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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall Community Symphony In A Freedom Concert, Alfred P. Lanegger

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Graduate Recital, Robert S. Frost

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

The acquisition of new skills and the further development of previous skills has always been one of the ideas behind the graduate recital. Along with new skills come the knowledge and experience necessary to affect the individual's own performance and the performance of those whom he teaches . In music education it is difficult to teach that which one has not yet experienced or mastered and the graduate recital helps to fulfill the experience requirement and give new insights into understanding all aspects of music as a listener, performer, and teacher.

The graduate recital traditionally draws its literature from all …

Graduate Recital, William D. Bertolio

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

The candidate selected the recital and recital report as the master's project on the basis that they would effectively improve his musicianship, as well as bolster his teaching background, performance skills, teaching techniques, and general musical knowledge.

The recital included one major work on the B-flat clarinet , an alto saxophone solo, a clarinet quartet, and a woodwind trio. In addition, clarinet and saxophone solos were performed by two of the writer's advanced students. The compositions were chosen because of their musical value and variety.

The performer's experience included nine years of private instruction on the clarinet, eight years of …

A Graduate Recital Report, Richard J. Muirhead

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

DICHTERLIEBE - Robert Schumann. The song cycle, Dichterliebe, was written during the time Robert Schumann was contemplating marriage to Clara Wieck. Schumann’s sensitive music and the poetry of Heinrich Heine combine to make an exquisite expression of the frustration involved in a courtship.

A Performer's Analysis Of Eight Piano Sonatas Of Nicholas Medtner, Sarah Louise Kinley

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The piano sonatas of Nicholas Medtner are only a portion of the great heritage bequeathed to the piano by one of the most unique and significant, although relatively unknown, modern Russian composers. Medtner's personality penetrates his compositions but can be truly discovered only through considerable study of and acquaintance with his music. "But to the earnest and sincere student approaching with goodwill and sympathetic spirit, this music will yield treasures of grave and sad, but great and most moving, beauty.

A Graduate Recital Report, Judith Lynn Gailey

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

The graduate recital provided an opportunity to reach a new level of performance, a deeper understanding and appreciation of the arts, and a wider knowledge of all aspects affecting one's proficiency as a musician and teacher.

The literature was selected to be representative of the various styles and periods and to feature the special characteristics of the solo instrument, The program for this recital was chosen and approved according to the established tradition of the department of music.

The study and preparation necessary for the performance of these works provided a valuable learning experience that constitutes the most important part …

An Experiment In Orchestration: Prelude An Original Composition For Symphonic Band, Melvin Edvalson

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

From ancient times to the present, music has been composed for instrumental combinations as well as for single instruments. The manner in which these combinations were utilized depended upon current compositional practices, especially those regarding form. In the Baroque Period instrumental ensembles were formed according to the composer's discretion. The tone color embodiment of a particular musical work was set more by the composer's choice of instruments to be included in the ensemble than in his use of instruments as independent tone color sources . The Baroque composer's use of instrumental color was in this way consistent with his use …

Visions Infernales: Characteristics Of Style And Interpretation, George F. Skipworth

All Master's Theses

Visions Infernales by the French composer Henri Sauguet is a song cycle for the bass voice with piano accompaniment set to a text by the twentieth-century poet, }fax Jacob. This composition, published in France in 1950, is contemporary in style with considerable dissonance, and therefore is probably not well known in this country. However, student and professional should become more familiar with the style characteristics and performance of modern repertoire.

Graduate Recital, William Daniels Pack

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

The scope of this recital was great in many ways. It included the Prelude and Fugue from the Sonata in g minor for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Aaron Copland, Concerto no. III in b minor by Camille Saint-Saens, "On Wings of Song" by Felix Mendelssohn, and "Perpe tual Motion" by Ottakar Novacek. Performed were works of composers from three musical periods and representing three of the western worlds great musical countries -- the United States, Germany, and France. Stylistic demands ranged from the polyphonic form of the Bach Fugue, the lyrical …

The Song-Cycle Frauenliebe Und-Leben By Robert Schumann, Jocelyn Kaye Jensen

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

The song cycle, Frauenliebe und-leben, by Robert Alexander Schumann was selected to be performed in recital and for purposes of this recital report.

Several objectives were to be accomplished in writing this paper. Among these was the intent to achieve a better understanding of the complete poetic and musical lyricism unique to Schumann's songs, particularly those composed in 1840, the period in which the Frauenliebe und-leben wee produced. In addition, an analysis of each of the eight songs in the cycle was undertaken to enable the performer and listener to have better technical understanding of the musical ideas invoked by …

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Symphonic Choir, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Paul A. Balshaw, Robert R. Clark, Jane Hobson, Paul W. Whear

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Symphonic Choir, Paul A. Balshaw

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The University Choir, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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Marshall University Music Department Presents An Opera Workshop, Don Pasquale, Paul A. Balshaw

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Free Risd! Newspaper April 15, 1970, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Free RISD! Newspaper was a community-created newspaper meant to take the place of the RISD Extra, a newspaper that itself was published sometime in the late '60s or early '70s, no issues of which exist today. A single issue of the Free RISD! Newspaper is held by the archives; it covers the end of Extra, issues of separation between the RISD museum and its student body, issues of feminism, letters to the editor, a calendar of events, and some advertisements. Higher resolution scans and the physical documents can be requested at the archives.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, James T. Romanek, Saxophone, Debora Sue Bailes, Clarinet, James T. Romanek, Debora Sue Bailes

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Six Chansons Of Paul Hindemith : An Analysis In Relation To Performance, Pamela Jean Flory

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

The Problem

To determine what factors are necessary for the choral director to achieve a successful and musical performance of Six Chansons.

Source of Data

The data used as a basis for this study has been obtained chiefly from texts, contact with successful choral directors, and personal experiences.

Method and Objectives

An analytical study of the composer's life and works will be made. A textual analysis of each of the songs will be presented along with a detailed musical analysis. The purpose of this study is as follows:

1. To show the necessity for an analytical study in achieving a musical …

Wvme 1970 State Convention, Charleston, Nels Leonard

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Zeta Eta Chapter Of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia And The Marshall University Music Department Presents The Third Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Gardner Read

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New Mexico Musician Vol 17 No 3 (April 1970)

New Mexico Musician

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Michael E. Cerveris, Piano, Michael E. Cerveris

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The University Band, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Choral Union, Messiah, Paul A. Balshaw

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Risd Paper March 23, 1970, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

This student-run weekly newspaper was known simply as R.I.S.D., or RISD Paper. The RISD Paper ran through the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The issue of March 23, 1970 included some articles about student activism. RISD students demanded an increase in scholarships and a tuition freeze for four years. There was information about the members of the board of trustees. There was a plea to offer 30 full scholarships to needy students from Rhode Island.

The Music And Speech Departments Of Marshall University Presents "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying", Marshall University Music Department

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The Play Of The Risen Christ, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Paul Balshaw, Baritone, Paul A. Balshaw Dr.

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Risd Paper March 2, 1970, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

This student-run weekly newspaper was known simply as R.I.S.D., or RISD Paper. The RISD Paper ran through the late 1960s and into the 1970s. The issue of March 2, 1970 included a letter from Barry Kirschenbaum, art history faculty at EHP in Rome. There was a small article about Operation Pilgrimage which was a weekend of classes and activities for students to visit RISD. Also included were letters to the editor, a recipe, a poem and a calendar of events for RISD students.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Band Festival-Music Concert, Symphonic Band, Robert R. Clark

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Band Festival-Music Concert, Symphonic Band, Robert R. Clark

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