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About This Issue, Nancy November

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

No abstract provided.

About This Issue, Michael E. Ruhling

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

No abstract provided.

Fsu Ovation: 2012-2013 Season Fine Arts Series And Chancellor's Distinguished Speaker Series, Lamb Earnest

Choir History

The Department of Performing and Fine Arts Building Community through the Arts

Vision: The Department of Performing and Fine Arts will be the cultural and intellectual center for Fayetteville and its environs.

Mission: The primary mission of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts is to produce graduates in the performing and fine arts — music, dance, theater, visual arts — that will be leaders in their respective fields and its advocate. The Department is also committed to building community through the arts by being a resource for performing and fine arts pedagogy, cultivating a climate where creativity flourishes, engaging …

0810: The Huntington Symphony Orchestra Collection, 1974-2012, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The Huntington Symphony Orchestra Collection focuses mainly on the EFFORT (Education For Future Orchestra Related Tradition) Program. The EFFORT Program went from school to school performing for students, and teaching them about the instruments. This collection consists of many EFFORT reports from various years which show the schools the orchestra traveled to. It also includes a variety of programs and flyers and a multitude of newspaper clippings and photographs ranging from residencies to EFFORT In-School performances.

"The Performance Of 16th-Century Music: Learning From The Theorists" By Anne Smith, Kenneth Kreitner

Performance Practice Review

Kenneth Kreitner discusses and reviews Smith's 2011 work.

Smith, Anne. The Performance of 16th-Century Music: Learning from the Theo­rists. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

ISBN 978-0-19974261-5.

A Survey Of The Sacred Choral–Orchestral Works Of Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941), Martin C. Cook

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performances

In the closing years of the 19th Century, when Charles Villiers Stanford, Hubert Parry and Edward Elgar were at the height of their fame and influence in British musical society Henry Walford Davies emerged as one of the most promising talents of the day, receiving commissions from the provincial music festivals of Great Britain, which were a rite of passage for emerging composers.

Between 1904 and 1929 Davies produced eleven sacred choral-orchestral works for these festivals and one further work, which were received favorably in their day but are now almost forgotten. There are five large multi movement works: The …

Clarinet Performance Practices For Alberto Ginastera's "Variaciones Concertantes": Solutions For Orchestral Auditions And Performances, Thomas James Kmiecik

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The principal clarinet part of Alberto Ginastera's Variaciones concertantes (1953) requires the performer to execute a number of exposed passages that are considered impractical by many clarinetists as published. The Boosey & Hawkes edition of Variaciones concertantes was published for the B-flat clarinet. On account of this clarinet choice, the part exceeds the traditional upper range of the instrument in the third variation (Variazione in modo di Scherzo per Clarinetto ). Moreover, it requires very awkward fingering patterns in passages because they are written in the Phrygian mode of C-sharp. To avoid some of these technical obstacles, many professional …

Woodwind Extension Through The Systematic Use Of Microtonality And Electronic Manipulation Of The Instrument, Seán Mac Erlaine

Conference papers

This research questions how the expressive range of the saxophone / bass clarinet can be extended in new ways by employing both a systematic use of microtonality and electronic manipulation of the instrument.

The use of digital signal processing (DSP) is well advanced among certain music practitioners, most notably electric guitarists, extending that instrument’s expressive powers considerably. Woodwind instrumentalists have a huge unexplored potential to engage with new technologies, furthering the range, polyphonic voicings, loops, reverbs and general signal manipulation.

The marraige of these two disciplines with conventional woodwind practice greatly deepens the expressive range of the instrument while offering …

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Saxophonist, Seán Mac Erlaine

Dissertations

This dissertation provides a critical examination of the use of microtonality as an expressive tool for the improvising saxophonist and offers a new method for quarter-tone production drawing on cultural references from European art music, Arabic Maqam and Contemporary Jazz. The thesis is underpinned by an historical, musicological analysis of tuning systems and theory necessary for the performer of microtonal music. The dissertation is presented in three chapters. In Chapter One, a discussion of tuning theory and a history of temperament systems contextualises the current uses of equal temperament and extensions of it including the quarter-tone tempered system. Chapter Two …

Strategies For Music Learning, George Palton

Music Faculty Research

Article provides strategies on how to take a new and fresh piece of literature from being completely unknown to performance ready.

A Critical Review Of Violin Solos Section Of The Nyssma Manual, Di Su

Publications and Research

The New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) runs an annual evaluation of students' musical performance. The purposes of the evaluation are to promote music programs in the schools and communities of New York State, and to provide a means of objective evaluation of musical performance. The evaluation is influential because the selections of participant for All-State, All-County, and other music festivals are mainly based upon NYSSMA scores. To familiarize the evaluation criteria and to prepare students to meet the requirements, New York State music teachers use the "NYSSMA Manual" as an important teaching guide. Aiming at future revisions, this …

A Study Of Lars-Erik Larsson And His Contributions To Trombone Repertoire, Thomas S. Brown

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this research was to gain information about Lars-Erik Larsson and his contributions to trombone repertoire. The specific problems of the study were as follows: 1) to identify and investigate Larsson’s major contributions to twentieth century music; 2) to identify and investigate Larsson’s contribution to trombone repertoire; 3) to analyze Larsson’s Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra Op. 45 No. 7 in terms of form, structure, and twentieth century techniques. A biographical overview of Larsson’s life is given as background and as insight to his compositions.

A Study Of Charles-Auguste De Beriot And His Contributions To The Violin, Leigh P. Mackintosh

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this research was to gain information about Charles-Auguste de Beriot (1802-1870) and his contributions to the violin. The specific problems of the study were as follows: 1.) to identify what influenced the compositions of Charles-Auguste de Beriot; 2.) to outline important developments in his writing that contributed to violin technique and Romanticism; and 3.) to analyze Concerto IX in A minor for Violin, Op. 104 in terms of melody, harmony, tonality, texture, and form. The intention of this research is to investigate Beriot’s compositions for violin and examines the Romantic aspects that appear in his Concerto IX. …

Frankenstein: Man Or Monster?, Leigh P. Mackintosh

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

Since its first publication in 1818, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein has left a lasting impression upon the world speaking to a multitude of audiences including artists, scientists, philosophers, and society as a whole. Considering the impact of Frankenstein through its evolution as a cultural myth in various plays and films, this thesis will provide a way to gauge the relevance of Shelley’s story as an adaptation. Only by knowing what has been done in the past and how the materials have been used by other playwrights and screenwriters can one understand how to handle them as an original work. The …

The Great Dance, Timothy G. Tollefson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Great Dance, an original composition for full orchestra, was inspired by the novel, Perelandra (1944), by C.S. Lewis. A major theme of Lewis's book is the fall of man into sin. The central character, Elwin Ransom, is sent to the planet Perelandra to help the humans there resist falling into temptation like they did on Thulcandra (Earth). Ultimately, Perelandra's Eve does not fall, and the book ends with the angels (eldila) proclaiming long, joyous hymns of praise to God (Maleldil). During this ending scene, Ransom and the two humans of Perelandra are allowed to see through time and the …

A Christmas Celebration- Cd Jacket, Marvin V. Curtis

Choir History

CD jacket of the official recording of the concert A Christmas Celebration, performed by the Fayetteville State University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Marvin V. Curtis.

A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Music Of Charles Ives, James Sinclair

Descriptive Catalogue of The Music of Charles Ives

This catalogue serves to describe the music manuscripts in the Charles Ives Papers, MSS 14, in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. Published in 1999. Revised in 2012.

What A Mighty God We Serve, Marvin V. Curtis

Choir History

CD jacket of the official recording of the European Tour for the Fayetteville State University Choir.

Chromaticism And The Use Of The Keyed Trumpet In The Haydn And The Hummel Trumpet Concerti, Gary R. Turner

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study addresses the development of a trumpet capable of playing a complete chromatic scale. The invention of the keyed trumpet at the end of the eighteenth century freed the instrument from the acoustic limitations of the Baroque "natural" trumpet. These limitations are explained in the study. The capabilities of the keyed trumpet prompted first Franz Joseph Haydn and later Johann Nepomuk Hummel to compose concerti in which the solo trumpet parts contain novel chromatic melodic passages impossible to perform on natural trumpets. These concerti, both written for the same instrument, with only seven years separating their composition dates, reflect …

Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves My Heart- Cd Jacket, Marvin V. Curtis

Choir History

CD jacket of the official recording of the concert "Sing 'til the Spirit Moves Into My Heart".

Performed by the Fayetteville State University Concert Choir.

Conducted by Dr. Marvin V. Curtis

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

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

Abstracts, James Hepokoski, David Lawton, Martin Chusid, Andrew Hornick, John Nádas, Gary Tomlinson, Leonard Garrison, Harold S. Powers, Gregory W. Harwood, Richard B. Beams, William P. Cole, Albert O. Cordell, Marianne Davis, Loryn E. Frye, Ben King, James Mason, William E. Mccauley, Stephen Town

Verdi Forum

Abstracts of papers about Giuseppe Verdi and his works, presented at joint meetings of the AIVS and Greater NY Chapter of the American Musicological Society, 1979-81 (Hepokoski, Lawton, Chusid, Hornick, Nádas, Tomlinson, Garrison, Powers), at the 1982 national meeting of the American Musicological Society (Harwood), and at an NEH-sponsored summer seminar at NYU in 1980 (Beams, Cole, Cordell, Davis, Fry, King, Mason, McCauley, Town).

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

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

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

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