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Background, Analysis, And Performance Guide For Edison Denisov's Sonata For Flute And Piano, Esther June Waite

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

After composer Edison Vasilievich Denisov (1929–1996) finished his graduate work at the Moscow Conservatoire, he launched into an independent examination of composers whose music had been banned by the Soviet authorities during his conservatory years (1951–1959). It was during this time in his compositional development that he composed his Sonata for Flute and Piano (1960). The first section of this document provides a biographical summary of Edison Denisov and the circumstances surrounding the composition of the flute sonata. The second section is devoted to formal, harmonic, and stylistic analysis of the sonata. The final section of the document provides a …

Concert Recording 2013-04-05, Richard Rulli, Jennifer Fox, Corey Divine, Matthew Kamilos, Philip Elsbecker, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Trumpet Ensemble, Nathan Cunningham

Concert Recordings & Programs

Canzon cornetto / Samuel Scheidt -- Suite for five trumpets / Ronald Lo Presti -- Cinq bagatelles / Pierre Max Dubois -- Prelude, air and fugues / Amedeo de Filippi -- Five steps to the answer. Call (opener) ; Inquiry (jazz waltz) ; Search (rock) ; Fact (ballade) ; Recall (be-bop) / Wolf Escher

Concert Recording 2013-10-09, Stephen Thorn, Chase Teague, Alex Grisos, Nathan Cunningham, Dylan Gililland, Stephan Mitchell, Kristine Mezines, Corey Divine

Concert Recordings & Programs

Intrada / Arthur Honegger -- Andante et allegro / Joseph Guy Ropartz -- Legend / George Enescu -- Concerto / Aleksandr Arutunian -- Sonata for trumpet and piano. Mabig bewegt ; Trauermusik, alle menschen mussen sterben / Paul Hindemith -- Oliver's birthday / Bruce Broughton

Concert Recording 2013-02-22, Kristine Mezines, Corey Divine

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto in D (1762) / Leopold Mozart; ed. Alexander Weinmann -- Concerto in A-flat major (1950) / Alexander Arutiunian; ed. Roger Voisin -- Sonata for trumpet and piano. With strength and vigor; Rather slowly and with freedom; Moderately fast, with energy / Kent Kennan -- Rustiques / Eugene Bozza

Concert Recording 2013-03-13, Cody Walter, Jason Forte, Kelsey Menze, S. Michael Shuman, Jamie Porche, Amy Frenzel, Alfredo Maruri, David Hutler, Tim Clifford, Brandon Denike, Megan Dobbs, Dallas Tucker, Jessi Camden, Kolby Palmore

Concert Recordings & Programs

Lento / Paul Holmes -- Sonata IV / Handel -- Odelette / Camille Saint Saens -- Beyond these hills / Carl Anton Wirth -- Time for the show / Tyler Swick -- Rant and rave -- Firework / Katy Perry ; [arr.] Tyler Simmons

Concert Recording 2013-11-14a, Ratko Delorko

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in b flat major / Domenico Cimarosa -- Zeitklang. Movement ; Leaving ; Threat ; Confidence ; Ice palace ; Dancing waters ; Wind in the strings ; The wizard ; Begin of dawn ; Renewal / Ratko Delorko -- Nocturne in b flat major / John Field -- Otmar-alt-sonata. Dance with the grand ; From the silence of the night ; Westphalian platypus ; Semisomnolent thoughts of the platypus / Ratko Delorko -- Romance in f sharp major / Robert Schumann -- MIDI_sonata, a modern time concerto for piano and computer. Medium tempo ; slow flow ; rondo …

Concert Recording 2013-03-29, Ratko Delorko

Concert Recordings & Programs

The three preludes. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso; Andante con moto e poco rubato; Agitato -- George Gershwin / The complete songbook. The man I love; Sawnee; Nobody but you; I'll build a stairway; Do it again; Fascinating rhythm; Oh, lady be good; Somebody love me; Sweet and low down; Clap yo'hands; Do do do; My one and only; S wonderful; Strike up the band; Who cares; That certain feelin!; Liza; I got rhythm / George Gershwin -- Porgy and Bess. Opening; Summertime; It ain't necessarily so / George Gershwin -- Rhapsody in blue / George Gershwin

Concert Recording 2013-04-19, Ashley Nolen, Jennifer Garrison, Breana Stewart, Edge Nowlin, Stephanie Farkas, Walker Dugan, Abby Carr, Trista Mcvey, Amanda Davis, Janelle Hollister, Mallory Bennett, Tazonio Anderson, Hyeon-Min Jang, Kailey Miller Erwin, Ellen Pate, Judd Burns, S. Michael Shuman, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Shuman Philharmonic

Concert Recordings & Programs

Hand of bridge / Samuel Barber ; Gian Carlo Menotti -- Trial by jury / Arthur Sullivan ; W.S. Gilbert

Concert Recording 2013-03-27, Kelby Ferguson, Michael Fletcher, Amanda Davis, Amy Frenzel, Connor Davis, Claudia Burson

Concert Recordings & Programs

Vertical river / Blake Tyson -- It's a privilege / Mark Holloman -- Blue Monk / Thelonious Monk

An Examination Of The Role Of Macro- And Micro-Level Processes In John Adams's Phrygian Gates, James Edward Evans

Online Theses and Dissertations

The research presented in this thesis is an examination of processes at work on multiple levels within Phrygian Gates by John Adams. Previous analyses have presented detailed insights in specific areas, including proportion and temporality, closure, and the roles of process and intuition. This analysis draws from elements of other studies, expands upon them, and presents new research in pitch relationships and formal design in order to explore the interaction of those elements with regard to process and to present a comprehensive view of Phrygian Gates.

Chapter 1 discusses Phrygian Gates in the context of John Adams's compositional output …

Investigating "Experimentalism" : A Case Study Of The Tuba And Its Repertoire, Andrew Brian Larson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The extant repertoire for the tuba serves as a landmark for how the tuba was perceived at that moment in time by that composer. This document contains a brief analysis of the tuba “experiment” that has been ongoing since its invention. In addition, it contains a brief parallel case study of the saxophone and how this instrument, invented at about the same time as the tuba, has embraced experimentalism and modern performance. This document contains five major sections. The first provides a brief history of the tuba and its predecessors. The second introduces numerical data representing the performance frequency of …

An Original Composition, Symphony No. 1, "Eustace The Monk" And Compositional Techniques Used To Elicit Musical Humor, Samuel Howard Stokes

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Part I – “Symphony No. 1 – ‘Eustace the Monk’” is based on a figure from medieval legend. Although Eustace Busket is a historically documented person that lived c.1170-1217, the exact details of his life are shrouded in legend. Many of the details of the legend of Eustace were passed down through the anonymous Li Romans de Witasse Le Moine. The legendary tale of Eustace, who is reported to have learned black magic from the devil, became a Benedictine monk in order to corrupt the monastery, and later became a mercenary pirate, is the subject matter of this five-movement dramatic …

A Performer's Guide To John Corigliano's Mr Tambourine Man - Seven Poems To Text By Bob Dylan, Jovan Zivkovic

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this monograph is to provide a documented score study analysis of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man – Seven Songs to text by Bob Dylan, since up to date there has not been another documented score analysis of the particular piece from a conductor’s standpoint. The monograph aims to contribute to the performance practice, by reviewing the conductor’s preparation process, and by highlighting key performance considerations as they relate to the execution of the piece that took place on October 12th, 2012 at the School of Music at Louisiana State University. The monograph aims to serve as a …

Transcription And Analysis Of Ravi Shankar's Morning Love For Western Flute, Sitar, Tabla And Tanpura, Bethany Padgett

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to provide a transcription and musical analysis of Ravi Shankar’s Morning Love for Western flute, sitar, tabla and tanpura. This document provides a discussion of Ravi Shankar’s biography, a theoretical context for the piece including an introduction to Hindustani musical characteristics, and prescriptive transcriptions of Morning Love in Western and Indian notation. A detailed analysis of the piece applies the Hindustani classical musical characteristics discussed. Morning Love is one of only two pieces for Western flute composed by Ravi Shankar as a result of his collaboration with French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Prior to this …

In Support Of The American Symphony: An Examination Of Young People And Technology, Melody Fisher

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Creating And Performing New Australian Works On The Hungarian Concert Cimbalom, Joshua Webster

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis explores the creation and performance of five new Western Australian works for the Hungarian concert cimbalom. These include four solo works, and one duet, which were scored, analysed, performed, and recorded. This thesis is in two parts: this exegetical component, which details the background, development, and findings of the research, including the scores created, and the manual that was developed for composers’ use; and a practical component, which is an active representation of the research, included as video recordings. To assist the composition of the new works, a manual was developed for the composers’ use. This manual began …

Ronald Stevenson, Composer-Pianist : An Exegetical Critique From A Pianistic Perspective, Mark Gasser

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This exegetical critique makes a conceptual summation of Ronald Stevenson’s life’s work for the piano and his contributions as a composer‐pianist. Chapters one and two provide a profile of Stevenson as a pianist, examining the aesthetic and musical concerns that defined his long career, as well as precedents and antecedents of his pianism. Of particular interest are the ways that Stevenson coalesces aspects of the ‘grand manner’ and his obsession with a pianistic bel canto style. Chapter three examines Stevenson’s remarkable output in terms of piano transcriptions. His conceptualization of this as ‘capturing the essence’ of the original composer is …

"Cinematic Suite For Orchestra" And Notable Composers In The Evolution Of Film Music From Hollywood's Golden Age To The Present, Edward C. Anderson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The composition Cinematic Suite for Orchestra is composed for full orchestra. This Suite, in three parts, was inspired by the works and compositional influences of several select classical and film composers who have greatly inspired my personal aesthetic towards symphonic music as they have for many composers of my generation. This work is not necessarily intended to sound purely like the works of these earlier composers but instead, to borrow from their compositional techniques, aesthetics, and overall sonic influence as needed to serve the purpose of my own personal muses. The First Movement was inspired by the grand symphonic style …

The Symphonious Saxophone: A History Of The Large Saxophone Ensemble With A Quantitative Analysis Of Its Original Literature, Andrew Justin Allen

Theses and Dissertations

The history of the saxophone ensemble is little understood, even by many of those who lead and participate in the modern iterations of such groups. The aim of this study is to remedy this lack of information and to provide saxophonists with the tools to further explore an important part of the instrument's repertoire. This document will offer a comprehensive history of the genre, from its beginnings in the 1840's, to the near present; and numerical data will be presented on the original works for larger ensembles of saxophones, touching on both instrumentation and the concentration of the production of …

The Artist's Gauntlet: A Singers' Physiological Responses To The Stimuli Of Rehearsing And Performing, John H. Pritchard

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship of a subject's heart rate variability, respiration rate and other vital statistics to rehearsing and performing as a singer. Among the events used for data collection were individual lessons of undergraduates and a lecture-recital presented by a graduate student. Findings indicate a general upward trend in HRV and an increase in range of HR%MAX among subjects while singing, along with a general decrease of respiration rate.

Three Musical Translations For Trumpet And Organ Based On Visual Artwork., John Harrison Bryant

Theses and Dissertations

Composers Petr Eben, Anthony Plog, and Jennifer Mitchell were each inspired by works of visual art to write pieces of music for trumpet and organ that sonically reflect their visual experiences. The main purpose of this document is to explore the unique "musical translation" the composers made of each respective work of visual art. In addition to providing valuable commentary and advice for informed performance, this document offers a complete formal analysis of each work.

Forgotten Russian Piano Music: The Sonatas Of Anatoly Aleksandrov, Irina Pevzner

Theses and Dissertations

This historical and analytical study focuses on the piano sonatas of Anatoly Aleksandrov (1888-1982), the longest-living Russian and Soviet composer-pianist of the twentieth century. The fourteen piano sonatas, written between 1922 and 1971, reflect not only the composer's evolution of style, but also reveal the vast array of influences which characterize the music of the twentieth century. Chromaticism that results from stretched harmonic sequences, strong melodic lyricism that threads these epic compositions, rich writing for piano, and hints of Russian folklore all contribute to the composer's original style, which synthesizes Aleksandrov's four main figures of influence, namely Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Medtner, …

Comparative Audiation Difficulty Of Tonal, Rhythm, And Melodic Patterns Among Grade 4 Students, Alan Danahy

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to investigate the audiation difficulty of melodic patterns. The specific research problems of this study were to: (a) examine the relationships between the audiation difficulty of melodic patterns compared to the audiation difficulty of their embedded tonal patterns and embedded rhythm patterns, (b) determine if tonal pattern difficulty and/or rhythm pattern difficulty may be used to predict melodic pattern difficulty, (c) examine the mean differences between the audiation difficulty of melodic patterns compared to the audiation difficulty of their embedded tonal patterns and embedded rhythm patterns, and (d) examine the mean differences between the …

An Investigation Of Selected Collegiate Voice Teachers' Descriptions Of Repertoire Selection Practices., David Stephenson

Theses and Dissertations

Repertoire is a critical component of the instructional process at all levels of music education, and more insight into music educators' repertoire selection practices is a need, especially in the case of the collegiate voice studio. A particular void in this topic is the lack of pre-service instructional training including repertoire assignment strategies for prospective and novice voice teachers. The investigator studied these topics using two data collection phases: 1) collecting descriptive data from vocal recital programs in three universities from the southern United States; and, 2) conducting interviews with five experienced voice teachers recruited from the aforementioned institutions. The …

The Music Of James Reese Europe For Vernon And Irene Castle, Ralph G. Barrett

Theses and Dissertations

James Reese Europe (1881-1919) was one of the leading African American musicians of the first two decades of the twentieth century. He was renowned as a conductor of theater and dance orchestras, a composer of syncopated dance music and popular song, and an advocate for improved opportunities and remuneration for African American professional musicians in New York. From late 1913 until mid-1915, Europe was musical director for the popular exhibition dance team of Vernon (1887-1918) and Irene (1893-1969) Castle. During their brief career, the Castle's were instrumental in changing the sordid image of social dancing during America's 'dance craze' of …

Interactive Musical Partner: A System For Human/Computer Duo Improvisations, Jeffrey Vernon Albert

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This research is centered on the creation of a computer program that will make music with a human improviser. This Interactive Musical Partner (IMP) is designed for duo improvisations, with one human improviser and one instance of IMP, focusing on a freely improvised duo aesthetic. IMP has Musical Personality Settings (MPS) that can be set prior to performance, and these MPS guide the way IMP responds to musical input from the human. The MPS also govern the probability of particular outcomes from IMP’s creative algorithms. IMP uses audio data feature extraction methods to listen to the human partner, and react …

Peter Klatzow's Six Concert Etudes For Marimba : A Performer's Guide, Daniel Brian Heagney

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Peter Klatzow has become one of the most prominent composers for keyboard percussion over the last thirty years. Several of his works have found their way into the standard repertoire for percussion. The primary purpose of this document is to serve as a performer’s guide to his Six Concert Etudes for Marimba. This document is intended to help percussionists become less intimidated by Klatzow’s music, and make it more approachable. By studying the technical and musical demands within the Concert Etudes, a percussionist will be better prepared to perform Klatzow’s other keyboard percussion compositions. Both technical and musical advice is …

Piano Music Of Elisenda Fábregas: A Stylistic Analysis, Jinha Park

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to present a stylistic analysis of the piano music by American-Spanish composer and pianist Elisenda F├â┬íbregas (b.1955). F├â┬íbregas' compositional output includes more than forty works for solo, chamber ensemble, vocal, chorus and orchestra; her large-scale piano works consist of Mirage (1997), Portraits I (2000), Homenatge a Mompou (2006), and Hommage ├â┬á Mozart (2006). Chapter I consists of an introduction, including the purpose of the investigation and a literature review. Chapter II covers brief biographical information, compositional genre and style, and compositional output of piano, vocal and chamber music. Chapter III provides a stylistic analysis …

The Musical Life Of Carmen Petra-Basacopol And Her Various Contributions To The Harp Literature, Gabriela Chihaescu

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The compositions of Romanian composer Carmen Petra-Basacopol (b. 1926) encompass a variety of musical genres such as solo instrumental music, chamber ensembles, and symphonic concert works, as well as opera, vocal, and vocal-symphonic works. Although not a harpist herself, Carmen Petra-Basacopol demonstrates great knowledge and mastery of idiomatic harp technique, including in her works an assortment of original timbre combinations such as knocking on the wood of the harp, pedal slides (is the sound effect produced when the pedal is moved while the string still vibrates), and près de la table (is the French expression for playing as close as …

An Original Composition, "...And It Was Good For Orchestra" And A New Century, A New Audience : Concert Music's Evolution Into Pop And The Music Producer As Maestro, Matthew David Evancho

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The first part of this dissertation is a musical composition for full orchestra titled, ...And It Was Good. The work's title refers to the biblical text that follows each day of God's creation, "God saw all that he had made, and it was good." The architecture for the single movement work is framed within seven sections, each representing a different day of the biblical creation story. An arch form is used and each section is marked by a different tonal center taken from a whole tone scale beginning on F. The composer employs several songs from various world religions and …