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On Music Conducting: Expressivity Vs. Technicality: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Baroque Influence On The Organ Works Of Johannes Brahms: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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How American Protest Music Has Changed: A Study On The Lives And Music Of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone And Janelle Monae: An Annotated Bibliography, Amy Feeney

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

American protest music has been a prominent and acknowledged art form since the 1930’s and has affected many artists both positively and negatively. I aim to examine what about protest music and society’s consumption of it has changed, for better or worse, over the course of its existence. To do so, I will be looking at the lives and works of 3 women who were actively involved in music of protest spanning the existence of the genre, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Janelle Monae.

The Effects Of Incorporating Music Into Daily Life On Cognitive Decline, Devlin Deveney

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

Dementia currently affects over 35 million people worldwide – a number that is expected to triple by the year 2050 according to the report, “Dementia: a public health priority” by World Health Organization and Alzheimer’s Disease International. Despite the high population of people with dementia, there are currently no cures for the diseases within this category. The aim of this article is to explore the cognitive effects of incorporating music into daily life prior to the onset of dementia and determining whether or not these effects have an impact on age-related cognitive decline. It is hoped that this paper will …

A Comparison Study On Effective Piano Practice, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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“Classical Music”: How Can One Phrase Mean So Much?, Tyler Barboza

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Off Bass: Identifying Critical Gaps In String Bass Education Of Pre-Service Music Educators And Their Consequences For Public Schools, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

Music Educators find themselves ill prepared and overwhelmed during their first years of teaching for a number of reasons. Due in part to this issue, less priority is placed on string bass education for pre-service teachers. The implications this are a consistent neglect of string bass players and instruments from emerging teachers resulting in loss of students and inventory. Originally noticed in Denver Public Schools, this article will seek to identify this problem as systemic, provide scope, and offer solutions toward correcting it.

Making Amends: How To Move Past The Consequences Of The No Child Left Behind Act On Music Education: Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

The purpose of this bibliography is to provide resources for further research into the adverse effects that the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has had on music education in terms of funding, enrollment, and policy enactment. The ultimate goal of this is to better understand how broad policy can influence individual communities so that practical solutions for overcoming such obstacles may be better solidified and enacted by the public.

Cultural Appropriation In Classical Music: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Electronic Dance Music: Is It Art? Selected Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

Electronic Dance Music, or EDM, is a genre of music that has enjoyed success. Although it grew out of art music in the twentieth century, EDM is considered popular music. But, is the future of EDM confined only within popular music or is there potential for it to influence or become art music? Or perhaps, is EDM already a form of art regardless of whether or not it is commonly seen as such? In response to such quandaries, this paper will form a method of critique to analyze EDM in comparison to art music. To do so, an overall understanding …

Specific Ways In Which Your Eyes Help You Hear Classical Music Performances: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

When people listen to a musical performance, they normally use their ears as their main source of intake for the music. How about when people watch a performance live? Do the ears have as big of an intake as visual cues? I would like to determine the specific cues that people observe while watching a musical performance in order to deem it successful. This article will determine which performers were considered more successful and discover the common performance habits shared between each performer. Upon completion of this paper, readers will have a better understanding of performance habits that can increase …

Medieval Coding Of Sacred Content, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Underestimated Music Of Sergei Rachmaninoff, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Research Of The Most Well-Known Tenor Roles In Mozart’S Operas, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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The Writing Style Of “Der Erlkönig” And “Serenade”, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Metric Organization In Modern Guitar Transcriptions Of Renaissance Music: An Annotated Bibliography, Diogo Alvarez Leite Duarte

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

The concept of meter in music has changed throughout the centuries and many related terms and concepts (such as bar, time signature, tactus and prolatio) have either emerged or disappeared from the vocabulary of the professional musician according to the mindset of each period. Consequently, the understanding of metric organization in Renaissance music by modern musicians is compromised, and so are modern editions of said repertoire, which are based in modern music notation. In informed editions, the decisions regarding the use of bar lines, if one is to avoid arbitrariness, should reflect a concern for conveying a metric idea …

A Study Of Player Technique And Equipment Setup And Their Effects On Trumpet Tone, Greg Sills

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

One of the pinnacles of performance practice is that of creating a recognizable, individualistic sound. There are differing opinions on this matter in relation to how a trumpet sound is formed and changed through both player technique and equipment setup. The purpose of this study is to take an objective point of view on the matter, using what others have said as well as the science of sound production on the trumpet, to find a window in to how players use technique and equipment to their advantage in creating the sound they desire.

Mindfulness As An Alternative To Prescriptive Pedagogical Methods For Technique, Seth Quay

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Issues Of Authenticity In The Performing Of Bach Cello Suites, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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The French Air De Cour And The English Ayre, Audrey Oden

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

This project aims to explore the relationship between French airs de cour and English ayres (or airs) in the early 17th century. Although the first collection of airs de cour was published in 1571 by Adrian LeRoy, airs de cour were most popular was in the 17th century during the reign of Louis the XIII, with composers the Pierre Guédron, Antoine Boësset and Etienne Moulinié. The popularity of the English ayre began with John Dowland’s publication First Booke of Songes or Ayres in 1597 and continued with composers such as Thomas Campion and John Danyel. There are apparent similarities between …

Challenges For Women In Jazz Education: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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A Historical Overview And Analysis Of Béla Bartók’S “Violin Concerto No. 1 Posthumous” And Its Place In Standard Violin Repertoire, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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There Has Been A Certain Type Of Demographic That Has Consistently Attended Classical Music Performances, But At The Same Time The Classical World Can Broaden Its Group Of Audience Members, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Ron Carter's Influence On Miles Davis' Quintet From 1963 - 1968, Bob Songster

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

How Ron Carter influenced Miles Davis’ 1963-1968 quintet, and how this quintet influenced Ron Carter’s playing style. Compare and contrast both Carter's work before and after the Davis quintet, and Davis’ work before and after the quintet.

Learning From The Pop World: How Studying Listeners Of Pop Music Can Inform The Building Of A Classical Music Audience: Annotated Bibliography, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

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Editor’S Essay, Michael E. Ruhling

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

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Review Of Alex Horwitz, Great Performances: Hamilton's America. Pbs, October 21, 2016, Streaming, Elissa Harbert

Music Faculty publications

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The English Voyage Of Pietrobono Burzelli, Evan A. Maccarthy

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Praised by poets, scholars, and fellow musicians of his day, the singer, lutenist, and teacher Pietrobono Burzelli (ca. 1417–97) achieved international renown for his skill at improvisational performances on plucked instruments. Until recently, archival documents recorded his presence at many courts on the Italian peninsula and as far away as the Hungarian court. Documents until now unknown to musicologists reveal that Pietrobono also traveled to England. In August 1466 he signed a will and testament in advance of a risky trip “ad partes Anglie” that he was planning to begin the next day.

The testament offers new information about Pietrobono’s …

Physicality And Devotion In Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’S Rosary Sonatas, Roseen Giles

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

The Rosary Sonatas of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704) for solo violin were likely composed in the late 1670s, and were dedicated to the composer’s patron, the Archbishop of Salzburg Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg. The sonatas in this remarkable set of fifteen are preceded by copperplate engravings, each depicting one of the mysteries of the rosary. The pieces display Biber’s extensive use of scordatura, an unusual “discordant” tuning, notated with a semi-tablature in which the visual contours of the notation on the page are at odds with the audible contours of the phrases. Biber’s sonatas are intentionally enigmatic, revealing …

The Material Of The Servant: Theology And Hermeneutics In Handel’S Samson, Sara E. Eckerson

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

George Frideric Handel’s Samson oratorio (HWV 57, 1743) has posed critical difficulty for scholars because of its libretto. The librettist, Newburgh Hamilton, is often accused of making a poor adaption of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes (1671). One of the main points of criticism centers on how Hamilton removed much of Samson’s deliberation from the source text. In this article, however, it will be argued that the way ideas and commentary pass through different voices (namely, from Samson and Micah to the Chorus of Israelites) contributes to the unique interpretation the oratorio puts forward of the Samson narrative. The method to …