with the Qing dynasty court in its later days (1884-1910), thus raising its status at the beginning of the twentieth century to a ‘national opera.’ Furthermore, it has become an important nationalistic and traditional element in Chinese contemporary music.

Qigang Chen studied and lived in Europe for long time and is proficient in Western compositional techniques. On …

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The Life Of A Showgirl As A Cultural Artifact: What's Hidden By The Lipstick And Lace?, Crystal F. Haryanto 2026 University of California, Berkeley

The Life Of A Showgirl As A Cultural Artifact: What's Hidden By The Lipstick And Lace?, Crystal F. Haryanto

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

This paper develops a collage-based framework to holistically assess Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated first release after the Eras Tour concluded. The Life of a Showgirl, with sparkling promotional materials leading up to its October 2025 drop and polarizing critical reception following it, represents an entertainer’s lifestyle while still concealing what was alluded to behind the Eras Tour curtain. Rather than engage in a direct response to Showgirl, I critically evaluate positive and negative commentary from listeners regarding the album, and I thematically analyze lyrical concepts throughout Swift’s discography to contextualize Showgirl within the arc of her work. I …

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 16, 2026, Rishi Gurnani, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Paola Nava, Hyunwoo Jeoung, Juanita Jaimes, Andrew Bures, Michael Shipps, Adam Weekes, Pual Brown 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 16, 2026, Rishi Gurnani, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Paola Nava, Hyunwoo Jeoung, Juanita Jaimes, Andrew Bures, Michael Shipps, Adam Weekes, Pual Brown

Performance Forum

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The Performer As Stylistic Free Agent: A Historically Inspired Approach To Interpreting Manuel De Falla’S Homenaje, Yiannis Efstathopoulos, Maarten Stragier, Kristin Van Den Buys 2026 Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel

The Performer As Stylistic Free Agent: A Historically Inspired Approach To Interpreting Manuel De Falla’S Homenaje, Yiannis Efstathopoulos, Maarten Stragier, Kristin Van Den Buys

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Manuel de Falla’s Homenaje pour “Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy” presents a complex identity knot that reflects Debussyan Alhambrism back onto its inspiration, drawing from both classical and folk traditions. This is the first research project to approach that knot from the perspective of historically inspired performance. It identifies a fascinating counterpart to its complexity in the stylistically hybrid guitar practices that were common at the time Falla composed his miniature masterpiece. The authors therefore propose that a historically inspired performer of Homenaje can act as a stylistic free agent, traversing the continuum of styles that gave birth to Falla’s …

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 9, 2026, Xiomara Ingryd Herrera, Nara Avetisyan, Joseph Gould, Rebeca Sierra, Isabella Swalm, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Omar Mata, Santiago Moreno, Michael Hunt, Jackson Tyler Wolf, Luke Guelcher, Kade Gordon 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 9, 2026, Xiomara Ingryd Herrera, Nara Avetisyan, Joseph Gould, Rebeca Sierra, Isabella Swalm, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Omar Mata, Santiago Moreno, Michael Hunt, Jackson Tyler Wolf, Luke Guelcher, Kade Gordon

Performance Forum

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The Verney Family And Their Guitars In France And England, 1643–53, Christopher Page 2026 University of Denver

The Verney Family And Their Guitars In France And England, 1643–53, Christopher Page

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The five-course guitar was a fundamental resource for the Verney family from 1643 to 1653 as they sheltered in France, avoiding their creditors and escaping the state of civil war at home in England. Their papers from that period, comprising many thousands of letters and financial accounts, show them hiring a guitar-master, ordering new guitars in Paris and debating the relative benefits of lessons for their eldest son on the guitar as opposed to the lute. This article reproduces the key documents and considers the music that the Verneys may have played. The papers particularly show how an instrument often …

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 2, 2026, Christopher Linson, Nara Avetisyan, Emma Joyce, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Zeek McKinley, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Maria Savelyeva, Rebeca Sierra 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 2, 2026, Christopher Linson, Nara Avetisyan, Emma Joyce, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Zeek Mckinley, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Maria Savelyeva, Rebeca Sierra

Performance Forum

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 25, 2026, Aidan Quintana, Ana-Maria Uzunova, Zion Pe Montebon, Joseph Gould, Rebeca Sierra, Mia Cotton, Noah Suarez, Kallen Hanzsek-Brill, Tayor Shorey 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 25, 2026, Aidan Quintana, Ana-Maria Uzunova, Zion Pe Montebon, Joseph Gould, Rebeca Sierra, Mia Cotton, Noah Suarez, Kallen Hanzsek-Brill, Tayor Shorey

Performance Forum

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 18, 2026, Owen Chen, Roberta Rust, Ian Lewis, Rebeca Sierra, Santiago Moreno, Sheng Yuan Kuan 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 18, 2026, Owen Chen, Roberta Rust, Ian Lewis, Rebeca Sierra, Santiago Moreno, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Performance Forum

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2026-2027 Philharmonia Season Program, Lynn University Conservatory of Music, Lynn Philharmonia, Guillermo Figueroa, Kenneth Amis, Jon H. Robertson, Aidan Quintana 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Philharmonia Season Program, Lynn University Conservatory Of Music, Lynn Philharmonia, Guillermo Figueroa, Kenneth Amis, Jon H. Robertson, Aidan Quintana

Philharmonia

Lynn University Wind Ensemble ("The Wind Symphony: Movement 4)

  • Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Kenneth Amis, conductor

Lynn Philharmonia No. 1 ("Mystery and Revelation")

  • Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Guillermo Figueroa, conductor
  • Kenneth Amis, tuba

Lynn Philharmonia No. 2 ("Halloween Spectacular!")

  • Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026 at 3 p.m.
  • Guillermo Figueroa, conductor

Lynn Philharmonia No. 3 - Concerto Competition Winners' Concert

  • Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026 at 3 p.m.
  • Guillermo Figueroa, conductor

Lynn Philharmonia …

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Sunday Music Series: Carla Trynchuk & Elena Braslavsk, Andrews University 2026 Andrews University

Sunday Music Series: Carla Trynchuk & Elena Braslavsk, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2026-2027

Professor of Music and renowned violinist Carla Trynchuk and the equally renowned international pianist Elena Braslavsk present a joint recital under the Sunday Music Series.

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 11, 2026, Xiaoyu Li, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Cheng Wang 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 11, 2026, Xiaoyu Li, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Cheng Wang

Performance Forum

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From Retrieval To Generation: Building And Evaluating An Ai Accompanist For Piano Duets With An Anticipatory Music Transformer, Sai Ruthvik Uppala 2026 Grand Valley State University

From Retrieval To Generation: Building And Evaluating An Ai Accompanist For Piano Duets With An Anticipatory Music Transformer, Sai Ruthvik Uppala

Masters Theses

Systems that accompany a live musician, such as ACCompanion, work by retrieval: they hold a written accompaniment and stretch its timing to follow the soloist, so they can only accompany music whose second part already exists as a score. This thesis asks whether that second part can instead be generated, and specifically whether a machine learning model can write an accompaniment for a piece whose score it has never seen. A player performs the primo, the melody; a model produces the secondo, the accompaniment; and a score follower places the generated notes against the live performance. If this works, a …

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Ritual Action Reed Trio: September 4, 2026, Andy Nogal, Andy Hudson, Ben Roidl-Ward 2026 Illinois State University

Ritual Action Reed Trio: September 4, 2026, Andy Nogal, Andy Hudson, Ben Roidl-Ward

School of Music Programs

This is the second program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

September 4, 2026

Thursday Evening

7:30 p.m.

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2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 4, 2026, Ziling Wang, Hanting Peng 2026 Lynn University

2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 4, 2026, Ziling Wang, Hanting Peng

Performance Forum

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A Two-Winged Murcia: Spanish Dance, Italian Corelli, One Guitar, Ellwood P. Colahan 2026 University of Denver

A Two-Winged Murcia: Spanish Dance, Italian Corelli, One Guitar, Ellwood P. Colahan

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Review of Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739): Entre dos almas, by Stefano Maiorana (Baroque guitar).

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So Much For Musicology: William Carter Plays Santiago De Murcia, Ellwood P. Colahan 2026 University of Denver

So Much For Musicology: William Carter Plays Santiago De Murcia, Ellwood P. Colahan

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Review of La Guitarra Española: Santiago de Murcia (1682–1732), by William Carter (Baroque guitar).

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Creolized Baroque: Early Music In A Brazilian Key, Ellwood P. Colahan 2026 University of Denver

Creolized Baroque: Early Music In A Brazilian Key, Ellwood P. Colahan

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Review of Iberian and Afro-Brazilian Music of the 17th Century, by Ensemble Banza, Rogério Budasz, (Baroque guitar).

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A Living Source Report: Cristian Gutiérrez Plays Cifras Selectas, Ellwood P. Colahan 2026 University of Denver

A Living Source Report: Cristian Gutiérrez Plays Cifras Selectas, Ellwood P. Colahan

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Review of Cifras selectas de guitarra, by Cristiano Gutiérrez (Baroque guitar).

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Waltzing Into Silence: Time, Space, And The Afterword In Ravel’S Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales In Comparison With Schumann’S Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Nora I. Bartosik 2026 The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Waltzing Into Silence: Time, Space, And The Afterword In Ravel’S Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales In Comparison With Schumann’S Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Nora I. Bartosik

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation undertakes an analysis of Maurice Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales for piano against the backdrop of Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, a work with significant parallels in structure, character, and narrative. The Davidsbündlertänze are examined as a model for the Valses nobles et sentimentales, with an emphasis on the two works’ use of the waltz form, their structure as a series of miniature dances composed as a single cohesive work, and their inclusion of an afterword, or epilogue. The analysis draws from the extensive literature on Schumann’s piano cycles in order to apply similar techniques to …

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Performing Hybridity: Solo Cello Works By Diasporic Korean Composers Isang Yun And Younghi Pagh-Paan, Sarah Song 2026 CUNY Graduate Center

Performing Hybridity: Solo Cello Works By Diasporic Korean Composers Isang Yun And Younghi Pagh-Paan, Sarah Song

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation follows my personal exploration of solo cello works by Korean diasporic composers Isang Yun and Younghi Pagh-Paan. While the study of postwar Korean music has long been discussed within an “East meets West” framework, my research aims to abandon such divisive binaries and explores the activity between two musical cultures during learning and performance. By engaging with a wide network of meaning (e.g., score-based, extra-musical knowledge, historical context), I track cumulative layers of discovery while considering a multitude influences from Korean and Austro-Germanic cultures as a second-generation Korean American. My methodology includes a reflective approach categorized in two …

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