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A Performer's Guide To The Songs For Soprano By The Austro-American Composer Eric Zeisl (1905-1959), Katharina Roessner Jan 2007

A Performer's Guide To The Songs For Soprano By The Austro-American Composer Eric Zeisl (1905-1959), Katharina Roessner

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This written document presents an introduction to the soprano songs by the Austro-American composer Eric Zeisl. Songs chosen comprise published songs (Der Schäfer, Die Fünf Hühnerchen, Vergiss Mein Nicht, Vor Meinem Fenster) as well as unpublished songs (Der Briefmark, Der Tag Erwacht, Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer, Kommst Du Nicht Herein, Reiterliedchen). The thesis begins with a brief biographical outline of the composer and a discussion of his song style and his musical influences. Subsequent chapters include a discussion of the poets used in the chosen songs, as well as an analysis of these songs. Appendices provide translations, IPA transcriptions, …

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Narratives In Music: Schelmo, Hebraic Rhapsody For Cello And Orchestra, Asu Perihan Karadut Jan 2007

Narratives In Music: Schelmo, Hebraic Rhapsody For Cello And Orchestra, Asu Perihan Karadut

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Born in July 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland, Ernest Bloch became one of the leading composers of the 20th century. He wrote series of works, which he called “The Jewish Cycle.” They represented a new, distinctive musical language, in which Bloch combined eastern and western music traits. Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra (1915-16) was the last composition from the cycle. It showed mastery of a style Bloch had been developing since his earlier compositions. This project will show Schelomo’s place in “The Jewish Cycle” and its importance on Bloch’s departure from the popular trends of the early 20th century. …

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An Original Composition, Diamundo, And A Historical Survey Of Music Spatialization, Amaro Borges Moreira Filho Jan 2007

An Original Composition, Diamundo, And A Historical Survey Of Music Spatialization, Amaro Borges Moreira Filho

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is divided in two parts. Part one is an original composition, Diamundo, for percussion, winds, strings, and loudspeakers, based on the poem of the same name by the Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. It is scored for a chamber orchestra with a main ensemble formed by strings, piano, percussion, and guitar, plus electroacoustic sounds, and four solo wind instruments: flute, saxophone, trumpet, and trombone. The ensemble and the eight-channel loudspeakers are spatialized. The piece is divided in six movements without interruption. The first five movements are separated by 4 cadenzas for the solo instruments. Most of the …

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Three Sonatas For Piano By Emma Lou Diemer, Chin-Ming Michelle Lin Jan 2007

Three Sonatas For Piano By Emma Lou Diemer, Chin-Ming Michelle Lin

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Emma Lou Diemer (1927- ), an eclectic, still active American composer, has composed in many different musical genres for both professional and amateur groups. She is well-known for her vocal music Three Madrigals (1962) and her Concerto in One Movement for Piano (1991), which won Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards in 1992. Diemer’s piano music includes pedagogical works as well as concert pieces. Her piano sonatas are sophisticated compositions for piano which combine both advanced technical elements and musical complexities. Of her three piano sonatas, Piano Sonata No.3 is particularly accessible to listeners. The Sonata for Piano in One Movement was …

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An Original Composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme And Variations For Piano, Harpsichord, Harp And Orchestra And A Comparative Study Between The Pedagogical Methodologies Of Arnold Schoenberg And Nadia Boulanger Regarding Training The Composer, Barrett Ashley Johnson Jan 2007

An Original Composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme And Variations For Piano, Harpsichord, Harp And Orchestra And A Comparative Study Between The Pedagogical Methodologies Of Arnold Schoenberg And Nadia Boulanger Regarding Training The Composer, Barrett Ashley Johnson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Part one of this dissertation is an original music composition, Galleria Armonica, Theme and Variations for Piano, Harpsichord, Harp and Orchestra in fantasia variation form. The orchestra is divided into four groups: Strings (8/8/6/6/4), Winds (2/2/2/2/), Brass (4/3/3/1), and Percussion (Percussion I: Celesta, Timpani, Vibraphone, & Snare Drum; Percussion II: Suspended Cymbal, Orchestra Bells, Tam-Tam; Percussion III: Bass Drum, Side Drum, Triangle, & Tam-Tam.) Each solo instrument (Piano, Harpsichord & Harp) is physically associated with a specified group: Piano with Brass; Harpsichord with Strings: Harp with Winds, thus three primary groups. The percussion is employed as a crossover, unifying ensemble. …

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Yardbird Cello: Adapting The Language Of Charlie Parker To The Cello Through Solo Transcription And Analysis, Kristin Isaacson Jan 2007

Yardbird Cello: Adapting The Language Of Charlie Parker To The Cello Through Solo Transcription And Analysis, Kristin Isaacson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This paper examines the musical and technical demands of adapting the bebop melodic language of saxophonist Charlie Parker to the cello. String players have tended to avoid this musical language due to its non-idiomatic nature. A staple of jazz performers' repertory however, bebop tunes remain standard works of study for any student of jazz improvisation. This paper examines the challenges for the cellist's left hand in playing Parker's melodies and improvisations. It also suggests possible bowing solutions that allow the player to emulate his articulation. Further, it examines issues of musical timing and various learning techniques for the application of …

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John Mackey: The Composer, His Compositional Style And A Conductor's Analysis Of Redline Tango And Turbine, Rebecca L. Phillips Jan 2007

John Mackey: The Composer, His Compositional Style And A Conductor's Analysis Of Redline Tango And Turbine, Rebecca L. Phillips

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this monograph is to present the first formal analysis of John Mackey and his music. Through substantive firsthand interaction with the composer, this document details Mackey’s unique compositional development through computer-based learning and includes a conductor’s analysis of Redline Tango and Turbine. Mackey’s compositional style includes simplistic forms using melodies and harmonies that do not readily demonstrate the difficulties conductors and performers may find within his well-crafted compositions. Mackey’s work emphasizes the element of rhythm and his orchestration typically utilizes the conventional instrumentation for wind ensemble with prominence placed on percussion. Redline Tango has been awarded two …

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The Apologia Of Franchino Gafurio: A Critical Edition And Translation, Patrick Joseph Kaufman Jan 2007

The Apologia Of Franchino Gafurio: A Critical Edition And Translation, Patrick Joseph Kaufman

LSU Master's Theses

Franchino Gafurio’s Apologia (Turin, 1520) is one musical treatise in a series of works that constituted the famous “pamphlet war” between he and Giovanni Spataro. The dispute originated with the publication of Bartholomeo Ramis de Pareia’s Musica practica (Bologna, 1482). Unconventional and unapologetically critical, Ramis rejected venerated musical traditions in an attempt to align music theory with contemporary music practice. He opposed the Pythagorean division of the monochord and Guidonian solmization syllables, and instead proposed a division which produced pure thirds, and a solmization system based on the octave. His iconoclastic proposals and his highly sarcastic tone called forth a …

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Quintet For Two Violins, Viola, Cello And Piano, And String Quartet No. 1 By Lazar Nikolov, Alexandra Dotcheva Jan 2007

Quintet For Two Violins, Viola, Cello And Piano, And String Quartet No. 1 By Lazar Nikolov, Alexandra Dotcheva

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Lazar Nikolov (1922-2005) was a representative of the so-called third generation of Bulgarian composers. Together with his closest friend, composer and conductor Konstantin Iliev, Nikolov founded the postwar avant garde in Bulgaria. He was among the first composers in Eastern Europe to abandon the influence of musical folklore and employ non-tonal techniques. Shortly before graduating from the State Academy of Music in 1946, Nikolov felt that the masters from the previous two generations had already used all the successful means to incorporate neo-Romantic features and Bulgarian folk material into art music. He was perceptive enough to recognize the danger of …

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Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem: Dialectic And The Chromatic Middleground, Patrick Tuck Jan 2007

Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem: Dialectic And The Chromatic Middleground, Patrick Tuck

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem (1868) has been the focus of much scholarly research. The present study focuses specifically on the work’s dialectic: the presentation and resolution of a conflict between mortal suffering and eternal joy. It takes an Schenkerian approach to the tonal content of the piece, which provides a musical reflection of the human spiritual journey to the afterlife. It examines how Brahms brings his chosen texts to life with the aid of musical processes such as mixture, register transfer, coupling, covering lines, and contrasting textures. The present study will cite previous authors who have noted the opposing forces …

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The Formation Of A Style: Selected Early Works By Hugo Wolf, Jure Rozman Jan 2007

The Formation Of A Style: Selected Early Works By Hugo Wolf, Jure Rozman

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Hugo Wolf’s (1860–1903) most pronounced talent was in marrying music and poetry in novel ways, which is clearly demonstrated by his more than 240 art songs. In his early years Wolf composed a series of works for piano solo, published for the first time in 1974 by the Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag in Vienna. This paper explores these and other formative works in detail, focusing on music-theoretical issues, but also placing them in historical context by means of a brief biography which includes recent discoveries regarding Wolf’s Slovene lineage.

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Liturgical Expressions Of A Classical Romantic: A Choral Conductor's Investigation Of Selected Sacred Trebel Chorus Compositions By Josef Rheinberger, Natasia Sexton Jan 2007

Liturgical Expressions Of A Classical Romantic: A Choral Conductor's Investigation Of Selected Sacred Trebel Chorus Compositions By Josef Rheinberger, Natasia Sexton

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract In his attention to the demands of the liturgy, ideals of musical reform in worship during the 19th century, and contemporary compositional practices, Rheinberger reflected his environment in the Marianische Hymnen, opus 171 and the Missa in g, opus 187. Although little documentation exists regarding the origins of these compositions, clearly they were intended for Catholic worship. Syllabic, homophonic settings of Latin texts feature graceful yet restrained organ accompaniments functioning to support the voices while revealing the liturgical practices of the period. Furthermore, diary entries by both Rheinberger and his wife reveal that the composer occasionally prepared works for …

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University Of Pennsylvania Ms Codex 436: A Description And Analysis Of Contents, Jeannette Di Bernardo Jones Jan 2007

University Of Pennsylvania Ms Codex 436: A Description And Analysis Of Contents, Jeannette Di Bernardo Jones

LSU Master's Theses

The University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 436, an Italian manuscript dated 1682, is a handbook containing alphabets, linguistic treatises, a computus for calculating the date of Easter, mathematical tables, and rules for music theory and singing the liturgy. The manuscript's contents make it possible to identify the compiler as a student; the contents, along with their mode of presentation and the manuscript's general appearance, make it possible to situate him within the culture of humanism and more specifically within book culture in the transition from manuscript to print. The contents indicate who the compiler is in terms of his social …

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An Original Composition, Vestiges Of Kubla And An Analysis Of George Crumb's Quest For Guitar, Soprano Saxophone, Harp, Contrabass, And Percussion, John Manuel Crabtree Jan 2007

An Original Composition, Vestiges Of Kubla And An Analysis Of George Crumb's Quest For Guitar, Soprano Saxophone, Harp, Contrabass, And Percussion, John Manuel Crabtree

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Vestiges of Kubla is scored for the following instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionist, guitar, and strings. Structured differently than a traditional concerto form, the overall architecture of the work is a large-scale sonata-allegro form in which the first movement is an exposition, the second movement is a slow development, and the third movement is a recapitulation of musical ideas from in the first, followed by a concluding coda. Although the concerto is unified by thematic, motific, and harmonic content presented in the first movement - …

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First Flute: The Pioneering Career Of Doriot Anthony Dywer, Kristen Elizabeth Kean Jan 2007

First Flute: The Pioneering Career Of Doriot Anthony Dywer, Kristen Elizabeth Kean

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In 1952, Boston Symphony director Charles Munch hired flutist Doriot Anthony Dwyer making her the first woman to play in a principal chair in one of the top five symphony orchestras in the United States. The purpose of this monograph is to document Doriot Anthony Dwyer's studies and career prior to her milestone appointment with the Boston Symphony. A chapter on her teaching method includes observations from the Flute Workshop at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and selected observations from former students of Dwyer's.

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A Conductor's Theoretical And Performance Analysis Of Nicholas Maw's "American Games" For Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Adam Corey Spurlin Jan 2007

A Conductor's Theoretical And Performance Analysis Of Nicholas Maw's "American Games" For Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Adam Corey Spurlin

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this document is to provide information pertaining to the instrumental music of the living British composer Nicholas Maw and a detailed analysis of American Games, his only work for symphonic wind ensemble. The document is divided into four chapters, the first of which contains introductory, biographical, and repertoire information. Chapter Two explores Maw’s primary influences and provides a description of his late instrumental style, including references to three orchestral works completed in the last twenty years (Odyssey, Violin Concerto, and Dance Scenes). The third chapter includes pertinent historical information on American Games paired with a detailed theoretical …

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Looking At Jazz: America's Art Form, Jacksonville Public Library Jan 2007

Looking At Jazz: America's Art Form, Jacksonville Public Library

Jacksonville Jazz Festival Collection Materials

Flier listing schedule for the Looking at Jazz America’s Art Form Film Series, held March 7-April 5 and April 13-14, 2007 during the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

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Intercultural Music Education: The Moral Ethics Of Cultural Educational Exchange, Mary Cummings Jan 2007

Intercultural Music Education: The Moral Ethics Of Cultural Educational Exchange, Mary Cummings

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

It is important when considering a position as a music educator within a non-Western society to examine the political, social and religious influences that are present in music in order to assist in alleviating the tensions and dangers that such an introduction may create within a culture. Once these issues are understood, it is clear to see that a system of intercultural exchange instead of Western globalization would benefit both teacher and student while still maintaining cultural integrity. The advantage of such an approach would break down cultural barriers, preserve the existing culture, and provide a Christian educator with a …

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2008 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Commemorative Poster Contest, "City Of Jacksonville, Office Of Special Events" Jan 2007

2008 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Commemorative Poster Contest, "City Of Jacksonville, Office Of Special Events"

Jacksonville Jazz Festival Collection Materials

Information for entering the 2008 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Commemorative Poster Contest.

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Edward Said And The Study Of Music, Kofi Agawu Jan 2007

Edward Said And The Study Of Music, Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

My first encounter with Edward Said’s work was in the 1980s with the book, Beginnings: Intention and Method (1975). I was exploring a semiotic approach to late 18th-century music, specifically, a beginning-middle-ending paradigm (an Aristotelian paradigm) that seemed to me to capture the rhetorical intentions of Classic composers. Said’s wide-ranging reflections and ruminations on beginnings – as inaugural moments, as sites for the establishment of difference, as authorially privileged moments, and as "first steps in the intentional production of meaning" – proved inspiring. My enduring impression of him at the time was that he was a very good …

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Eat 1, Mark Ari, William Slaughter, Tim Gilmore, Clark Lunberry, Jason Arnold, Keith Cartwright, Jesse Cartwright, Blind Willie Sixpence, Thelma Young, Christopher Sylvester, April Fisher Jan 2007

Eat 1, Mark Ari, William Slaughter, Tim Gilmore, Clark Lunberry, Jason Arnold, Keith Cartwright, Jesse Cartwright, Blind Willie Sixpence, Thelma Young, Christopher Sylvester, April Fisher

EAT

1. William Slaughter - Like Atlantis 00:27
2. Tim Gilmore - A Saying of Graces 02:57
3. Clark Lunberry & Jason Arnold - Reconsider Now 04:02
4. Keith Cartwright with Jesse Cartwright - Bloomdido 02:08
5. Mark Ari as Cyrano Moon - Under the Influence: Part 1 04:12
6. Clark Lunberry & Jason Arnold - As If / To Drift 03:11
7. William Slaughter - What I Learned Living in an Olive Grove 00:16
8. Mark Ari as Cyrano Moon with Blind Willie Sixpence - I’ll Be Glad When You’re Gone 02:12
9. Clark Lunberry & Jason Arnold - Eavesdropping …

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Song Of The Holy Ground (Score), Gary Smart Jan 2007

Song Of The Holy Ground (Score), Gary Smart

Music Faculty Research and Scholarship

“Song of the Holy Ground” for piano and string quartet was written in reaction to an Apache chant recorded in 1953 by musicologist John Donald Robb. The original recording, sung by a young girl, is clear, delicate and charming at first hearing. The text itself is unknown to me, beyond the fact that this is a song of consecration, a blessing. But the music of the chant is enchanting, with its uniquely expressive melodic shapes and its asymmetrical rhythms.

In approaching this material I first made a detailed transcription of the chant and became fascinated with the intricacy of the …

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Apache Chant - Song Of The Holy Ground (Score), Gary Smart Jan 2007

Apache Chant - Song Of The Holy Ground (Score), Gary Smart

Music Faculty Research and Scholarship

Initial transcription of an Apache chant from The John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music at the University of New Mexico.

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Concert Recording 2007-12-01a, Sharon Holloway Jan 2007

Concert Recording 2007-12-01a, Sharon Holloway

Concert Recordings & Programs

Disc one -- English suite no. 4 in F Major bwv 809 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sonata in G Major, op 31, no. 1 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Disc 2 -- Benediction de dieu dans la solitude / Franz Liszt -- Nocturne xiv, in G Major / John Field -- Nocturne (homage to John Field) op. 33 / Samuel Barber -- Prelude and fugue in d minor, op. 87, no. 24 / Dmitrii Shostakovich

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Concert Recording 2007-01-29, Paul Compton, Zarina Melik-Stepanova, Ohio State University. Trombone Quartet Jan 2007

Concert Recording 2007-01-29, Paul Compton, Zarina Melik-Stepanova, Ohio State University. Trombone Quartet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto / James Pugh -- Suite. Waltz in d♭ major, op. 64 no 1 ; Grande valse brillante in a minor, op. 32 no. 2 ; Grande valse brillante in E♭ Major, op. 18 / Claude Debussy -- Life pictures for solo trombone. Youthful vigor ; Reflection ; The rat race / David Shipps -- Elegie op. 3, no. 1 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Round midnight / Thelonius Monk -- Mosaic of a fallen hero / David Herring

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Concert Recording 2007-02-27, Kevork Mardirossian, Lee Phillips Jan 2007

Concert Recording 2007-02-27, Kevork Mardirossian, Lee Phillips

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in f minor, op. 80 / Sergei Prokofiev -- Sonata / Claude Debussy -- Sonata in d minor, op. 108 / Johannes Brahms

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Concert Recording 2007-03-14a, Faina Lushtak Jan 2007

Concert Recording 2007-03-14a, Faina Lushtak

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata K. 330 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Polonaise, op. 26 no. 1 ; Nocturne op. 27 no. 2 ; Mazurka op. 6, no. 2 ; Mazurka op. 17, no. 4 ; Mazurka op. 24, no. 2 ; Mazurka op. 30, no. 2 / Frederic Chopin -- Sonata no. 3, op. 28 / Sergei Prokofiev -- Prelude op. 3, no. 2 ; Prelude op. 32, no. 5 ; Prelude op. 32, no. 12 -- Hungarian rhapsody no. 11 / Franz Liszt -- 5 Preludes ; Old and New / Faina Lushtak

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Concert Recording 2007-05-11, Kara Schrock, Kristin Harewell Jan 2007

Concert Recording 2007-05-11, Kara Schrock, Kristin Harewell

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto in d major / Antonio Vivaldi -- Sonata in a major / Cesar Franck -- Kokopeli / Katherine Hoover -- Sonata in d major, op. 94 / Sergei Prokofiev

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The New String Quartet : The Evolution Of The Hyperquartet, Rachael Dease Jan 2007

The New String Quartet : The Evolution Of The Hyperquartet, Rachael Dease

Theses : Honours

This article explores the phenomenon of the rejuvenation of the string quartet in contemporary musical culture through the use of electronics. I will discuss how recent works; including my own works Spiral (1999) and Seven Ballads til Dawn (2007) have adopted some features of popular music and new technology, while still maintaining the integrity and flavour of their classical heritage. I will use several different examples to show the ways in which a quartet can become a "hyperquartet" through the use of amplification, effects processors and playback.

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Electronic Music Compositional Techniques In Instrumental Music: A Study Of Effect In Helmut Lachenmann's 'Pression', Lisa James Jan 2007

Electronic Music Compositional Techniques In Instrumental Music: A Study Of Effect In Helmut Lachenmann's 'Pression', Lisa James

Theses : Honours

The ability of new technologies of the early twentieth century to record, copy and manipulate music has permanently changed many of the basic conceptions of musical structure that have held true for centuries. With the development of musique concrete in France (1948) and elektronische musik in Germany (1951), traditional compositional elements of classical music such as melody, harmony and rhythm, which had survived even the drastic revolutions of the serial composers, began to take a secondary role to new structural and developmental techniques. Although there have been many technological and musical advances in the field of electronic music since these …

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