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This dissertation is an examination of music and healing in the Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra in San Fernando, Trinidad. The potential roles of music in health and healing are explored through three perspectives. The first perspective...
Five Bagatelles by William Walton is a popular work for guitar that the composer later reworked. After composing Five Bagatelles, Walton used the musical material from Five Bagatelles for his orchestral suite, titled Varii Capricci. This...
This treatise examines twenty-eight compositions written for clarinet choir by American composers published in the 21st century. Works included were published between the dates of January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2019; all were...
Sergei Rudnev’s collection of Russian folk songs arranged for the classical guitar provide an opportunity for musicians to learn about rural and urban Russian folk songs. Russian guitarists are well-aware of Rudnev both for his classical...
Simon Bikindi was once the most famous and popular musician in Rwanda. In 1993 and 1994, the pro-genocide radio station, RTLM (Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines), incorporated his songs into a propaganda campaign used to incite...
This dissertation investigates the complexities of improvisatory practices in Balinese kendang (drumming), focusing on solo and paired drumming styles found within the gong kebyar ensemble. Improvisation studies scholar Paul Berliner...
This study offers an examination of available double bass music from two Mandarin-speaking countries: Taiwan and China. Western music and Western instruments were introduced to China and Taiwan throughout the end of the nineteenth and...
Although many teachers use concurrent instructional strategies, little is known about how or when they function in rehearsal, or how frequently they are employed. The purpose of the present study was to examine pitched and unpitched...
Guitar works were written by significant Canadian composers for the Toronto International Guitar Festival during its existence in the 1970s to the late 1980s. These works have not yet been included in academic study and are generally...
Transcribing and arranging has become a popular way for musicians to expand and explore a wider range of repertoire than is available on one's own instrument. Viola virtuosi, such as Lionel Tertis and William Primrose, paved the way for...
The purpose of this project is to provide historical background, formal and thematic analysis, and technical performance considerations for selected works by female composers for chamber wind ensemble. Chapter 1 introduces the project, ...
This treatise will examine two contemporary piano works, Lera Auerbach's Ludwigs Alptraum (2007) and Clifton Callender's à la manière de (2018). Both pieces deliberately include references to the music of particular traditions and...
This treatise will briefly explore the reasons a composer would accredit their own works to a different name other than theirs; whether the name is of another living or deceased composer, or a name that is fabricated altogether. This...
This treatise focuses on the chamber music by Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre featuring the flute. Nobre's catalogue contains more than 250 works, twenty of which feature the flute in a solo or chamber context. The flute works include...
Professional musicians have become increasingly independent of record companies and other investors that would seek to make a financial gain from the artist’s success. With the availability of relatively inexpensive professional...
In this treatise, I have transcribed into musical notation seven poems and their accompaniments on flute (collectively referred to as the Jane Poems) written by poet Jessica Hand and flutist/composer Jeana Melilli. Poetry is often set to...
The purpose of this treatise is to present a survey of the solo guitar works written for Julian Bream and to illuminate their historical significance and lasting importance to the guitar repertoire. For each piece, this treatise provides...
The Art of Transcription: Original Transcriptions of Erik Satie's Five Nocturnes for Two Guitars Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, Op. 40 for Four Guitars
The purpose of this treatise is twofold. The first is to expand the repertoire of the guitar duo and guitar quartet by creating two new transcriptions. The work Five Nocturnes for solo piano by the early twentieth-century composer Erik...
This treatise examines the influences of Kenyan music and culture on Paul Basler's compositional style with an emphasis on pieces involving the horn. Knowledge of Basler's Kenyan-influenced style will aid musicians in improving their...
30 Years of New Music: An Annotated Bibliography of the Commissioned "Set Pieces" for the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition
This document is an annotated bibliography of commissioned "set pieces" by the Guitar Foundation of America organization for its International Concert Artist Competition. The primary goal of this document will be to act as a resource for...
Although many extended techniques have been included in compositions for clarinet since the early 1900s, very few resources address the inclusion of these techniques in the clarinet curriculum. Specifically, there are very few resources...
The purpose of this treatise is to provide information about and introduce the art songs of American composer Timothy Hoekman (b. 1954) through an analysis and comparison of three song cycles: To Make a Prairie (for soprano and piano)...
This treatise examines the legacy of French horn player, Jean Devémy, who taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1967 to 1969. Thirty-one pieces for horn by twenty-six composers were used during those years in the Concours de Prix, an...
South African guitarist and composer David Hewitt (1947-2001) left the classical guitar repertoire a collection of works that reflect his experiences and inspirations from western traditions of guitar along with his fascinations with...
This dissertation offers a critical examination of Georg Joseph Vogler's opera Samori, focusing on its portrayal of Indian identities and cultural heritage. Utilizing my newly developed Intercultural Positionality Framework (IPF), the...
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