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This study explores a selection of solo piano works by the well-known French composer, Claude Debussy, and two contemporary Chinese composers, Huang Ruo and Liang Lei. The selected works demonstrate inspiration and impressions from...
Paul Hindemith wrote his three organ sonatas during the period in organbuilding known as the Organ Reform Movement, which idealized Baroque organs and sought to create new instruments which reflected these Baroque ideals. In the USA in...
Religious topics and themes have been represented in classical music literature throughout history. This treatise considers Christian religious themes expressed in two selected piano works by Korean composers: Talitha Cumi by Won-Jung...
The purpose of this treatise is to provide a close examination of the compositional styles of two pianist-composers, Robert Chumbley (b. 1954) and Lera Auerbach (b. 1973), as well as critical analyses of selected solo piano works. It...
This treatise proposes a narrative approach for analyzing Missy Mazzoli’s solo piano works based on the theory of Byron Almén. The first part of Chapter 1 is devoted to explaining narrative approaches, based on gestures, semiotics, ...
In this treatise, I study four of Kenneth Frazelle’s piano works, Elixir, Appearances, Inventions to Marden and Wildflowers. In composing these works, Frazelle took inspiration from extramusical sources including Paul Cezanne’s artistic...
The following treatise is based on content from two separate lecture recitals that were presented from 2021-2022 at Florida State University. The first lecture was given on December 4th, 2021, covered the topic of the purpose of allusion...
This treatise is an adaptation of a series of two lecture recitals given on the use of Schenkerian methods in discovering expressive ideas for performance. The first lecture recital used examples from the repertoire of German lieder, ...
Piano literature (or keyboard repertory studies) is commonly included in piano performance and some piano pedagogy degrees in the United States. This single or sequential course is required by the National Association of Schools of Music...
This treatise aims to present an introduction to the violin/viola doubler. It begins with a brief historical background of composers and performers who played both instruments. Next is a discussion of five works that incorporate the...
César Franck and Joseph Jongen: Their Approaches to Writing and Playing the Organ with Historical and Contemporary Considerations of Performance Practice
When discussing organ music composed in France during the Romantic period, it is imperative to mention César Franck. Though his compositional output for the organ is smaller compared to his contemporaries, such as Widor and Guilmant, ...
Isang Yun (1917-1995) and Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1955) are East Asian composers with European musical backgrounds. Yun, a Korean born composer, and Hosokawa, a Japanese born composer, were in a healthy, mentor-student relationship when...
This treatise serves two primary goals. The first is to showcase three of Sérgio Assad’s Portraits for solo guitar, Eli’s Portrait, Sandy’s Portrait, and David’s Portrait. Each chapter on these works will provide biographical information...
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