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Concerto For Trumpet And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 40 : 1 score (iv + 96 pages) ; includes table of contents and Instrumentation table.

National Treasures of the American Midwest

Movements:

1. At Sleeping Bear Dunes - Lake Michigan
2. On the Great Plains
3. Dance of the Loons - the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota

Tiny Sounds, Valeria Ch. Jonard Perez

Masters Theses

Our auditory system perceives sounds within a specific range of frequencies and amplitudes. It is the way we define our aural world and the sounds we are able or willing to hear. Just above the border of the threshold of human audition hearing, we find unique sounds with particular characteristics. These sometimes forgotten or ignored sounds interest me as compositional elements.

Listening attentively requires extra effort from our ears and concentration; listening to sounds that vacillate from imperceptible to audible changes how humans typically listen to sounds in their environment. Although amplifying these discreet sounds would rob them of their …

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Reduction For Clarinet And Piano), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : 2 parts (iv + 41 pages) ; includes parts for clarinet and piano.

Score Reduction for practice only, not for performance.

This reduction of the original score for clarinet and orchestra to clarinet and piano was prepared by the composer and is intended for rehearsal purposes only.

Movements:

1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Clarinet Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : 1 part (ii + 9 pages) ; part for clarinet solo

Florida concerto: Four Seasons in the Everglades

Movements:

1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove

Brigitte's Ave Maria For Alto Flute And Strings, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 32a : 1 score (ii + 10 pages)

For: Alto Flute (G), Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : 1 score (iv + 126 pages) ; including table of contents and instrumental nomenclature

Florida concerto: Four Seasons in the Everglades

Movements:

1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove

National Treasures Of The American Midwest: Concerto For Alto Flute And String Orchestra (Parts), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 40a : all part (i + 41 pages) ; parts for G-Flute, violins I & II, violas, cellos, double basses.

National Treasures of the American Midwest

1. At Sleeping Bear Dunes - Lake Michigan
2. On the Great Plains
3. Dance of the Loons - the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota

National Treasures Of The American Midwest: Concerto For Alto Flute And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 40a : 1 score (iv + 42 pages)

National Treasures of the American Midwest
Movements:

1. At Sleeping Bear Dunes - Lake Michigan
2. On the Great Plains
3. Dance of the Loons - the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Parts), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : all parts (ii + 149 pages) ; parts for flutes, oboes, solo clarinet, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, marimba, violins, violas, cellos, double basses.

Florida concerto: Four Seasons in the Everglades

Movements:

1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove

Incomplete (Six), Joshua Burel

Masters Theses

Incomplete (six) is comprised of six short movements written for full orchestra. Each movement depicts a different idea as it relates to the number six. In biblical numerology the number six represents incompletion and shortcoming while seven signifies completeness and fulfillment. Six therefore cannot be complete without the addition of one to make seven. The number six is commonly used to represent man since he was created on the sixth day of creation while the number one represents God as the one true God. The numbers six and one work together to identify the reality that man is only made …

Sketches Of Freshness: Six Miniature Character Pieces For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 35 : 1 score (i + 7 pages)

Movements: 1. Thyme 2. Sage 3. Rosemary 4. Citronella 5. Lavender 6. Coriander

The Pyrenees: Five Miniatures For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 31 : 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes table of contents and foreward.

The set of five miniatures Op. 31 consists of tuneful short pieces. Played slowly, the four bars from m. 6 to m. 9 in the left hand of the first number, are the theme of the lullaby I composed at Susie's suggestion, soon after our first daughter was born. Years later, I built the present pieces on this idea and this piano set is dedicated to our daughters Natalie and Brigitte. The title -- The Pyrenees -- refers to the mountains that I contemplated …

Three Sunsets For Soprano And Chamber Orchestra, Adam Matthew Reifsteck

Masters Theses

Published after his death in 1898, Lewis Carroll's poem Three Sunsets explores the deepest of human emotions-love and loss. These complex emotions are often difficult to describe in words, yet Carroll is able to draw the reader into this world and project the shared feelings of all humanity. Unlike romantic poetry of his time, this work by Carroll is written in third person as a retelling of the story between two star-crossed lovers. This perspective allows the reader to experience the emotions of both the woman and the man. While Carroll's poetry remains open to all explanations of meaning, the …

Three Moments And Change, Adam Schumaker

Masters Theses

There are times where one walks through life untouched, unaffected by their surroundings. This is not how the universe functions. Eventually, this comfortable sleep is disrupted, and we are given a choice: to change or to die. Life is not what we do, nor is it what happens to us. Our life is measured in how we react to what happens to us.

This composition loosely explores the changing self and asks the question: how much do we actually change? Though programmatic in nature, each movement and each section within movements does not represent an exact story. Instead, the titles …

Happiness: Three Voice Duets For Soprano And Mezzo-Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 30 : 1 score (v + 33 pages ) ; includes table of contents and poem.

Composed for "Happiness" a poem by Henry David Thoreau and a collage of verses by John Warner Barber, William Ellery Channing and John Donne as quoted by Thoreau in Walden.

Movements:

1. Happiness
2. To Sweeten Our Lips
3. Come Ye Who Love

Beowulf, Anthony Alvarado

Masters Theses

My composition is a tone poem based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf Specifically, this piece depicts Beowulf s three battles with three diverse monsters. The first Grendel, second Grendel's mother, and last a dragon. In this composition, the music does not follow any specific or traditional forms. Instead, each episode is presented as a picture of each event.

The choice to depict the story of Beowulf was an interesting choice. While historically the story is significant, it is not a very popular one. The poem is the oldest surviving manuscript written in Old English. However, more recent (relatively) …

Orchestra Sketch, Lei Li

Masters Theses

This orchestra piece consists of two movements inspired by the beauty and power of nature. The entire piece uses colorful orchestration and sensitive harmonic language as a palette to draw nature's colors.

As I began sketching out the first movement in early spring, every living creature was gradually emerging from its winter slumber, bringing bright colors into the world. The green grass appeared under the white snow, brown trees tum green, and many yellow daffodils and white tulips started to blossom. This first movement uses lyrical dialogues between strings and the orchestra to express the romantic emotions of spring's blossoms. …

Three French Songs For Soprano Et Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 27: 1 score (ii + 23 pages) ; includes table of contents.

After poems by Baudelaire, Verlaine and Rimbaud.

Movements:

1. L’Invitation au voyage (the Invitation to Travel)
2. Chanson d’automne (Autumn Song)
3. Première soirée (First Evening)

Ave Maria For Soprano Choir & Small Orchestra (Woodwind And Strings), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29d: 1 score (iv + 22 pages) ; includes Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op 29a-d.

The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.

Revised 2008, 2019

Ave Maria For Soprano And String Orchestra, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29c: 1 score (iv + 10 pages) ; includes Nota for practice, Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d

The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.

Ave Maria For Soprano And Organ, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29b: 1 score (iv + 12 pages)

Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d: The version of Ave Maria Op. 29b for soprano and organ is melodically and harmonically identical to the original Op. 29a for soprano and piano. The piano version can thus also be used for practice by the soloist for singing the version scored for organ.

Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d: The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting …

Ave Maria For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29a: 1 score (iv + 8 pages) ; includes Nota for practice

Note about the text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.

Revision 2008, 2015

Partita Italiana: Fifth Piano Sonata In One Movement, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 26: 1 score (vi + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents, foreword, poem "To laugh and to love much" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

Movements:

• Part I: Entrata scherzosa
• Part II: Primavera solenne
• Part III: Festa del sole

Seasons Of Change, Thomas Allen Koron

Masters Theses

The piece contained in the following pages is a musical composition written for a standard concert band. The piece is divided into three movements, with a duration of approximately fifteen minutes. The title of the work is derived from the three different seasonal changes. The first movement depicts the summer season changing into autumn. In the second movement, one finds the music of autumn transforming into winter. Lastly, in the third movement one hears a musical depiction of winter finally giving away to spring.

This musical work makes use of modal harmonies, chromatic scale patterns and lyrical melodies. There are …

Days Of Inspiration: A Chamber Symphony In Three Movements, Tamzen Marie Baker

Masters Theses

My thesis is a chamber symphony in three movements. The instrumentation is as follows: one flute, one oboe, one clarinet, one bassoon, one horn, one timpani (movements one and three), one bongos(movements two and three), one triangle (movement two), one marimba(movement one), one vibraphone(movement two), one piano, one violin I, one violin II, one viola, one cello, and one string bass. The first movement also contains a soprano solo that is cued by other instruments if a soloist is unavailable.

The first movement is in Dorian and Aeolian modes. The second movement features a whole tone scale and a middle …

Caprices, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 23: 1 score (ii + 15 pages) ; includes table of contents

Piano Pieces:

1. Aurore - At Dawn
2. Papillons - Butterflies
3. Le joyeux promeneur - The Merry Wanderer
4. Le voile de la danceuse - The Dancer's Veil
5. Le charivari - The Charivari

Intersection: For Orchestra, William Jones

Masters Theses

Intersection is a musical work written for orchestra. The concept for it is loosely based on the sounds and emotions that I associate with trains. The music at the beginning of the piece, and the concept in general, was inspired by the sounds made by trains slowly passing the intersection of Kalamazoo Ave., Water St., and Pitcher St. in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Though most of the piece just uses the idea of the sound of trains as general inspiration, there are also sounds that more directly represent actual sounds, like an occasional blow of the whistle, or the sound of the …

Musical Poems For Chamber Ensemble, Fumiko Honda

Masters Theses

Musical Poems for Chamber Ensemble is a piece for a large ensemble of woodwinds, percussion and strings. The ideas for the piece come from Western music and Oriental music. There are four movements. Each movement has musical elements and sounds that create an image of motion. These movements are composed on the supposition that they could be choreographed for dancers as well as performance by a chamber ensemble.

Although the piece uses simple musical forms such as the rondo and arch, many different musical elements and languages express the characteristics of each movement. In general, the sounds are limited by …

Showings, Karen J. Olson

Masters Theses

Showings is a setting of excerpts from the writings of Julian of Norwich, a 14th century anchoress and mystic. While in her middle life, Julian fell ill, and, during the course of her illness, she received sixteen revelations of the love of God. She recorded these showings in two texts: a short version, apparently written soon after her recovery, and a longer one, written years later after she had reflected on the meaning of her visions.

Within the frame of an exploration of Julian's experience of the humbling and generative power of divine love, Showings focuses on her questions concerning …

"Détours De L'Amour" (Detours Of Love): Trois Chansons Françaises - Three French Songs For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 21: 1 score ( v + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents and poem "Sentimental Dialogue" by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

Movements:

1. Nocturne : L’amour perdu - Nocturne: Lost Love (set to Colloque sentimental by Paul Verlaine)
2. L’amour innocent - Innocent Love (set to A la Musique (last three stanzas) by Arthur Rimbaud)
3. L’amour marié - Married Love (a various by Emmanuel Dubois on Perrette et le pot au lait by Jean de la Fontaine)