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This dissertation engages with scholarship in musical semiotics and hermeneutics to offer insight into the aesthetics of hard bop (c. 1954–65), a jazz genre often characterized as a return to jazz’s roots. By synthesizing the semiotic...
Skies & Horizons is a collection of pieces for wind ensemble connected through figurative and literal concepts pertaining to the ground, earth, sea, sky, and stars. The work is divided into ten pieces, totaling twenty-three minutes in...
The purpose of this treatise is to create opportunities for environmental engagement: in the performance space, through programming environmentally-conscious repertoire including environmental sound art; and in the classroom, through the...
Hans Werner Henze’s music is shaped by his trauma from the atrocities of Nazi Germany and the issue of German identity in the years following World War II. He became an outspoken anti-fascist. His compositional style is a freely tonal 12...
The purpose of this study is to survey the piano music of Claude Debussy as viewed bymusicologist and philosopher Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903-1986). The Debussy performer is faced with a tripartite challenge: how does one make sense of...
Vally Weigl was an Austrian-American composer who lived from 1894-1982. She and her husband Karl Weigl, also a composer, fled Vienna in 1938 after the Nazi annexation of Austria due to their Jewish heritage. The Weigls were aided as...
The expansion and development of extended techniques for horn have greatly increased since its invention. Many composers today continually push the advancement of these techniques through modern music. It is in these advancements that...
The intent behind this treatise is to introduce the Sonata for Violin and Piano (1941) by Roy Harris and the Sonata for Violin and Piano (1945) by Henry Cowell. The first chapter of the document is devoted to Roy Harris, and familiarizes...
Less than a decade ago, I was convinced that I would pursue a career not in music, but in genetics. Science had long been an important part of my life, and despite a change in career plans, biology has remained an important part of my...
Sonic experiences of a place are both personal and collective. They are derived from affectual encounters in that place in the everyday. The sounds of a place provide detail on the culture, development, and environment. Geographers have...
All analysis is subjective, but certain methodologies focus on more positivistic aspects of music, or sometimes give a sense of objectivity by virtue of being widely accepted or deemed rigorous. This dissertation explores the opposite...
Hispanics and Latinx-identifying individuals are the second largest ethnic population in the United States. It is estimated that this group will grow to 24% of the population by 2065. As the demographics of our student population change, ...
This dissertation addresses one key question throughout: “How does the experience of hearing a piece of music inform the ways in which we understand its formal structure and syntax?” Because electronic music is typically solely an aural...
This treatise presents a formalized, repeatable method for innovative recital preparation. The method created by the author, entitled the Aesthetic Performance Design Method (APD Method), is outlined in this document as a worksheet that...
The purpose of this study is to promote a greater understanding of Chinese piano education in the 21st Century: why it flourishes, and the specific ways in which piano teachers, students, and parents are nurturing a generation of over 30...
Many frequently performed solo trumpet works of the past century have been written by French composers. They are played for jury performances, at recitals, and on stage with symphony orchestras to showcase the virtuosic capabilities of...
In this dissertation, I discuss the ways in which a musical cue in a video game expresses a given gameplay context, or ludic function, within a game's overall design. My study focuses primarily on the soundtracks of games published circa...
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