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Peter Christoskov's Twelve Caprices For Solo Violin, Opus 1: A Historical And Theoretical Analysis Of The Work And Its Connection To Bulgarian Folk Music, Borislava A. Iltcheva Jan 2006

Peter Christoskov's Twelve Caprices For Solo Violin, Opus 1: A Historical And Theoretical Analysis Of The Work And Its Connection To Bulgarian Folk Music, Borislava A. Iltcheva

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This document is an analysis of Twelve Caprices for Solo Violin, op.1 by Peter Christoskov. The analysis concentrates on the theoretical and historical aspects of the work as well as its connection to Bulgarian folk music traditions. The cycle contains twelve caprices based on various song and dance models. Each caprice is analyzed separately, with detailed information regarding the structure, harmony, melody, rhythm and meter. In addition, it establishes the relationship between the instrumental writing in the caprice and the folk music model from which it is derived. This document does not go into extensive detail about the performance and …

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The Effects Of Contextual Interference On The Acquisition, Retention, And Transfer Of A Music Motor Skill Among University Musicians, Leslie Paige Rose Jan 2006

The Effects Of Contextual Interference On The Acquisition, Retention, And Transfer Of A Music Motor Skill Among University Musicians, Leslie Paige Rose

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The contextual interference hypothesis holds that simple motor skill tasks are best learned when practiced under blocked, or repetitive conditions, but that retention and transfer are best accomplished when the skill has been practiced in varied conditions. The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of contextual interference practice conditions on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of a complex task—right hand lead percussion sticking technique among university musicians. All participants (N = 120) demonstrated rhythmic competency for the task, and were necessarily unable to perform the sticking technique with accuracy at the start of treatment. Three treatment groups …

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The Violin Concerto And Its Development In Bulgaria, Mario Dimitrov Jan 2006

The Violin Concerto And Its Development In Bulgaria, Mario Dimitrov

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

My interest in the history and problems of the Bulgarian composers' school and specifically in the establishment and development of the Bulgarian violin concerto goes far back in my musical career. The Bulgarian composers and their concertos had essential contribution to my development as a violin player and greatly influenced me over the period of my formal education. It is important to notice the very specific and original nature of the Bulgarian music culture. Bulgaria did not exist on the political map of Eastern Europe because of the fact that it had suffered the turmoil of the Ottoman Empire for …

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The Transcription For Two Double Basses Of Selections From Pièces De Violes, Quatrème Livre, Deuxiême Partie: Suitte D'Un Goût Etranger By Marin Marais, Yong Hao Pan Jan 2006

The Transcription For Two Double Basses Of Selections From Pièces De Violes, Quatrème Livre, Deuxiême Partie: Suitte D'Un Goût Etranger By Marin Marais, Yong Hao Pan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Marin Marais (1656-1728) was one of the most celebrated bass viol composer-performers of the French school from the late seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century. The purpose of this project is to introduce some of his music to double bass players through transcriptions. The monograph starts with an overview on the importance of transcriptions in double bass literature. A historical background of the viol and its relation to the double bass are discussed in the second chapter. The third chapter reviews Marin Marais’s biographical sketch, and some of his most significant compositions. The transcription process of eight selected bass …

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A Performer's And Conductor's Analysis Of Ingolf Dahl's For Alto Saxophone And Wind Orchestra, Christopher Scott Rettie Jan 2006

A Performer's And Conductor's Analysis Of Ingolf Dahl's For Alto Saxophone And Wind Orchestra, Christopher Scott Rettie

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra was written in 1949 for the famous concert saxophonist, Sigurd Rascher and was then revised to its present state in 1953. The concerto, widely known by saxophonists and wind band conductors alike, is considered among the finest of repertoire for band as well as for saxophone. Although Dahl’s concerto is one of the most frequently performed saxophone concerti, there has been surprisingly little written about it. Available published sources deal directly with the concerto, but do not address harmonic implications, the saxophone solo part, or the published wind band score. This …

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The Solo Piano Music Of Andrzej Dutkiewicz, Christine Burczyk Allen Jan 2006

The Solo Piano Music Of Andrzej Dutkiewicz, Christine Burczyk Allen

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This purpose of this study was to examine the solo piano compositions of Polish composer and pianist, Andrzej Dutkiewicz (1942- ). These works include Toccatina (1969), Suite for Piano (1970), Three Sketches in Retrospect (1985), and À-la (1986). Although his compositions have been performed in festivals and concerts, there has been little written about his works. This is the first academic research presented by an American scholar. This monograph is divided into three chapters as follows: Chapter One includes background and biographical information on Dutkiewicz; Chapter Two presents a comprehensive analysis of À-la from an analytical and stylistic perspective; Chapter …

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Formal Convention In Verdi's Falstaff, Joseph Salvatore La Rosa Jan 2006

Formal Convention In Verdi's Falstaff, Joseph Salvatore La Rosa

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Falstaff (premiered in 1893) draws more explicitly on primo ottocento formal conventions for duets, arias, and central finales than scholars have previously argued. A description of those conventions (generally referred to as the solita forma) is followed by the analytical application of those conventions to selected passages from Falstaff. A general description of the solita forma for duets and arias is followed by a pertinent example from Rossini’s Semiramide. Three passages from Falstaff are then shown to have strong grounding in the solita forma. These passages include Falstaff’s “Honor” monologue in act I, part 1; the scene for Mrs. Quickly, …

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Symphony No.1, Jessica Mahan Jan 2006

Symphony No.1, Jessica Mahan

LSU Master's Theses

Symphony No. 1 is a programmatic piece based on the sabbat holidays of the traditional Celtic calendar. The holidays of the Celtic year celebrate the human spirit in context with the changes of the earth during the course of a year. Beginning with autumn, Samhain celebrates death and the preparation for the darkness of the winter months. Yule is the longest night of the year, and the time the Goddess is crowned. Signs of spring come at Imbolg. Ostara is the Spring Equinox, and an equal relationship exists between the Goddess and the God. Beltane is celebrated by wrapping ribbons …

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Symphonic Revelations, Carlo Vincetti Frizzo Jan 2006

Symphonic Revelations, Carlo Vincetti Frizzo

LSU Master's Theses

Symphonic Revelations is scored for 3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, 1 timpani, 3 percussionists, harp, piano, and strings and is approximately 20 minutes in length. It is a single movement symphonic work that consists of three major sections and is built from the pitch class set [0, 1, 3]. The first section’s overall form resembles both a large crescendo and an accelerando. The music begins softly and slowly and over time gradually builds becoming louder and faster. Eventually in bars 225 to 229, the section comes to an end with a tutti passage that marks one of the loudest and fastest moments in …

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An Introduction To The Music Of Tania León And A Conductor's Analysis Of Indígena, James Spinazzola Jan 2006

An Introduction To The Music Of Tania León And A Conductor's Analysis Of Indígena, James Spinazzola

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to provide an introduction to the living American composer, Tania Leon, and a detailed analysis of Indigena, her work for large chamber ensemble. Chapter One includes Leon’s biographical information, focusing on her cultural heritage and her dual careers as a composer and conductor. Chapter Two details her compositional style, illustrated by examples from selected works. Subsections focus on her compositional practices with regard to rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, and form, as well as the prevalence of jazz and Latin American influences in her work. Chapter Three analyzes Indígena from a theoretical perspective and makes …

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Background Conglomerates In Alkan's Quasi-Faust, Op. 33, No. 2, Matthew James Steinbron Jan 2006

Background Conglomerates In Alkan's Quasi-Faust, Op. 33, No. 2, Matthew James Steinbron

LSU Master's Theses

Various approaches have been used over the past 50 years to describe and analyze works that exhibit tonality but have more than one tonic. This paper focuses solely on a subcategory of such works: those that begin in one key and end in another, the first key being permanently replaced by the second. The most prominent systems of terminology and analysis for such works include “progressive tonality,” “directional tonality,” “interlocking structures,” and “background conglomerates.” After examining these systems, “background conglomerates” is determined to best suit works that permanently change tonics. This approach, which was introduced by Harald Krebs, employs a …

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Symphony Iii, Michael Berthelot Jan 2006

Symphony Iii, Michael Berthelot

LSU Master's Theses

In the summer of 2003 in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, inspiration was found, and Symphony III is the result. It was here that two conflicting ideas became clear. The juxtaposition of these two ideas is evident throughout this work. Symphony III is a one-movement piece of twenty minutes in duration that consists of five different sections in the arch form ABCBA. One idea is very lyrical, as in Section A, while the other is very rhythmic, as in Section B. The lyrical inspiration can be heard in the opening flutes, and in the piccolo trio, which perfectly reflects the …

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Compositional Techniques In Thomas Kerr, Jr.'S Anguished American Easter, 1968 And Their Application To The Theme Of African American Theology, Jane Fitz-Fitzharris Jan 2006

Compositional Techniques In Thomas Kerr, Jr.'S Anguished American Easter, 1968 And Their Application To The Theme Of African American Theology, Jane Fitz-Fitzharris

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Thomas Kerr, Jr. (1915-1988), African-American organist, produced works for organ, piano, and choir. His most significant organ work, Anguished American Easter, 1968, was a musical reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Powerful and dramatic, the work draws on all the forces of the modern pipe organ. Anguished American Easter, 1968, based on the spiritual He' Rose expresses the sorrow and horror of death and the power and hope of the resurrection. A profound composition, it reflects the anguish of an oppressed race. The purpose of this monograph is to examine the compositional techniques Thomas Kerr, Jr. used …

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A Conductor's Study Of Ruth Watson Henderson's Voices Of Earth, Ryan Jeffrey Hebert Jan 2006

A Conductor's Study Of Ruth Watson Henderson's Voices Of Earth, Ryan Jeffrey Hebert

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) has become one of Canada’s most prolific composers. She began her music study at a very early age and her career as a performer prospered as she received many awards and honors throughout her life. Her accomplishments as a performer and composer are numerous. Her work as the accompanist for the Toronto Children’s Choir has led to many pieces for children’s voices, and her involvement in church music as an organist has resulted in many sacred compositions for mixed choir. This research presents a brief biographical introduction of Ruth Watson Henderson and a conductor’s analysis …

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The Musical Journey Of Opera Singer Lenora Lafayette: A Louisiana Treasure, Kyla Dean Pitcher Jan 2006

The Musical Journey Of Opera Singer Lenora Lafayette: A Louisiana Treasure, Kyla Dean Pitcher

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Lenora Lafayette (1926-1975) was an African-American opera singer who developed her professional path while facing tremendous racial, cultural, and economic barriers. She was a Louisiana native with great vocal potential who attempted to enroll at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, but was denied admission due to segregation. Lenora attended The Juilliard School as an alternative and earned scholarships that covered her tuition for an entire year. She studied with the prestigious faculty member Dusolina Giannini and developed her talent to the degree that she was able to win a John Hay Whitney Fellowship for study abroad. She traveled to …

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The Choral Music Of Anthony Burgess And A Conductor's Study Of Four Anthony Burgess Choral Pieces, Randall L. Hooper Jan 2006

The Choral Music Of Anthony Burgess And A Conductor's Study Of Four Anthony Burgess Choral Pieces, Randall L. Hooper

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Anthony Burgess, primarily known for his literary career, was also a prolific composer. Composition and music was his first love and passion. At the present time, there is no study specifically on the choral music of Anthony Burgess and there have been only a few performances of his music. The primary goal of this paper is to consider the choral compositions of Anthony Burgess. In a comparison of the works list produced by Anthony Burgess in This Man and Music, a works list complied by Paul Phillips and the inventory of holdings in the Burgess collection at the Ransom Center, …

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Semiotic Modeling: Relevance To Trumpet Performance And Musical Interpretation Using Paul Hindemith's Sonata For Trumpet And Piano, Craig David Heinzen Jan 2006

Semiotic Modeling: Relevance To Trumpet Performance And Musical Interpretation Using Paul Hindemith's Sonata For Trumpet And Piano, Craig David Heinzen

LSU Major Papers

This paper is about the use of semiotics for the purpose of improving technical efficiency and musical interpretation in brass performance. Semiotics is the study of signs. The field is rooted in linguistics and logic, but has widened its influences to musicology and music theory in the last several decades. This paper constructs a model which simplifies music performance. The model has two components that address physical demands and musical analysis. The first component is a mathematically-based visual representation of the air stream used in brass performance. The second component of the model uses a reductive analysis. This analysis is …

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The Classical Guitar In Paris: Composers And Performers C.1920-1960, Duncan Robert Gardiner Jan 2006

The Classical Guitar In Paris: Composers And Performers C.1920-1960, Duncan Robert Gardiner

Theses : Honours

The rise in status and popularity, and even the acceptance of the classical guitar, is a twentieth-century phenomenon which owes much to the labour of the famed Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia. It is because of the talents of Segovia and his contemporaries that the classical guitar has a wealth of first-class repertoire to call its own. Since the conception of the first twentieth-century work composed specifically for the classical guitar by Manuel de Falla, and because of the efforts of Segovia, a great interest in the instrument-and a large body of guitar music has come out of France. This dissertation …

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Tan Dun's Eight Memories In Watercolor: Insights Into Performance, Zhen Zeng Jan 2006

Tan Dun's Eight Memories In Watercolor: Insights Into Performance, Zhen Zeng

Theses : Honours

"Shostakovich, as· a composer also living under a dictatorship, taught me to express deep humanity. From Takemitsu, I learned that Western and Eastern instruments can be part of the same color palette. John Cage led me to discover structures and sounds as yet unknown, by always keeping an open mind. I owe deepest thanks to these three composers, whose contributions to music have also helped me develop myself---as a composer from a·. traditional culture, growing up in a high-pressure society, living in a now international world." (Tan Dun) The global reach of Tan Dun's music reached its zenith recently at …

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Review Of Elevator To The Gallows, Michael Adams Jan 2006

Review Of Elevator To The Gallows, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/06/elevator-to-the-gallows.html

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Normalizing The Abnormal: Disability In Music And Music Theory, Joseph N. Straus Jan 2006

Normalizing The Abnormal: Disability In Music And Music Theory, Joseph N. Straus

Publications and Research

The emerging interdisciplinary field of disability studies takes as its subject matter the historical, social, and cultural construction of disability. After a brief introduction to disability studies, this article explores the interconnected histories of disability and music as they are manifested in three theoretical approaches to late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Western art music (the musical Formenlehre and the tonal theories of Schoenberg and Schenker) and in three works by Beethoven and Schubert. Around the turn of the nineteenth century in Western Europe, disability began to be understood not as something natural and permanent but rather as a deviation from …

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Review Of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, Michael Adams Jan 2006

Review Of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, Michael Adams

Publications and Research

Review of Taylor Hackford's Chuck Berry documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n'Roll: http://www.media-party.com/discland/2006/08/chuck-berry-hail-hail-rock-n-roll.html

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Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell Jan 2006

Inside Unlv, Shane Bevell

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

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Senior Voice Recital, Sarah Jo Duvel Jan 2006

Senior Voice Recital, Sarah Jo Duvel

Honors Program Theses

The process of preparing and presenting this thesis recital has been a very educational and eyeopening. There were low points, such as stress over pronunciation and music memorization, frustration over rehearsal coordination, and fatigue from asking so much of myself so often. However, there were also many high points: advancement in my vocal lessons, growth in my vocal technique, further mastery of foreign languages, opportunities to make music with my colleagues, and improved proficiencies in the business aspects of singing (publicity, networking, etc.). Though this was not my first vocal recital, it was certainly the most rewarding; the knowledge and …

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Oboe Recital, Dane C. Philipsen Jan 2006

Oboe Recital, Dane C. Philipsen

Honors Program Theses

During my years studying the performance of oboe at The University of Northern Iowa, I have played countless concerts. Some are more memorable than others are; the recital I played on 14 April :.zoo6 was a particularly meaningful performance. It was the result of months of planning, patient practice, and mentoring fostered by years of progressive development.

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The Process To Perform, Nicole Suzanne Farley Jan 2006

The Process To Perform, Nicole Suzanne Farley

Honors Program Theses

A musical performance is much more than technical execution of notes on a page. A performance is a way to communicate the deepest part of the human soul across culture, language, or racial barriers. Music can bring one to tears or turn their mood sour in a matter of minutes. It is a powerful medium of emotional communication, communicating far beyond the confines provided by the written word. However, wonderful music-making does not just happen. Like any academic or artistic discipline, it takes intense study, time, thought, and practice to become a work of art. In preparing my senior recital, …

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Thai Popular Music: The Representation Of National Identities And Ideologies Within A Culture In Transition, Lamnao Eamsa-Ard Jan 2006

Thai Popular Music: The Representation Of National Identities And Ideologies Within A Culture In Transition, Lamnao Eamsa-Ard

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Thai popular music always reflects and reproduces the concerns of Thai people in changing times especially in regard to issues relating to identity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preservation of Thai identity and the ideologies surrounding it and the adoption of Western innovation in Thai popular music. The issues surrounding the identity and ideology of Thais, such as class, gender and ethnicity are explored within the area of Thai popular music. I use ethnography as the major tool for gathering and analysing the research data. Using triangulated ethnographic techniques, involved in-depth interviews, focus …

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