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Some Biographical Notes On Mauro Corticelli And A Previously Unpublished Letter To Him From Verdi, Martin Chusid 2015 New York University

Some Biographical Notes On Mauro Corticelli And A Previously Unpublished Letter To Him From Verdi, Martin Chusid

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich 2015 Fordham University

On The Hallelujah Efect: Priming Consumers, Recording Music, And The Spirit Of Tragedy, Babette Babich

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

An overview of The Hallelujah Effect concentrating on priming or sonic branding, media, online porn as well as marketing and media programming, with a special excursus on the space of music --and radio in Adorno's Current of Music, and a detailed discussion on Nietzsche and music in antiquity as he explores this with reference ot Beethoven in The Birth of Tragedy.


"There, In The Fastness Of Rural England": Vaughan Williams, Folk Song And George Borrow’S 'Lavengro', Ryan M. Ross 2015 Mississippi State University

"There, In The Fastness Of Rural England": Vaughan Williams, Folk Song And George Borrow’S 'Lavengro', Ryan M. Ross

CoE Publications

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Counterpoint Applied In The Invention, Fugue, Canon And Other Polyphonic Forms: An Exhaustive Treatise On The Structural And Formal Details Of The Polyphonic Or Contrapuntal Forms Of Music, For The Use Of General And Special Students Of Music, Percy Goetschius, Jonathan Kulp 2015 University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Counterpoint Applied In The Invention, Fugue, Canon And Other Polyphonic Forms: An Exhaustive Treatise On The Structural And Formal Details Of The Polyphonic Or Contrapuntal Forms Of Music, For The Use Of General And Special Students Of Music, Percy Goetschius, Jonathan Kulp

School of Music

No abstract provided.


Exercises In Elementary Counterpoint, Percy Goetschius, Jonathan Kulp 2015 University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Exercises In Elementary Counterpoint, Percy Goetschius, Jonathan Kulp

School of Music

No abstract provided.


From The Directors, Linda B. Fairtile, Francesco Izzo 2015 University of Richmond

From The Directors, Linda B. Fairtile, Francesco Izzo

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


A Note On 'Roderick Hudson' And 'La Traviata': Who Has Gone Astray?, Rodney Stenning Edgecombe 2015 University of Cape Town

A Note On 'Roderick Hudson' And 'La Traviata': Who Has Gone Astray?, Rodney Stenning Edgecombe

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


Review Of Abramo Basevi's 'The Operas Of Giuseppe Verdi' (Edited By Stefano Castelvecchi), Scott L. Balthazar 2015 West Chester University

Review Of Abramo Basevi's 'The Operas Of Giuseppe Verdi' (Edited By Stefano Castelvecchi), Scott L. Balthazar

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


Review Of Susan Rutherford's 'Verdi, Opera, Women', Hilary Poriss 2015 Northeastern University

Review Of Susan Rutherford's 'Verdi, Opera, Women', Hilary Poriss

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


The Scottish Pipe Band In North America: Tradition, Transformation, And Transnational Identity, Erin F. Walker 2015 University of Kentucky

The Scottish Pipe Band In North America: Tradition, Transformation, And Transnational Identity, Erin F. Walker

Theses and Dissertations--Music

For Scots and non-Scots alike, the sounds of the bagpipes and the pipe band serve as a cultural metaphor for Scottish identity: the skirl of the pipes, the crisp sound of the snare drums, and the unique lilt of the music conjure an imagined Scotland of fierce, kilted clansmen and rugged, picturesque Highland scenery. This nearly global association appears to have been constructed on a series of transformations of cultural practices within Scotland itself, as well as throughout greater Britain and the lands of the Scottish diaspora, that began with the early “kiltophiles” in the late eighteenth century. …


Starships, Gallifrey, Krypton, And Earth: Searching For The Hero Archetype In The Melodies Of Science Fiction And Superhero Films, James Wesley Talbot 2015 Wayne State University

Starships, Gallifrey, Krypton, And Earth: Searching For The Hero Archetype In The Melodies Of Science Fiction And Superhero Films, James Wesley Talbot

Wayne State University Theses

The study of science fiction and superhero melodies is relatively new in the academic world of music theory. Analysis of hero archetypes found in Doctor Who, Star Trek (and its major motion pictures), Star Wars, and Superman provide excellent conduits for all students of music to access the hidden and overt musical meaning assigned to heroes. Realization of this study’s findings will feature interval tension and Schenkerian analysis, score reductions, and topic theory to provide perspective on how heroes are identified and perceived by directors, composers and audiences alike. Deryck Cooke, Leonard Ratner, and V. Kofi Agawu’s approach to thematic …


Verdi At 200: Recent Scholarship On The Composer And His Works, Linda B. Fairtile 2015 University of Richmond

Verdi At 200: Recent Scholarship On The Composer And His Works, Linda B. Fairtile

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


Cammarano's Libretto For 'La Battaglia Di Legnano': A New Translation, Douglas L. Ipson 2015 Southern Utah University

Cammarano's Libretto For 'La Battaglia Di Legnano': A New Translation, Douglas L. Ipson

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


Verdi's Shakespearean Operas: Macbeth, Otello, Falstaff, David Lawton, Linda B. Fairtile, Emanuele Senici 2015 State University of New York, Stony Brook

Verdi's Shakespearean Operas: Macbeth, Otello, Falstaff, David Lawton, Linda B. Fairtile, Emanuele Senici

Verdi Forum

No abstract provided.


The Social And Cultural Changes That Affected The Music Of Motown Records From 1959-1972, Lindsey Baker 2015 Columbus State University

The Social And Cultural Changes That Affected The Music Of Motown Records From 1959-1972, Lindsey Baker

Theses and Dissertations

Motown Records produced many of the greatest musicians from the 1960s and the 1970s. During this time, songs like "Dancing in the Street" and "What's Going On?" targeted social issues in America and created a voice for African-American people through their messages. Events like the Mississippi Freedom Summer and Bloody Thursday inspired the artists at Motown to create these songs. Influenced by the cultural and social circumstances of the Civil Rights Movement, the musical output of Motown Records between 1959 and 1972 evolved from a sole focus on entertainment in popular culture to a focus on motivating social change through …


Emil Heerbrugger's Grand Grecian Military March In Facsimile, Robert Ferguson 2015 University of Denver

Emil Heerbrugger's Grand Grecian Military March In Facsimile, Robert Ferguson

Soundboard Scholar

Ferguson discusses Emil Heerbrugger's Grand Grecian Military March, composed for one or two guitars and published in the 1830s. It is parlor music for the amateur and displays the traits of so much of that repertoire: foursquare phrasing, strict diatonicism, tonic-dominant harmony, and simple rhythm. The tambour technique was a staple of nineteenth-century martial music on guitar, typically used to evoke drums, and Heerbrugger marks it as such in his score. The composer recommends executing the effect percussively with the right-hand middle finger.


The Microtonal Guitars Of Harry Partch, John Schneider 2015 University of Denver

The Microtonal Guitars Of Harry Partch, John Schneider

Soundboard Scholar

Known as an "American Maverick," Harry Partch (1901–1974) was surely one of the United States's most colorful composers. His dissatisfaction with the scales and instruments of Western music inspired him to design and build an orchestra of over two dozen handcrafted "microtonal" instruments that were tuned to his notorious "monophonic" scale of forty-three tones per octave. Between 1934 and 1952, Partch created four different adapted guitars, using them in fifteen compositions ranging from solo song cycles (Barstow, December 1942, U.S. Highball, Three Intrusions) to chamber music, dances, and four of his five major …


An Uncatalogued Piece By Fernando Sor?, Ricardo Aleixo 2015 University of Denver

An Uncatalogued Piece By Fernando Sor?, Ricardo Aleixo

Soundboard Scholar

This article discusses a page of music manuscript, shelf no. MD-C-90 (4), preserved in a royal monastery situated in Madrid: the Convent of the Descalzas Reales. It contains three works for guitar, including two attributed to the Catalan composer and guitarist Fernando Sor (1778–1839). The first, entitled Minué de Sors, is known as Sor's Op. 23, No. 6, while the second short composition, Alemanda desors [sic], is not yet officially attributed to Sor. While recent research has revealed that Salvador Castro de Gistau (ca. 1770–?), a publisher originally from Madrid, issued this same piece in his Op. …


Editorial: Guitar Research Resources—An Update, Thomas Heck 2015 University of Denver

Editorial: Guitar Research Resources—An Update, Thomas Heck

Soundboard Scholar

In early May, 2015, there was a biennial gathering of guitar history enthusiasts and scholars at the town of Hemmenhofen, Germany, on Lake Constance. One of the sessions was a round table with the title, "Old and New Sources and Horizons for Historical Research on the Guitar." It was designed to stimulate audience participation and certainly succeeded. Brief papers were offered by three scholars in attendance. Here, Heck identifies eight points of progress, each of which can be considered good news for those who work in the field of guitar history.


The Guitar As An "Open-Air" Instrument In The Early Romantic Era, Panagiotis Poulopoulos 2015 University of Denver

The Guitar As An "Open-Air" Instrument In The Early Romantic Era, Panagiotis Poulopoulos

Soundboard Scholar

In the first decades of the nineteenth century, playing music outdoors became a popular trend in Europe and North America. This largely reflected the Romantic ideal of coming closer to nature, whose allure played a significant role in contemporary education, literature, art, fashion, and music. By investigating a wide variety of written and pictorial sources, as well as surviving instruments in museum collections, this article discusses the development of the guitar as an “open-air” instrument as epitomised by the invention of guitar variants for use “on the go”. Moreover, the article sheds new light on the guitar’s connections to other …


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