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A Newly Discovered Letter Of 1827 By Fernando Sor, Erik Stenstadvold

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This article discusses a hitherto unknown letter, written by Sor in Saint Petersburg in April 1827. It provides new insight into the publishing and personal relationship between Sor and his Paris publisher, Antoine Meissonnier, to whom the letter was addressed. We learn about three airs with variations Sor was busy composing at the time; he was particularly pleased with the variations Meissonnier later published as op. 30. The letter also mentions some unknown Sor works, including a book of drafts at Málaga, and it reveals that Meissonnier had published, without Sor’s knowledge, music that he had received from sources other …

Guitar Music In Collections: A New Web-Based Index Is Launched, Ellwood Colahan

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Is there any really good way to locate specific pieces of guitar music within published collections and anthologies? Might there be already a best way? Anyone who has taught or studied classical guitar is familiar with collections like Das Gitarrespiel or the Noad anthologies. But it is hard to remember with accuracy which pieces are in which of these editions or in dozens of others like them. Library and trade catalogs are not of much help. What is needed for this problem is in-depth indexing rather than traditional cataloging. These print indexes of song anthologies and collections have more recently …

AndréS Segovia’S Unfinished Guitar Method: Placing His “Scales” In Historical Context, Andreas Stevens

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For over sixty years, guitarists of my generation have been familiar with the so-called Segovia Scales—the systematic scale fingerings advocated by the Andalusian maestro. They have been an influential—some might say a definitive—bestseller since their first USA publication in 1953. Countless guitar students have incorporated them into their daily practice routines. For the publisher, Columbia Music, they seem to be the goose that laid the golden egg. Are they everything that Segovia wanted them to be? Two books of recent date on guitar technique attest to their enduring value and relevance. Thomas Offermann wrote in 2015: “The fingerings of the …

The Development Of Contemporary Music By Korean Composers: Analyses Of Piano Works By Isang Yun, Young Jo Lee And U Zong Choe, Song E. Kim

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This study concerns the development of contemporary music by three generations of Korean composers, including Isang Yun, Young Jo Lee, and U Zong Choe, focusing on stylistic analyses of selected piano works by each composer: Fünf Stücke für Klavier by Isang Yun, Korean Dance Suite by Young Jo Lee, and 12 Preludes pour piano by U Zong Choe. The study provides an overview of the history of Western contemporary music in Korea and biographical information of each composer. It also describes and analyzes the style influences and characteristics of these composers‟ output. The analyses include examinations of Western techniques and …

The Eccentric Compositional Style Of Mark Applebaum: An Analysis Of His Acoustic Percussion Works, Richard Shane Reeves

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Mark Applebaum is an American composer and Professor of Composition at Stanford University who has made significant contributions to contemporary music. His music has been performed all over the world and his popularity as a composer continues to increase. The experimental nature of his music and his continual innovation and creativity makes his music worthy of study. However, there has been no scholarly research done on his music. Because of this void, a study of his music is needed and would be valuable to both performers and scholars alike.

The oeuvre of Mark Applebaum is vast and includes music written …

Concert Recording 2017-11-12, Kelby Taylor, Kolby Palmore, Chris Scherer, Jesse Warren, Megan Dobbs, Paxton Taylor

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Extremes / Jason Treauting -- [04:30]. Kaleïduoscope / Eric Sammut -- [15:31]. Ogre ballet / Casey Cangelosi -- [23:03]. Cloud forest / Blake Tyson -- [29:47]. Dialogue / Garwood Whaley -- [32:56]. Anthem / Ivan Trevino.

Concert Recording 2017-04-18, Fernando Valencia, Cali Alexander, Ammi Lopez, Rosabelle Zhou, Mitch Yeager, Danny Lopez, Andrew Thompson, Mauricellis Diaz, Asher Perkins, Florencia Zuloaga, Evan Norris, Gustavo Samudio, Jacob Arnold, Durgan Maxey, E. Scott Sewell

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00].Fresa y chocolate / Rebeca Mauleon -- [04:40] Philly mambo / Cal Tjader ; arranged by Fernando Valencia -- [08:27] Sabor / Joao Donato; arranged by Valencia -- [12:51]. Guachi guara / Cal Tjader ; arranged by Valencia -- [18:35]. Machito's blues / Oscar Hernandez -- [25:37]. Cuidate compay / Poncho Sanchez ; arranged by Valencia -- [31:48]. No te vayas todavia / Andres Cepeda ; arranged by Valencia -- [35:11]. Viaje / Doug Beavers -- [40:45]. Bemba colora / Jose Fumero ; arranged by Valencia.

Concert Recording 2017-08-28, Lia Uribe, Miroslava Panayotova, Fernando Valencia, Matt Brusca, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Timothy Thompson

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. La fleur de Cayenne / Paquito D'Rivera -- [04:10]. Responsorio in memoriam Rodoflo Halffter / Mario Lavista -- [16:47]. El puente / Miho Sasaki -- [23:00]. Sonata for bassoon and piano / Blas Emilio Atehortua -- [36:27]. Ritmos de vuelo / Adina Izarra -- [45:05]. Del barro a la ciudad ; Ojo de Tormenta / Jorge Mockert -- [57:32]. Responsorio.

Concert Recording 2017-03-15, Ratko Delorko

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. The three preludes / George Gershwin -- [16:11]. The complete songbook. The man I love ; Swanee ; Nobody but you ; I'll build a stairway ; Do it again ; Fascinating rhythm ; Oh, lady be good ; Somebody loves me ; Sweet and low down ; Clap yo' hands ; Do do do ; My one and only ; 'S wonderful ; Strike up the band ; Who cares ; That certain feelin! ; Liza ; I got rhythm / George Gershwin -- [32:48]. Porgy & Bess. Opening ; Summertime ; It ain't necessarily so / George …

Concert Recording 2017-05-04a, Amanda Davis, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. "Ma che vi fece, o stelle...sperai vicino il lido", K. 368 / W.A. Mozart -- [08:35]. Walzer-Gesänge, op. 6. I. "Liebe Schwalbe" II. Klagen ist der Mond gekommen ; III. Fensterlein, nachts bist du zu ; IV. Ich geh' des Nachts ; V. Blaues Sternlein ; VI. Briefchen schrieb ich / Alexander Zemlinsky.

Graduate Recital In Saxophone, Cehuai Zhang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Cehuai Zhang performed his graduate recital on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in Davis Hall at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa. This recital was given in partial fulfillment of the requirement for his Master of Music degree, with an emphasis in saxophone performance. The recital program consisted of Concertino da Camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments (transcribed for piano) by Jacques Ibert, Mai for alto saxophone solo by Ryo Noda, Fantaisie Sur un Theme Original for alto saxophone and piano by Jules Demersseman, and Buku for saxophone solo …

A Graduate Recital In Piano, Elisabed Imerlishvili

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Elisabed Imerlishvili performed her Master’s recital in Piano Performance at Bengtson Auditorium at the University of Northern Iowa on March 20th, 2017. In this abstract she will be discussing the following pieces that she performed at the recital: Scarlatti: Three Keyboard Sonatas-E Major K. 380. L. 23, D minor K. 1. L. 366 and D Major K. 492; Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a “Les adieux” by Ludwig van Beethoven; and 24 Preludes, Op. 28 by Frederic Chopin.

A Graduate's Recital In Piano, Huajun Zhang

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

On March 22, 2017, Huajun Zhang presented a full graduate piano recital in completion of her Master’s degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. The recital was held at 8 p.m. in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. Pieces on the program included: Sonatas in F minor, K. 466 and F minor, K. 239 by Domenico Scarlatti; Sonata in A Major, K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Opus 14 by Felix Mendelssohn; and Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16 by Edvard Grieg. This abstract contains further discussion …

A Master's Recital In Conducting, Lucas Harry Petersen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Lucas Harry Petersen conducted in two recitals which took place on the evenings of Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in the Great Hall at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The recitals were presented in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music in conducting. The full program consisted of three contrasting pieces: Dana Wilson’s Shortcut Home for wind band, Charles Gounod’s Petite Symphony for wind octet and flute, and Gordon Jacob’s Symphony AD 78 for wind band. The performing ensembles were the University of Northern Iowa Symphonic Band, and a chamber group comprised of undergraduate and …

A Graduate Recital In Piano, Jennifer Regina Legarde

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This recital abstract examines the program that was performed by Jennifer R. LeGarde on Friday, February 24, 2017 at eight o’clock in the evening, in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center’s Davis Hall. This recital was performed in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. The pieces that were performed on this program were selected by Ms. LeGarde because of their representation of four general stylistic periods of music. The program was presented in two parts and in chronological order. While each piece showcases stylistic features unique to each time period, they also are …

Seth Nordin In Recital, Matthew Seth Nordin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This recital was prepared in collaboration with Dr. Polina Khatsko, Brent Mead, Nathaniel Welshons, and Tom Rauch. It was presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the University of Northern Iowa's Master of Music degree. The works presented were carefully chosen to showcase the performer's instrumental proficiency and understanding of a variety of solo tenor and alto trombone literature and chamber music. They are, in order, Concerto for Alto Trombone and Piano by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, selections from Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann, Improvisation No. 1 by Enrique Crespo, Fantasy for Trombone by Sigismond Stojowski, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra …

Graduate Voice Recital: Rachel Storlie, Soprano & Robin Guy, Piano, Rachel Storlie

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

At 6:00 p.m. on April 14, 2017, soprano Rachel Storlie and pianist Dr. Robin Guy presented a recital of song literature in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Voice Performance degree. Selections performed included songs from Grieg’s Haugtussa, Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder, selections from Pâque’s Sept mélodies pour Chant et Piano, and Rorem’s Ariel with faculty artist/clarinetist Dr. Amanda McCandless. This document serves as a guide for the recital program through: exploration of poetic meaning and text setting style, observation of musical texture and melody, and illumination of …

A Master's Recital In Flute, Azeem Zakiyy Ward

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Azeem Zakiyy Ward performed a graduate flute recital at six o’clock in the evening of Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Davis Hall in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Collaborating with Mr. Ward on selected works were pianist Mariya Akhadjanova, trumpeter Ryan Garmoe, and guitarist Tanner O’Connor. The recital was presented in partial fulfillment of a Master of Music in flute performance. The program opened with the Sonata in A Minor for solo flute by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, followed by three movements of Astor Piazzolla’s Historie du Tango for flute and guitar. The first portion of the program concluded …

Graduate Recital In Violin, Hannah Rae Howland

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Hannah Howland performed a graduate recital on March 23, 2017 in Graham Chamber Hall. She was assisted by pianist Polina Khatsko. The program included Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata No. 3, Op. 27, “Ballade,” by Eugène Ysayë, and Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 by Gabriel Fauré. These three pieces were selected for this performance because they are seminal works of the violin repertoire that represent three distinct styles and require a wide variety of technical and expressive elements for performance.

Graduate Recital In Viola, Isaak Walter Sund

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Isaak Walter Sund performed his Master of Music Recital in viola on March 29th, 2017, at 8:00 pm in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center’s Davis Hall. He was assisted by pianist Serena Hou. The program selected included Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor BWV 1011 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata op. 120 for Clarinet and Piano (Version for Viola) by Johannes Brahms, and Viola Concerto by William Walton. This program’s repertoire was chosen for the variety of different styles and to explore the subtleties between characters, stylistic elements and core technical development of the viola.