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Vibrato Rate And Extent In The Baritone Voice Through The Twentieth And Early Twenty-First Century, Scott Purcell

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Observations of vibrato rate and extent through the twentieth and early twenty-first century point to an overall decrease in rate and increase in extent. This descriptive analysis studied fifty-five randomly selected recordings of professional operatic baritones, five from each decade from 1910 to 2021, and analyzed their vibrato rate and extent with VoceVista Video Pro. Results showed a consistent decrease in mean vibrato rate from 1910 to 1960, with small increases and decreases from 1960-2021. Vibrato extent was less consistent, but still increased from 1910-2021. The mean vibrato rate was 5.84 Herz (Hz), with a coefficient of variation (CV) of …

Ben Moore's "Ode To A Nightingale" For Baritone Voice And Piano: A Performer's Guide, Jeremy Kelly

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This project is a performance guide of Ben Moore’s (b. 1960) Ode to a Nightingale (2014), a song cycle for baritone set to the poetry of John Keats. Song cycles are an important fixture in classical voice performance, as well as academia, and there is a need to promote new works by American composers. Moore’s Ode to a Nightingale is a unique contribution to the song cycle catalog as it sets John Keats’s eight stanzas of the singular poem to eight separate songs, something that is exceedingly rare in practice. Combining analysis of Moore’s songs in Ode to a Nightingale …

The Most Common Vocal Fault In The Baritone Voice, Matthew Derek Cyphert

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The purpose of this research project is to create an approachable guide to avoiding the most common vocal fault found in the baritone singing voice. The specific fault being discussed has been coined the “baritone swallow.” This document will explore the history of the baritone singing voice along with information regarding vocal fach identification, an in-depth study of this common vocal fault frequently experienced by baritone singers, and a fault-specific guide to identifying and addressing the “baritone swallow.”

In Time Gone By: Song Cycle For Baritone And Six Players, Bryan Grosbach

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance

In Time Gone By is a song cycle for Baritone vocalist and Pierrot Ensemble + percussion that explores the value of life being a byproduct of its finitude. Only during the most vulnerable and difficult events of that life can self-realization occur. These topics are wrapped into a “love-story” narrative crafted from select poems from Chamber Music by James Joyce and select quotes from the prose Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions by John Donne. Using intervallic focus as a tool for development, the piece transitions from sparse quintal harmony to lush tertian harmony as a musical metaphor for the self-realization of …

A Performance Guide To Kurt Erickson's Song Cycle Here, Bullet, André Yong Chun Chiang

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this document is to supply a comprehensive performer’s guide to American composer Kurt Erickson’s Here, Bullet, a song cycle consisting of four songs for baritone and piano set to the poetry of American poet Brian Turner. Additionally, an overview of its unique consortium-based commissioning process will be included in examination of the entrepreneurial nature of its creation.

Here, Bullet focuses on the soldier’s interaction with the bullet, suicide, foreign lands, and deployment in Iraq. The text comes from a book of poetry, which originated the song cycle’s name, and was written during Turner’s yearlong deployment to …

Prufrock: A Monodrama For Baritone And Electronics, Daniel Gardner

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Prufrock is a musical dramatization of T.S. Eliot’s, The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock for solo baritone and electronics; a full performance of the work should take approximately forty (40) minutes.

The work uses text from both Eliot’s original publication and a section removed from the text called Prufrock’s Pervigilium—first published in Christopher Ricks’s Inventions of the March Hare—and superimposes a narrative onto Eliot’s monologue of a man whose internal experience differs wildly from reality. As such Prufrock emphasizes the psychodramatic elements of the original text, reflecting them through the use of “auditory illusions” (particularly those described …

"A Reflection" Colin West Senior Voice Recital, Andrews University

Student Degree Recitals 2019-2020

Bass-baritone Colin West performing his undergraduate recital, accompanied by Karen West, piano. Featuring works from Copland, Britten, Schubert, and others.

The Baritone To Tenor Transition, John White

Dissertations

Many notable opera singers have been virtuosic tenors; Franco Corelli, Plácido Domingo, James King, José Carreras, Ramón Vinay, Jon Vickers, and Carlo Bergonzi. Besides being great tenors, each of these singers share the fact that they transitioned from baritone to tenor.

Perhaps nothing is more destructive to the confidence of a singer than to have his vocal identity or voice type challenged. Many singers have experienced this, and not always by way of advice or as a gentle suggestion, but rather, as a solution to a fundamental deficiency regarding the singer’s voice. Though undergoing a transition to another vocal fach …

Teaching Prospective Verdi Baritones: A Repertoire-Based Approach, Andrew Rethazi

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The Verdi baritone is one of the most sought-after voice types in the professional operatic sphere due to its leading presence in the Verdi repertoire. However, there exists a gap in the published scholarship about the introduction of the repertoire to younger baritones as a means of teaching the style and performance practice while still in the shelter of the post-secondary environment. This introduction to the repertoire can be a valuable tool in training potential Verdi baritones. The research goals of this monograph are threefold: 1) to establish prerequisite criteria of technical proficiency for young baritones to begin limited study …

Teaching Low Brass, Steven Maxwell

NPP eBooks

The purpose of this textbook is to provide resourses about teaching low brass instruments to music educators and future music educators. The book was developed by the author as part of the open/alternative textbook initiative at Kansas State University. It Is the textbook used for the Kansas State University course Music 239-Low Brass Techniques and Materials.

The textbook focuses on two areas: basic information including pedagogical material for teaching low brass students and low brass etudes. The information is divided into several categories including brass history, the overtone series, general intonation tendencies, embouchure, instruments and equipment, literature, maintenance, vibrato, and …

An Old German Song Cycle And Some New American Music, Jonathan Allen Mildner

Senior Projects Spring 2018

“An Old German Song Cyle and Some New American Music” is, at its core, a straightforward art song recital. As to its form, the only thing that could be considered even remotely revolutionary was my decision to perform the small collection of unrelated pieces in the second half, following the large, segmented work—an order that, in most traditional concert settings, is reversed.

The project was comprised of preparing and performing Robert Schumann’s (1810-1856) Liederkreis, Op. 39, and four modern American songs I have collected over the years. The Liederkreis is a song cycle consisting of twelve unrelated vignettes, each …

The Intersection Of Manufacturing Technologies And School Music Programs, Leslie Prunier

University Scholar Projects

The objective of this project is to design and manufacture a musical instrument, a marching baritone horn, out of plastic. It is constructed out of both PVC pipe and 3D-printed components. Utilizing this project’s documentation, a high school student could use a 3D printer and other basic tools to make their own musical instrument for a fraction of the cost of purchasing one. This documentation will produce a horn tuned in the key of B flat with one functioning valve, and suggestions for future work to make the other two valves functional as well.

Junior Recital - Andrew Taylor & Brad Summers, Andrew Taylor, Brad Summers, Dallas Heaton, Ryan Frazier

All Music Department Programs

This recital is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Music Performance.

Searching For Modeling Of Stravinsky's Petroushka In Poulenc's Rapsodie Nègre: Poulenc's Use Of Popular Forms And Techniques In His Earliest Work, Jeremy Rover

Senior Theses

Why does the view that French composer Francis Poulenc was a musical hack and a fraud continue to be discussed today? To get to the bottom of this, we need to look at the evidence available and find proof to back up these claims. In the predominant research on Poulenc, many scholars mention musical themes and quotations linked to other composers, but most of these claims aren’t backed up with specific examples or score studies. Therefore, in this paper I attempt to trace the “crime” to its source by showing Poulenc’s possible borrowing of harmonies, thematic material, styles, and rhythms …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Robert Alfred Nuñez, Baritone With William Murphy, Piano, Robert Alred Nunñez

All Performances

No abstract provided.

O Come, All Ye Faithful: Symphonic Band, Dale Grotenhuis

Band Arrangements and Compositions

Full conductor score for symphonic band plus parts for individual instruments: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, baritone treble clef, snare drum, bass drum, and bells; reduced score for brass, woodwind; 27 pages.

Alleluia: Symphonic Band, Dale Grotenhuis

Band Arrangements and Compositions

Full score with reduced score for piano; 40 pages.

All The Way My Savior Leads Me: Brass Choir, Dale Grotenhuis

Brass Arrangements and Compositions

Full conductor score for brass choir plus parts for individual instruments (1st B flat trumpet, 2nd B flat trumpet, 3rd B flat trumpet, 1st french horn, 2nd french horn, 1st trombone, 2nd trombone, 3rd trombone, baritone bass clef, baritone treble clef, tuba); 17 pages.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Music Alive!, Concert Series, Divine Melodies, Featuring, Dale Capehart, Baritone, Edwin Harkless, Piano, Dale Capehart, Edwin Harkless

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Matt Sparks, Baritone, Accompanied By, Pam Johnson, Piano, Mark Sparks

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Brandon Brown, Baritone, Music Department

Senior and Graduate Recitals

Senior recital featuring Brandon Brown (baritone) with Tamsin Sailors (piano).

Christopher Dickey, Euphonium And Dane Thomas, Baritone, Music Department

Junior Recitals

Junior recital featuring Christopher Dicky (euphonium) and Dane Thomas (baritone).

Brandon Browne, Baritone, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This Junior recital features Brandon Brown (baritone) with Susan Teicher (piano).

Bilal Ali, Baritone, Music Department

Junior Recitals

This general and Junior recital features Bilal Ali (baritone).

Brandon Brown, Baritone, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This Sophomore recital from April 29, 2004 featured Brandon Brown on baritone, with Rachel Warfel (piano).

A Performer's Guide To Virgil Thomson's Five Songs From William Blake, Andrew David Whitfield

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Though perhaps his most well-known vocal works might be his operas, Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All, American composer Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) did write nearly seventy songs for voice and piano, including several important song cycles. One of these cycles, the Five Songs from William Blake, represents an impressive composition for the baritone voice. Unfortunately, much of the previous scholarship about Thomson did not award these Blake songs adequate attention, nor was it able to draw upon many of the primary sources about Thomson’s life and work that are now available. The purpose of this …

James Bradley, Baritone, Richard Brooks, Bass, And Brandon Brown, Baritone, Music Department

General and Sophomore Recitals

This student recital from November 18, 2003 features James Bradley (baritone), Richard Brooks (bass), and Brandon Brown (baritone) with Meredith Hemker (piano), Laura Wampler (piano), and Jason Yarcho (piano).

By The Sea Of Crystal: Brass Choir, Dale Grotenhuis

Brass Arrangements and Compositions

Full conductor score for brass choir plus parts for individual instruments (1st B flat trumpet, 2nd B flat trumpet, 3rd B flat trumpet, 1st french horn, 2nd french horn, 3rd french horn, 1st trombone, 2nd trombone, 3rd trombone, baritone bass clef, baritone treble clef, tuba); 31 pages.

Christopher Keith Ratley And Eric Paul Stanton In A Joint Senior Voice Recital, Christopher Keith Ratley, Eric Paul Stanton

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the joint senior voice recital of baritone Christopher Keith Ratley and baritone Eric Paul Stanton. Pianist Kristi Pettit assisted Ratley; pianist Suzanne Noris assisted Stanton. The recital took place on March 2, 1993, in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.

Mark Garland In A Senior Voice Recital, Mark Garland, Patti Bryant

Student Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters

This is the program for the senior voice recital of baritone, Mark Garland, accompanied by Patti Bryant on piano. The recital was held on October 22, 1990.