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Full-Text Articles in Composition
Concerto For Euphonium And String Orchestra, Steven Dale Sudduth
Concerto For Euphonium And String Orchestra, Steven Dale Sudduth
Masters Theses
The purpose of this concerto is to add substantial literature to the limited repertoire written for euphonium. Each of the three movements explores a different medium of music. The first movement is strictly developmental material based on a five-note motive taken from the end of an ascending melodic minor scale. The second movement uses an unusual five-voice passacaglia. The last movement is a cadenza shared by both the solo euphonium and the string orchestra with both parts having equal importance. Characteristic of all three movements is the blending of the voice ranges and the use of complex rhythms.
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers And Analysis, Peter H. Fischer
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers And Analysis, Peter H. Fischer
Masters Theses
Transcendent Journeys, Spiritual Frontiers is a musical composition for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello, and conductor. The thesis consists of a reduced conductor's score and a written analysis. The texts are "The Moon and the Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath, "Heart of Autumn" by Robert Penn Warren, and "Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. The composition consists of an instrumental prelude, followed by the three poems set as a song cycle.
The music features a different compositional technique for each song: the first song, "The Moon and the Yew Tree," uses mixed mode tertian sonorities; the third song, "Byzantium," …
Concerto For Saxophone And Orchestra: Score And Analysis, Jonathan Clarke Schwabe
Concerto For Saxophone And Orchestra: Score And Analysis, Jonathan Clarke Schwabe
Masters Theses
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"Four Dreams": A Chamber Symphony, Richard Pauley
"Four Dreams": A Chamber Symphony, Richard Pauley
Masters Theses
"Four Dreams" is a four-movement work for chamber orchestra. It was composed between January and May, 1985, in Charleston, Illinois. Elements from different style periods are used in the composition. Modal harmony, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, is prevalent. Imitative devices associated with Renaissance and Baroque music are also employed, as well as such Twentieth Century techniques as dodecaphony and polychord writing. It is the first symphonic work by the composer. It is suitable for performance on the college or professional level. Its duration is approximately 18 minutes.
Two Movements For Orchestra, Larry A. Cox
Chamber Work, Larry Simpson
A Composition (Untitled), Donald J. Para
Sea-Night: A Cantata, Louis William Cowen