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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.

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 …

Rehearsal And Performance Practices Of Minimalist Music, Specifically Related To Music For Eighteen Musicians By Steve Reich, Callum Moncrieff

Theses : Honours

This dissertation serves to give an exposition of the origins, rehearsal and performance practices for minimalist music with particular attention paid to Music for Eighteen Musicians by Steve Reich. It contains interviews with performers of this work and attempts to define the underlying principles of minimalist music with particular reference to concentration and tempo. Rehearsal procedures are discussed as well as issues such as stamina and acoustics. The final section is dedicated to common mistakes and a reflection on the work from those who have performed it.

God's Lonely Men : Bernard Herrmann's Musical Voice For The Lonely And Tortured Men Of Cinema, Clare Nina Norelli

Theses : Honours

Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) has long been regarded as one of the most important composers of film music. Emerging during a time when the majority of film scores worked primarily with the physical action onscreen or what was immediately obvious in the dramatic narrative, Herrmann's innovative compositional style instead focused on the unconscious and the psychological states at work. The following thesis is a discussion of the key elements of Herrmann's unique film score style and, via case studies of the three lonely male protagonists in the films Citizen Kane (Welles, USA, 1941), Vertigo (Hitchcock, USA, 1958) and Taxi Driver (Scorsese, …

To Cite Or Not To Cite? Confronting The Legacy Of (European) Writing On African Music, Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

English Abstract:

The current citational practice in Western scholarship is ideologically loaded, being far more suited to a written economy than a primarily oral culture in which knowledge is preserved in memory and disseminated through repeated performance. The impact of orality on musical scholarship should be more closely investigated; African scholars have all too often become informants rather than theorists of their own traditions. It is therefore proposed that the routine citation of a body of scholarship developed without Africa's historically-specific intellectual needs and ambitions in mind should in fact be discouraged.

German Abstract:

Die heutige Zitierpraxis der westlichen Wissenschaft …

Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga: Innovations Of Character And Virtuosity In Contemporary Opera, Kelly Fiona Lynch

LSU Major Papers

In 1979, Scottish-born composer Judith Weir wrote King Harald’s Saga for the soprano Jane Manning. Although an opera in three acts, the cast consists of one performer unaccompanied, interpreting various characters, including the protagonist, King Harald, two of his wives, and the entire Norwegian Army. The opera presented in its entirety is ten minutes in duration. The scope of this paper is intended to assist the performer as well as those who are interested in contemporary opera. I have provided a brief overview of Weir’s compositional style in opera, chamber opera and song. As King Harald’s Saga was Weir’s first …

A Performer's Guide To Ross Lee Finney's Song Cycle Chamber Music, Joseph Charles Perniciaro

LSU Major Papers

Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997), significant American composer and pedagogue, published five works for solo voice and piano within his catalogue of genres and styles. Though composed in 1951, Finney’s setting of Chamber Music, to James Joyce’s texts by the same title, remained unpublished until 1985. This song cycle, Finney’s last published solo vocal work, will be the focus of this document and subsequent lecture recital. The purpose of this study will be to examine seventeen of the thirty-six songs from the cycle and provide performance suggestions. The written document is comprised of five chapters: Chapter One provides biographical information and …

Blowing East : A Set Of Performance Practice Instructions For A Western Flautist Presenting Japanese And Indian Inspired Works, Asha Henfry

Theses : Honours

In the form of a handbook, this dissertation is predominantly directed at Western flute players interested in world music, the shaktthachi or bansttri, or who may be looking for advice on playing Japanese or Indian inspired works. Performing music that is not in the normal Western classical idiom can sometimes be a daunting experience for a flautist. By looking first at the background musical and cultural aspects relative to each country and then delving deeper into the finer details of characteristic nuances and techniques, the flautist can then take the music to a higher level. In addition, an extensive list …

Concert Recording 2007-11-18c, Dustin Wallace, Jonathan Story

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concert prelude, op. 215 (2005) / Derek Bourgeois -- A walk in the woods (2004) / Jiro Censhu -- Morceau symphonique, op. 88 (1892) / Alexandre Guilmant -- Blue Lake Fantasies (1995). Ancient Air / David Gillingham -- Fantasy Variations (1990) / Yasuhide Ito

Concert Recording 2007-04-05a, Jo Evans, Tracy Hone

Concert Recordings & Programs

Weihnachts oratorium. Bereite dich, Zion / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Litanei ; An die musik / Franz Schubert -- Anna Bolena. Deh! non voler costringere / Gaetano Donizetti -- Dans un bois solitaire / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Au bord de l'eau ; Mai / Gabriel Faure -- Church bell at night ; The crucifixion ; The monk and his cat / Samuel Barber -- The consul. Lullaby / Carlo Menotti

2007 Gala Old School, New Students: Bringing The Arts Downtown, Alex Gonzalez, Barbara Riske

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed

Jazz 2007-2008 Performances, David L. Loeb, Bruce Paulson, Tom Warrington, Joe Lano, Jobelle Yonely, Wayne Bergeron, Phil Wigfall, Joe Labarbera, Gil Kaupp, Daryn Obrecht, David Perrico, Bernie Dresel, Jessica Zuch, Ryan Bricknell, Tony Branco, Tom Bruner

Jazz Ensembles

Program listing performers and works performed

Presentation By The University Of Nevada, Las Vegas: College Of Fine Arts, Unlv New Horizons Band, Zach Hartley, David Irish, Jonathan Steveson, Vanessa Spykerman, Unlv Community Concert Band, Anthony Labounty, Takayoshi Suzuki, Danielle Mccracken

Wind Ensemble

Program listing performers and works performed

Volume 21, Various Authors

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

No abstract provided.

Jazz Pedagogy And The Guitar: Recital Recording, Tony Brown

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This recital abstract documents material learned and skills developed in pursuit of the Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy degree. The author's recital presents a practical application of the concepts learned in the Jazz Pedagogy program in the hands of a guitarist. The program selections were chosen from nine significant jazz guitar recordings by seven of the most prolific modem jazz guitarists. Each selection presented in this abstract will be discussed from a historical, musical, pedagogical, and philosophical point of view.

Inside Story: An Arts-Based Exploration Of The Creative Process Of The Storyteller As Leader, Heather Forest

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Storytelling is one of humanity's oldest art forms and an enduring educational method. Stories can spark social change. Although storytelling is tacitly recognized in diverse social science domains as a communication medium used to powerfully transmit leadership vision and ideas, little empirical research has been reported about how a teller constructs and tells a story. Through qualitative, arts-based methods, this heuristic study examines and describes the lived experience of a storyteller composing and performing a tale on issues of peace, justice, and social change. It reflects on the teller as leader and identifies a palette of arts-based skills for change …

Book Review, Jennifer L. Behrens

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Concert Recording 2007-02-28a, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Richard Ramey, Timothy Thompson, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Lyrique Quintette

Concert Recordings & Programs

Little fugue in g minor / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Wind quintet in E♭, op. 88, no. 2 / Anton Reicha -- Summer music, op. 31 / Samuel Barber -- Six bagatelles / Gyorgy Ligeti -- Aires tropicales. Alborada ; Son ; Habanera ; Vals venezolano ; Contradanza / Paquito D'Rivera -- Spain / Chick Corea ; arr. Richard S. Bobo

Concert Recording 2007-02-21, Cheryl Wefler, Theresa Delaplain, Elizabeth St. John, Kristin Harwell

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata in E♭ Major, HWV 382 / George Frideric Handel -- Fantasie pieces. Romance ; Humoresque / Carl Nielsen -- Sonata in g minor, BWV 1030b / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Trio, op. 87 / Ludwig van Beethoven

Concert Recording 2007-01-30, Sandy Nieves, Lyndon Meyer, Christopher Davis

Concert Recordings & Programs

Rhapsody / Wilson Osborne -- Sonata for clarinet and piano in B♭ Major / Paul Hindemith -- Lied per Clarinetto Solo / Luciano Berio -- Sonata for clarinet and piano in f minor, op. 120, no. 1 / Johannes Brahms

Concert Recording 2007-03-01, Carmen Lyon, Christopher Davis

Concert Recordings & Programs

Ei, wie schmeckt der Kaffee susse / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Vergebliches standchen / Johannes Brahms -- Standchen / Richard Strauss -- Fleurs ; Air Champetre / Francis Poulenc -- Over the Rim of the Moon. The ships of Arcady ; Beloved ; A blackbird singing ; Nocturne / Michael Head -- Don Pasquale. So, anch'io la virtu magica / Gaetano Donizetti

Concert Recording 2007-12-04, Julianna Jordan, Molly Volmer, Brady Hurlburt, Karel Subidjo, Christopher Davis, Lyndon Meyer, Jonathan Story, Calin Clark

Concert Recordings & Programs

Lyric pieces, book V. Notturno, op. 54, no. 4 / Edvard Grieg -- Prelude in e minor, op. 28, no. 4 / Frederic Chopin -- Two-part invention no. 14 in B Major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Fantasia in d minor, k. 395 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Ballade no. 1 in g minor, op. 23 / Frederic Chopin -- Fantasie in b minor, op. 28 / Alexander Scriabin -- Piano sonata no. 2 in b ♭ minor, op. 36 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Piano sonata no. 2 in b♭ minor, op. 35 / Frederic Chopin -- Piano concerto no. …

Concert Recording 2007-02-11, Jessica Sudduth, Christopher Davis

Concert Recordings & Programs

Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth / Henry Purcell -- Les nuits d'ete'. Villanelle / Hector Berlioz -- Apres un reve / Gabriel Faure -- Chere nuit / Alfred Bachelet -- Sei Ariette. Malinconia, ninfa gentile / Vincenzo Bellini -- Se a te d'intorno scherzo / Gaetano Donizetti -- La boheme. Quando men vo' / Giacomo Puccini -- Grief / William Grant Still -- Twelve poems of Emily Dickinson. Heart, we will forget him / Aaron Copeland -- The medium. The black swan / Gian Carlo Menotti -- Gretchen am spinnrade / Franz Schubert -- Nun wandre, …

Gretsch News, Volume 5, Gretsch Company

Gretsch Company Newsletters

Table of Contents: Norma Jean's Daniel Davison, Renown Maple Product Review, G-4000 Series Snare Drums, New Gretsch Models, G... I didn't Know that.

Master's Recital In Voice, Sarah Martha Brindley

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Sarah Brindley, mezzo-soprano, performed a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Vocal Performance on Friday, March 23, 2007 in Davis Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa. The program included compositions by Schumann, Bellini, Ives, and Rossini. This abstract provides a brief history of the composers presented as well as short discussions of the analytical and stylistic elements important to the music performed. I will provide a brief discussion of the Romantic period, as four out of the five composers discussed in this abstract …

Concert Recording 2007-02-28, Lisa Hocking, Lyndon Meyer, Jesse Mccoy, Tracy Hone, Juan Garcia, Henry Runkles

Concert Recordings & Programs

Partita, op. 89 / Arthur Butterworth -- Bright is the ring of words / R. Vaughn Williams -- Evensong / David Uber

Concert Recording 2007-01-31, Jeff Hodge, Oliver Molina, Lauren Taylor

Concert Recordings & Programs

To the gods of rhythm / Nebojsa Jovan Zivkovic -- Relient Khaos / Relient K, arr. Oliver Molina

Concert Recording 2007-03-07, Brandon Drew, Adam Houk, Ruth Lindgren, Evan Conroy, Western Michigan University. Trombone Quartet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Fugue in d minor / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Ave Maria / Jacob Arcadelt ; arr. James Self -- First trombone quartet. Eerste deel ; Deel twee / Saskia Apon -- Quatre pieces pour quatuor de trombones. Mouvement perpetuel / Jean-Michel Defaye -- Myths and legends / Eric Ewazen -- That's a plenty / Lew Pollack ; arr. Robert Elkjer

Concert Recording 2007-04-05, Eli Eban, Timothy Smith

Concert Recordings & Programs

Four church sonatas. II. Andante ; III. Allegro ; IV. Allegro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Yona Ettlinger -- Sonata for clarinet and piano / Francis Poulenc -- Konzertstucke no. 1 / Felix Mendelssohn

Concert Recording 2007-04-26, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Saxophone Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

He is good and handsome / Pierre Passereau, arr. Shepherd -- Chorale prelude and fugue / J.S. Bach, arr. Laycock -- String quartet in E♭. Minuet / W. A. Mozart, arr. Teal -- Sailor's hornpipe / Henry Cowell -- Spain / Chick Corea -- Little Gap, Pennsylvania (1995) / Charles Smith -- Brandenburg concerto no. 3. Finale / J. S. Bach, arr. Laycock -- Concertino for saxophone ensemble / Brian Israel