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A Discussion And Modern Edition Of Some Works From Walter Porter's Madrigales And Ayres (1632), Linda Dobbs Jones
A Discussion And Modern Edition Of Some Works From Walter Porter's Madrigales And Ayres (1632), Linda Dobbs Jones
Masters Theses
Walter Porter (1588 or 1595-1659) was an important composer as the dawn of the Baroque broke over England. A small amount of scholarly work concerning his life and music has already been done. Five pieces from Porter's Madrigales and Ayres (1632) have been published in modern transcriptions. The supplement to this thesis contains modern transcriptions of three additional works from Madrigales and Ayres.
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss at length and in detail some of the works in Madrigales and Ayres. Five selections--the three in the thesis supplement and two edited by Ian Spink--provide a broad representative …
The Aesthetic Of The Aveant-Garde In Music And Its Reflection By Some Works In Source: Music Of The Avant-Garde, Dennis Earle Jones
The Aesthetic Of The Aveant-Garde In Music And Its Reflection By Some Works In Source: Music Of The Avant-Garde, Dennis Earle Jones
Masters Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the aesthetic within which avant-garde musicians are composing and show the reflection of this aesthetic in selected avant-garde works. Writings by and about avant-garde composers and about their works were collected and collated. Writings about the avant-garde in artistic disciplines other than music were also examined. From these writings was distilled, in the first chapter of the thesis, an elucidation and summarization of the aesthetic of the avant-garde in music.
Various compositions printed in Source: Music of the Avant-Garde were selected for examination. In the second chapter, exegeses of the works …
Piano Group Instruction Versus Individual Instruction, Renate L. Meyer
Piano Group Instruction Versus Individual Instruction, Renate L. Meyer
Masters Theses
In this thesis an attempt has been made to discuss and clarify some aspects of piano group instruction and individual piano teaching. The writer has tried to examine the relative advantages and goals of each and to point out some of their pitfalls and problems. An attempt has been made to emphasize the tremendously important role which the teacher plays in group sessions, as well individual lessons. The different abilities, character1stics levels, age groups and future plans of the students have been taken in to consideration. Outlines of group lessons for beginners and an example of an individual lesson have …
Three Concepts Of The Sonata Principle, Gretchen Van Sciver Tracy
Three Concepts Of The Sonata Principle, Gretchen Van Sciver Tracy
Masters Theses
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