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Frederic Chopin, Terry Miller

Honors Theses

Frederic Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw on February 22, 1810. He was brought up in a private school among sons of Polish nobility. His musical education was entrusted to the Bohemian pianist Albert Zwyny and the Director of the Warsaw School of Music, Joseph Elsner. At the age of seven he played a piano concerto by Gyrowetz, and improvisations in public. His first attempts in composition were dances (Polonaises, Mazurkas and Waltzes), but he published as Opus 1 a Rondo, and as Opus 2 variations on "La ci darem la mano", with orchestra.

Frauenliebe Und Leben, Rose I. Bolstad

All Master's Theses

The song cycle, Frauenliebe und Leben, composed by Robert Schumann to a text by Adelbert von Chamisso, is particularly effective when the complete cycle is performed. This author, performing and studying the cyrcle, found that the piano accompaniment frequently moves independently of the vocal line, though it is an integral part of the cycle. The rhythmic patterns are designed to bring out the expressive quality of the text. Harmonic devices include extensive use of chromatic alterations, irresolution of chords, and free modulation. Finally, the vocal interpretation requires a singer with considerable poetic sensitivity.

A Composition (Untitled), Donald J. Para

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Selected Programmed Instructional Procedures Upon The Development Of Trombone And Euphonium Range, Richard E. Vandyke

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Higher Education by Richard E. VanDyke on July 19, 1972.

Representative Works Of Benjamin Britten's Church Music, Stephanie Turner

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde, Clyde L. Carraway

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Among the unique contributions made by Benjamin Britten to music literature are his Lehstuecke, or teaching plays, The Little Sweep and Noye's Fludde. Written in a style that has wide appeal for people of all ages, these opera-like forms have as their aim the fostering of enjoyment of music through participation and involvement in the performance.

This report deals with Noye's Fludde, its place in music history and in the music of Britten. Also discussed are the formal organization of the music and an analysis of the sections. The analysis includes the elements of text, melody, harmony, structure, orchestration, and …

Graduate Recital, Daniel C. Rich

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

From the beginning of the recital preparation , which began seriously about nine months prior to the performance, certain objectives were established. These objectives dealt with the areas of performance and composition. Concerning the performance, the objectives were to perform on the three "standard" symphonic trumpets -- the Bb , C, and D -- with competency and musicality; to play successfully varying styles from the periods which produced great trumpet literature -- the Baroque and Modern -- and to improve specific personal technique problems. Since composition is an integral part of the music process, it was hoped that an original …

Graduate Recital, Saralyn M. Gibson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

J. S. Bach, in his Italian Concerto, has the solo keyboard carry on a dialogue with itself. The work appeared in 1735 in Bach's Clavierubung, Volume II, which had to excuse its printed existence by explaining that it had instructional value. And so, along with this Concerto Nach Italiaennischen Gusto, or concerto "following the Italian taste," it also included an Overture (or Partita) " in the French manner. "

The Violin: A Learning Experience, Diane Childs

Honors Theses

My interest in the violin and my choosing it for a semester project was actually out of curiosity. To be truthful, I really didn't care much for listening to violin music, but I had always heard how difficult it was to play, so I convinced myself I could prove different.

A Linguistic Analysis Of The Lyrics Of Frequently Sung Hymns Of Three Protestant Congregations, Marjorie A. B. Thompson

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Marjorie A. B. Thompson in January of 1972.

Statement Regarding Magnificat, John Stanley Hilliard

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis statement presents an analysis and explanation of a music composition entitled: Magnificat. The full music score to the Magnificat may be found in the collection of the Music Department of the School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University. The King James Version is the source for all of Biblical text. The presentation here of the text for the Magnificat corresponds to the manner it is introduced into the music score. Thus, the use of small case primarily to contrast those parts of the text of high volume intensity which are capitalized, and parallel text to show simultaneous reading.

Béla Bartók: The Uncompromising Hungarian, Sally Mccarty

Honors Theses

Years before the earliest recorded compositions by professional musicians, the common people sang, danced, and chanted lullabies, work songs, and prayers to their gods. Gradually, professional musicians and art music developed, and a distinction grew up between art music and folk music. The theory was that everything good and beautiful came from the gifted few and never from the common crowd. It never struck anyone as odd that those who expressed contempt of the people and all their works, continued to borrow all the best productions of the people, such as its finest folk melodies, dance rhythms, scales, and instruments. …

The Life And Songs Of John Danyel, Sally J. Wylie

Masters Theses

The lute song or "ayre" as it was usually spelled by its Elizabethan and early Jacobean composers was a type of English song whose melody was predominant and its accompaniment carefully composed. It was usually accompanied by the lute and often the viol doubled the bass line. The term "ayre" or "aire" was used by English writers of the seventeenth century in the sense of key or mode. The texture of the lute song was generally homophonic and much simpler than that of the polyphonic madrigal. Of course, lutenist-song composers like John Dowland and John Danyel often used all of …

A Comparative Study Of Selected Chorale Settings From Martin Luther To J.S. Bach, Emmanuel Mark Allen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of The Bolshevic Revolution Of Four Russian Composers, Philip Wayne Hardin

Honors Theses

The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 was the culmination of over fifty years of political and social unrest. For millions of Russian peasants it represented a welcome and just end to an unresponsive, autocratic government. The communism being preached by the Bolsheviks promised economic improvements for these oppressed masses, and they needed and wanted such improvements.

But in the minds of the intellectual classes of Russia, the teachers, scholars and artists, the Revolution created a fear. A fear that in place of an unpredictable, stifling autocracy, a government would develop that would completely control even the creative activity of Russian life. …

The Aesthetics Of Stravinsky's Musical Style: The Relationship Of Culture And The Arts, Rose M. Trahey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Romanzen Aus Magelone: Characteristics Of Style, Benjamin Fredrick Hammack

All Master's Theses

Brahms' Romanzen aus Magelone serves as an excellent model for the German lied. Although other musical elements are important, Brahms never sacrifices his melodic lines, which progress diatonically in a wide range. Complex rhythms, with such devices as hemiola and holding over the measure line, are frequent. Although some songs are ternary or strophic, a free-sectional form is generally employed. The textures vary; one song may be both homophonic and polyphonic. A complex piano accompaniment always enhances the text and requires an accomplished pianist.

The Structure Of Paul Creston's Narrative No. 2, Op. 79 No. 2 For Piano, Myrna Evelyn Johnson

All Master's Theses

This paper presents an analytical discussion of the structure of Paul Creston's Narrative No. 2. An explanation of Mr. Creston's approach to composition is followed by a general description of the free-sectional form. Next, each section is investigated separately according to its rhythm, harmony, and melody. However, at the same time relationships between the sections are mentioned also. Some characteristics of Mr. Creston's style which are revealed in this study are his use of various rhythmic structures, pantonality, the lydian mode, and tangential variation.

Stabat Mater : Opus 7, J. Timothy Kolosick

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Prometheus In Sound : One Hundred Years Of Musical Adaptations Of The Myth Of Prometheus: Beethoven, Shubert, Liszt, Wolf, Parry, Fauré And Scriabin, Lurene Mattson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The Promethean characteristics of contemporary young iconoclasts as they have expressed disapproval of the society which they have inherited and in which they feel entrapped prompted this study. Our interest here lies with the nature of the dissatisfaction rather than with ways of expressing it. If follows that out concern is primarily with the gift of Prometheus - the fire rather than with the rebellion and defiance associated with the demigod who took action against the tyranny of Zeus.