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Artie Shaw's Concerto For Clarinet: A Lecture Recital, Allyson Sanders
Artie Shaw's Concerto For Clarinet: A Lecture Recital, Allyson Sanders
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The ultimate goal of my project will be a performance of Artie Shaw’s Concerto for Clarinet, accompanied by a brief lecture centered around attitudes toward jazz, Shaw himself, and the Concerto. I aim to draw conclusions about how Shaw’s experiences and reactions to the perception of jazz may have influenced his composition. Also, I will provide a musical analysis of the Concerto for Clarinet and will compare its form with that of a traditional concerto from the Classical period. During the performance and presentation, I will play excerpts and explain different techniques found throughout the piece, focusing on the rhythmic …
Gordon, Griffith Lewis - Collector (Sc 2786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gordon, Griffith Lewis - Collector (Sc 2786), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2786. Examples of musical scores executed by students in a class titled "A Short Course in Vocal Harmony" held at Western Kentucky University and led by Professor Griffith Lewis Gordon. Critical remarks by Mr. Gordon accompany each student's work.
Knox County, Kentucky - Motels (Sc 1012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Knox County, Kentucky - Motels (Sc 1012), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1012. Letter, 1948, written by Maurice G. Howard, Corbin, Kentucky, to George Gosieki, Racine, Wisconsin, concerning Virgil Whyte’s “All Girl Band” staying at Howard’s motel while performing in the region. Also photocopy of recognition certificate, 1995, pertaining to the support Whyte’s band gave to World War II’s 50th anniversary remembrance program.
Williams, Donna (Fa 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Williams, Donna (Fa 595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 595. Paper titled “Turning Legend to Song,” written by Donna Williams for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. The paper analyzes the propensity of songwriters to rely upon tales and legends for inspiration in the composition of songs. Williams focuses on Boone County, Kentucky’s legend of Skull Bone Cave.