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The Effect Of Music Tempo On Movement Responses Of Preschool Children, Melanie Woods Alexander Jan 2006

The Effect Of Music Tempo On Movement Responses Of Preschool Children, Melanie Woods Alexander

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of tempo on movement responses of children ages one to three. For two weeks, 17 children between the ages of 22 and 36 months were videotaped twice per week to observe and measure their movement responses to fast and slow musical stimuli. During these sessions, the children were videotaped in their classrooms, engaged in either free play or in a quiet group activity. The videotaped sessions were then analyzed using a Motor Observation Form. Once all of the tapes had been viewed and scored, overall percentages of movement and no …

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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 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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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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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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Mindfulness Meditation: Creative Musical Performance Through Awareness, Sheri Oyan Jan 2006

Mindfulness Meditation: Creative Musical Performance Through Awareness, Sheri Oyan

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Musicians spend countless hours practicing their instruments over the course of a lifetime. These hours are primarily spent learning how to manipulate the instrument through scale studies, etudes, and repertoire. However, despite intense and diligent effort, many musicians find themselves unable to perform for an audience without some kind of interruption in creativity in the form of mental and/or physical distractions. The symptoms of such distractions can include heart palpitations, muscle tension, shaking, feelings of fear and panic, and an inability to focus on the task at hand. The presence of these symptoms, typically referred to as “performance anxiety,” is, …

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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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From Composition To Performance, Jacquelyn Dayle Zwiefel Jan 2006

From Composition To Performance, Jacquelyn Dayle Zwiefel

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

As partial fulfillment of my senior thesis requirement, I chose to present a senior voice recital. This recital was a culmination of all that I learned as an undergraduate in the field of music. The music that I chose to perform allowed me to grow as a scholar, a musician, and a performer. I have also gained knowledge and strengthened my experience in ways that will be valuable to my career in music education. This presentation of music allowed me to grow in a way beyond that which is possible in the classroom.

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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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Convergence And Divergence In Peter Mennin's Canzona, Gene H. Anderson Jan 2006

Convergence And Divergence In Peter Mennin's Canzona, Gene H. Anderson

Music Faculty Publications

In a brief but perspicacious study of Mennin' s music in 1954, Walter Hendl describes the composer as "a consummate craftsman who devotes great attention to the organization of materials." Although Hendl may not have known Canzona, which had been premiered in 1951 but not published until the year of his essay, the author's statement could well have been written with Mennin's sole piece for band specifically in mind. Not only is every aspect of Canzona integrally related to every other, but the relationships are deployed with a remarkable economy of means.

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Beatbox (Score), Gary Smart Jan 2006

Beatbox (Score), Gary Smart

Music Faculty Research and Scholarship

This group of short pieces for two pianists playing one piano was composed for a tour of central Japan in the summer of 2006. At a concert in Kyoto I premiered this collection, as secundo pianist, with six of my former Japanese piano students, each playing one movement with me. Each movement is dedicated to that individual and I like to think that these movements reflect, to some extent, each pianists’ personality.

The title “Beatbox” refers to the repetitive rhythmic motives which serve as the basis for each movement. This music features energetic ostinati, and thick, bopish textures. Movement five …

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Concert Recording 2006-09-27a, Steven Becraft, Ann Rye Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-09-27a, Steven Becraft, Ann Rye

Concert Recordings & Programs

Solo de concours / Andre Messager -- Cinco bocetos for clarinet solo / Roberto Sierra -- Sonata for clarinet and piano / Leonard Bernstein -- Four short pieces for clarinet and piano / Howard Ferguson -- Sonata in f minor for clarinet and piano, op. 120, no. 1

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Concert Recording 2006-10-26, Lawrence Gwozdz, Lyndon Meyer Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-10-26, Lawrence Gwozdz, Lyndon Meyer

Concert Recordings & Programs

Adagio and allegro, op. 70 / Robert Schumann ; trans./ed. Saiano -- Sonata elegiaca for alto saxophone and piano (1987) / Walter S. Hartley -- Stranger's dance, op. 179 (1999) / Dimitri Nicolau -- Lento drammatico (1994) / Zdenek Lukas -- Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (1997) / Stephen Dankner

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Concert Recording 2006-02-05, Jill Heyboer, Richard Ramey, Wei-Han Su Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-02-05, Jill Heyboer, Richard Ramey, Wei-Han Su

Concert Recordings & Programs

Trio for flute, bassoon, and piano / Gaetano Donizetti -- Sonatina for flute and bassoon / Pierre Gabaye -- Half-Moon at Checkerboard Mesa / Phillip Kent Bimstein -- Music for a low-budget epic (for piccolo and bassoon) / Jan Bach -- Trio for flute, bassoon, and piano / Armondo Anthony "Chick" Corea -- The hibiee-jibiees (for flute and piano) / Marcos Granados -- Bachianas Brasileiras no. 6 for flute and bassoon / Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Concert Recording 2006-03-27, Benjamin Pierce, Benjamin Pierce, Jun Okada Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-03-27, Benjamin Pierce, Benjamin Pierce, Jun Okada

Concert Recordings & Programs

Partita, op. 89 / Arthur Butterworth -- Intermezzo / Marcel Bitsch -- Fantasiestucke, op. 73 / Robert Schumann -- Moto Perpetuo, op. 11 / Niccolo Paganini, arr. Donald Hunsberger -- Soliloquy X / Christopher Wiggins -- Partita in a minor, BWV 1013 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Concertino / Eugene Bozza

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Concert Recording 2006-04-05a, Shane Sanderson, Lonnie Ostrander Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-04-05a, Shane Sanderson, Lonnie Ostrander

Concert Recordings & Programs

Don Giovanni. Fin ch'han dal vino ; Deh, vieni alla finestra / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Schwanengesang. Liebesbotschaft ; Krigers Ahnung ; Standchen ; Der Atlas ; Das Fischermadchen ; Der Doppelganger / Franz Schubert -- Rigoletto. Pari siamo / Giuseppe Verdi -- Poemes d'un jour / Gabriel Faure -- I was there / Lee Hoiby

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Concert Recording 2006-06-19, Alexander Hunt Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-06-19, Alexander Hunt

Concert Recordings & Programs

Partita I in B♭ major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Four impromptus, D. 899, op. 90 / Franz Schubert -- Klavierstuke, op. 118 / Johannes Brahms -- Prelude VII, Book I. Ce qu a vu le vent d'oust / Claude Debussy

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The French Songs Of Lee Hoiby, Scott Lagraff Jan 2006

The French Songs Of Lee Hoiby, Scott Lagraff

LSU Major Papers

Lee Hoiby has written almost a hundred songs, nearly all of them in English, but an interesting and growing subset of his oeuvre is settings of French texts. This document delves deeply into six of them: the sets Three French Songs (formerly Trois Poèmes de Rimbaud, 1982) and Chants d’Exil (2002). The study begins with brief biographical and stylistic synopses, including an examination of the influence of Schubert’s songs on Hoiby’s own. Subsequent chapters include discussions of the poets Arthur Rimbaud and Marcel Osterrieth, analyses of their poetry, and musical analyses of Hoiby's settings, focusing on the relationship between text …

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Structural Elegance And Harmonic Disparity In Selected Solos By Jazz Trumpeters Freddie Hubbard And Woody Shaw, Edward Rex Richardson Jan 2006

Structural Elegance And Harmonic Disparity In Selected Solos By Jazz Trumpeters Freddie Hubbard And Woody Shaw, Edward Rex Richardson

LSU Major Papers

Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw were two of the greatest figures in the jazz trumpet pantheon from their emergence in the 1960s until the 1980s. They were both unusual personalities; almost as well known for their volatility as for their instrumental virtuosity and creativity. Their association was characterized by competition and a certain degree of discomfort: Shaw, born nearly seven years after Hubbard, was often compared to his elder in a fashion that seemed to denigrate the younger trumpeter’s originality; he in turn often denied that he’d ever been directly influenced by Hubbard, in what appears to have been an …

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Concert Recording 2006-04-09, Luke Hubbard, Andy Moon, Ryan Cockerham, Lyndon Meyer, Derrick Doyle, Sam Ross, Jessica Sudduth, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Percussion Quartet, Mercy Warris Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-04-09, Luke Hubbard, Andy Moon, Ryan Cockerham, Lyndon Meyer, Derrick Doyle, Sam Ross, Jessica Sudduth, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Percussion Quartet, Mercy Warris

Concert Recordings & Programs

"the persistence of past chemistries" / Charles Griffith -- 2nd suite for cello in D minor, BWV 1008. Allemande ; Saraband / J.S. Bach -- Laudatio / Bernhard Krol -- Tzigane / Maurice Ravel -- Mourning dove sonnet / Christopher Deane -- Story hour / Phillip Parker -- The quartet in G minor, op. 25. IV. Rondo alla zingharese: presto / Johannes Brahms

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Concert Recording 2006-04-17, Nathaniel Dodson, Molly Reddick Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-04-17, Nathaniel Dodson, Molly Reddick

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto in E♭ / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Sonata for trumpet and piano. Allegro moderato / Halsey Stevens -- Nightsongs / Richard Peaslee

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Concert Recording 2006-03-05, Sam Ross, Jessica Sudduth, Lyndon Meyer, Jennifer Dolkos Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-03-05, Sam Ross, Jessica Sudduth, Lyndon Meyer, Jennifer Dolkos

Concert Recordings & Programs

Three American miniatures / John Rutter -- Flying lesson no. 5 / Robert Dick -- Four waltzes for flute, clarinet, and piano / Dmitri Shostakovich -- Suite for flute and B♭ clarinet / Robert Russell Bennett -- First sonata for flute and piano. Allegro poco moderato / Bohuslav Martinu -- Three dances for two flutes and piano

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Concert Recording 2006-03-31, Kate Dewey, Lonnie Ostrander, Nophachai Cholthitchanta Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-03-31, Kate Dewey, Lonnie Ostrander, Nophachai Cholthitchanta

Concert Recordings & Programs

Exsultate, Jubilate / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen / Franz Schubert -- Ariettes oubliees / Claude Debussy -- Three poems by Emily Dickinson. Heart! We will not forget him! ; Bee! I'm expecting you! / John Duke -- The faces of love. I shall not live in vain / Jake Heggie

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Concert Recording 2006-09-11, Theresa Delaplain, Robert Mueller, Ronda Mains, Richard Ramey Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-09-11, Theresa Delaplain, Robert Mueller, Ronda Mains, Richard Ramey

Concert Recordings & Programs

Epitaph / Witold Lutoslawski -- Sonata in B♭ major, HWV 357 / George Frideric Handel -- Trois pieces / Eugen Bozza -- Air Variee "Souvenir du Madrid," op. 13 / Pedro Soler -- Evocations / Henri Tomasi -- Huapangos / Mike Curtis -- Commemoration: In honor of fallen heroes / Robert Mueller

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Concert Recording 2006-10-12, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Richard Ramey, Timothy Thompson, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Lyrique Quintette Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-10-12, Ronda Mains, Theresa Delaplain, Nophachai Cholthitchanta, Richard Ramey, Timothy Thompson, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Lyrique Quintette

Concert Recordings & Programs

Concerto no. 2 after Vivaldi, S. 593 / J.S. Bach ; arr. Rechtman -- Quintette pour instruments a vent / Paul Taffanel -- "Little" fugue in g minor / J.S. Bach ; arr. Stevens -- Fantasia pour quintette a vent / Pierre Max Dubois -- Killer Kowalski / Ray Pizzi

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Concert Recording 2006-04-02, Kara Schrock, Catalina Ortega, Christopher Davis, Mercy Warris, William Reyes, William Reyes, Jenneca Mccarter, Bayard Blain, Justin Reed Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-04-02, Kara Schrock, Catalina Ortega, Christopher Davis, Mercy Warris, William Reyes, William Reyes, Jenneca Mccarter, Bayard Blain, Justin Reed

Concert Recordings & Programs

Trio sonata in G major, BWV 1039 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Trios aquarelles / Philippe Gaubert -- Histoire du tango / Astor Piazzolla -- Tranditional Irish music / arr. The Paddy Whackers

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Concert Recording 2006-05-01, Christopher Davis, Lyndon Meyer Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-05-01, Christopher Davis, Lyndon Meyer

Concert Recordings & Programs

Toccata in D major, BWV. 912 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Hungarian rhapsody no. 6 in B♭ major / Franz Liszt -- Variations serieuses, op. 54 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Rhapsody in Blue / George Gershwin

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Concert Recording 2006-09-20, Corderro Baxter, Christopher Davis, Sandy Nieves Jan 2006

Concert Recording 2006-09-20, Corderro Baxter, Christopher Davis, Sandy Nieves

Concert Recordings & Programs

Jota / Manuel de Falla -- Clarinet sonata no. 1 in f minor, op. 120, no.1 / Johannes Brahms

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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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