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Centered in nineteenth-century Vienna, the Biedermeier era was characterized by intense political upheaval contrasted by free-spirited social and cultural innovation and style. This treatise focuses on Franz Schubert's chamber music with...
This study provides an overview of the two operas composed by Paul Stuart in collaboration with librettist Sally M. Gall. It includes biographical information on the composer and librettist, as well as the historical background upon...
The task of creating Spanish opera in a musical environment which was hostile and critical has been a consternation and challenge for almost every Spanish composer with a desire to create a Spanish national operatic identity. The opera...
Many singers struggle with the issue of laryngeal instability. A larynx that moves upward significantly during singing causes a variety of vocal complications, yet it too often goes undetected or unaddressed by voice teachers. Tenors in...
When instructing voice, teachers have had to develop a variety of methods to explain pedagogical principles to their pupils. There are teachers whose methods use only anatomical manipulations and scientific fact, teachers who use only...
There are large numbers of voice students being taught by graduate teaching assistants in university systems. Because so many students may be under the tutelage of inexperienced teachers, it is important that teaching assistants become...
Today's countertenors possess vocal ranges similar to the mezzo-soprano, and are trained to sing with a vibrant, focused tone. Little research has been conducted on the registers of the countertenor voice. Advancement in vocal techniques...
This treatise is both a historical and analytical document concerning The AIDS Quilt Songbook. William Parker, an American baritone who was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, solicited composers to submit art songs for baritone and piano for a...
This study is a performer's guide to Michael Tippett's The Blue Guitar. Included is a detailed analysis of Tippett's work, treatment of form, structure, style, language and historical significance. The study will also trace and explore...
This treatise is meant to increase awareness of a lesser-known work by Joseph Canteloube entitled L'Arada, a cycle of six songs for voice and piano based on the sonnets of Occitan poet Antonin Perbosc. The cycle is unique in that it...
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...
Abstract This treatise presents information about the composer Jean Cras (1879-1932) and the poets whose works he set to music. The primary focus of this document is Cras' published songs for voice and piano:Sept mélodies(Seven Songs), L...
The purpose of this study was to collect data concerning the criteria used by Florida secondary school band directors when selecting music for curricular inclusion in their wind band programs. Subjects (N=64) responded to a survey sent...
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