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"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.

A Profile Of Anna Bon, 18th Century Venetian Composer, Kathleen Abromeit

Lawrence University Honors Projects

During the 1700's, music was flourishing in Italy, and Italy was regarded as the country of true musicians. Italian musicians and composers were frequently imported by courts in other countries. One Venetian composer of the time, who was composing for royalty, was Anna Bon. There is very little known about her life beyond that which appears on the title pages of her published works. A modest amount of information on Bon appears in Eitner's Quellenlexikon (1898). Abromeit examines this scarce amount of information and prepares an analysis and realization of two of Bon's sonatas for flute and continuo, Opus 1, …

89th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 89th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 3, 1984 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 20, 1984

The Impact Of Language On Musical Composition In Ghana: An Introduction To The Musical Style Of Ephraim Amu, V. Kofi Agawu

Publications and Research

In most cultures of the world, the creative act of composition may be defined simply as the transformation of pre-existing material into new, individualized structures. The precompositional resource may be a system such as the hierarchical arrangement of triads that forms the basis of Western tonality, a set of formulas that generates such genres as Gregorian chant and West African storytelling, or even a rigidly defined set of relationships such as those inherent in a twelve-tone row. In each case, the precompositional elements provide a framework for the analysis and interpretation of the composition.

0400: Dr. Glenray C. Stein Musical Score, 1948, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

"Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven Second Piano, arranged by Dr. Stein. Dr. Glenray C. Stein was music director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.

88th Annual Convocation, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 88th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 3, 1983

87th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 87th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 4, 1982 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 23, 1982

The Plumed Serpent, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom Music Collection

A symphonic piece for orchestra and jazz soloists composed in 1982 in four continuous movements; duration is 25 minutes. Accompanying audio recording is from page 65 of the score until the end of the piece. Score is 85 pages and recording is 6:04 minutes.

Saka, Fane Telena, Unknown Sikaiana

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are two saka, songs composed for a secret lover (hina) in traditional Sikaiana society. I know that one was collected from Fane Telena, the other I found in my notes.

Tani Various, Sikaiana People

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are transcriptions of several tani or funeral dirges. Tani are composed after a person dies. I do not have a record of who gave me the transcriptions, most likely John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai. I do not have recordings for these songs.

Two Movements For Orchestra, Larry A. Cox

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

86th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 86th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on May 29, 1981 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 3, 1981

Music For Strings I, Ii, Iii, Doug Lofstrom

Doug Lofstrom Music Collection

A symphonic piece for string orchestra. the first and second movements were composed in 1977 and the third movement and refashioning of the piece was completed in 1981. The accompanying audio recording is performed by the Russian String Orchestra in 2021, conducted by Misha Rachlevsky, Score is 27 pages and recording is 13:20 minutes.

Puina Songs, Joseph Tealo, Fane Telano

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

The Puina were times when men and women divided into separate groups to secretly compose songs that are critical of the opposite sex. These are song transcriptions given to me by Joseph Tealo and Fane Telena, both are noted composers. They were composed for the 1981 puina.

Mako Hatu Composed Songs, Reuben Tenai, John Kilatu Dr

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

Two traditional composed songs (mako hatu) that I found in my notes, most likely from John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai.

Les Hommages Preludes Piano (Original Score), Ron Mcfarland

The Ron McFarland Collection

This series of compositions pay tribute to historic composers including Igor Stravinsky, Frédéric Chopin, and Erik Satie.

85th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 85th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 3, 1980 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 18, 1980

84th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 84th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 1, 1979 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 20, 1979

83rd Annual Convocation, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 83rd Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 2, 1978

The Masculine And Feminine Encounter In Song : An Analysis Of Six Poems As Set By Both Male And Female Composers, Catherine Bodo Schoew

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

That fusion of poetry and music which we call song has provoked controversy, evoked ecstasy, and has tempted nearly every composer sometime during his musical career. What is it that drives a man to take immortal words and endeavor to transcend them in music? Indeed few composers have ever been truly successful, but even the idea of "perfect song" stimulates argument. The well-worn controversy of the importance of music above the words, and vice versa, has never been resolved, nor is it likely to be. The greatest problem lies in the fact that a poem existed as an independent work …

Cantemus! | 21-20255, Lajos Bardos

Music Faculty Scores

Cantemus!
(Just Sing!)

Part Number:
21-20255

Previous Part Number:
HL-255

Price:
$1.85

Voicing:
SSA

Music By:
Lajos Bardos

a cappella

0241: William Tweel Papers, 1920-1978, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Contains arrangements of popular music by Tweel in his orchestra. Also contains two research papers written while a graduate student at Marshall University: " Bill Tweel and his society music", for the Music Department; and "Samuel Finley Breese Morse", for the Art Department.

82nd Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 82nd Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 3, 1977 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 20, 1977

81st Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 81st Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 8, 1976 and the Annual Spring Concert on June 3, 1976

America Sings: An Oratorio For Mixed Choir, Brass, Percussion, Narrator, William Cates Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

I wrote this work with the nation's Bicentennial Celebration in mind. I was completed on Dec. 1, 1975. I hope the musicians who perform it will do so with the same attitude of pride in being an American that I feel and that I experienced as I wrote it.

The underlying motive, in the beginning, was to write a "Bicentennial piece" that would be totally different from other works that would be most surely coming out in the '75-'76 Bicentennial year. I chose the vocal medium first because the ability to sing is God's gift to man. It is 'natural' …

Sonata For Piano And Violin, Ron Mcfarland

The Ron McFarland Collection

"Sonata" music composition is written for piano and violin.

80th Annual Convocation; Annual Spring Concert, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Programs for the Sherwood Music School 80th Annual Convocation ceremony held at Recital Hall (1014 South Michigan Avenue) on June 11, 1975 and the Annual Spring Concert on May 28, 1975

Chamber Work, Larry Simpson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Style Characteristics Of Four Sibelius Art Songs, Julie Anne Eygabroad

All Master's Theses

This paper concerns the vocal music of Jean Sibelius and presents an investigation of the style characteristics of four Sibelius and presents an investigation of the style characteristics of four Sibelius art songs: Svarta rosor, Flickan kom ifran sin alskings mote, Im Feld ein Madchen singt, and Kom nu hit, dod! Although the composer is known primarly for his symphonic achievements, his vocal works make an important contribution to his total output. They reflect his Finnish heritage, his nationalistic interests, and his highly personal style. At its best, his vocal writing has an austere strength and simplicity that also finds …

Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen: Characteristics Of Style, Janet Louise Hammack

All Master's Theses

This paper considers the life, the character and the compositional styles of Gustav Mahler, especially as they relate to the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. The four songs which comprise the cycle are discussed from the aspects of melody, meter and rhythm, harmony and tonality, texture, form and accompaniment.