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The purpose of this treatise is to assemble a performer's guide to the subject of baroque ornamentation and free improvisation, the cadenza in the classical concerto, and the aleatoric, indeterminate and improvisatory music of the late...
This treatise was written in an effort to increase awareness among violinists of the role and importance of violin schools in present-day performance and pedagogy. Over time, the meaning and relevance of the term "school" (as it applies...
The purpose of this treatise is to introduce string players to a wide array of sources that can be helpful in developing healthy playing habits and preventing injury. More and more musicians are discovering that playing their instruments...
Illness Narratives in Nineteenth-Century German Instrumental music identifies the illness narrative as a distinct genre and shows how composers organized their experience of illness in music. For years the discipline of musicology has...
Teachers often have a unique philosophy and teaching style based on the sum of their learning experience. That experience may include contact with their teachers, colleagues and students. When a student comes in contact with a large...
Scales, etudes, performance repertoire and orchestral excerpts are the basic teaching materials for the cello student. In addition to scales and arpeggios, etudes provide both the basic facility and the technical foundation for the...
From the peak of the Habsburg dynasty, fin-de-siècle Vienna offered the Viennese bourgeoisie a unique place to broaden their intellectual and artistic creativity. Artists of such caliber as Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg flocked to...
Road to Damascus for Piano and Orchestra is based on the story of the Apostle Paul's repentance and conversion to Christianity. This dramatic event is one of the most inspirational in the New Testament. Also, through this momentous story...
There have been a significant number of works for cello and orchestra written by Bulgarian composers between 1925 and 2000. Because most of these pieces are relatively unknown, the purpose of this document is to familiarize musicians...
In the course of their study, student cellists spend hours of practicing standard cello repertoire that includes etudes, caprices, character pieces, sonatas, and various concertos. Almost exclusively, the composers of these compositions...
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