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Recent scholarship highlights the great impact women's music clubs and patrons had upon United States art music culture from the middle of the nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Women's music clubs were present in almost every...
"Music's Most Powerful Ally": The National Federation of Music Clubs as an Institutional Leader in the Development of American Music Culture, 1898-1919
This dissertation explores the founding of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) in 1898 and focuses upon the organization's activities from its beginning to 1920. It highlights how the original members were able to build a...
Angelo Notari (1566?-1663) was an Italian composer and lutenist to Prince Henry Stuart, King Charles I, and King Charles II of England. During his long life Notari only published one collection of music, his Prime musiche nuove of 1613....
Radie Britain (1899-1994) was a successful American composer by almost any measure. Despite her long and productive career, Britain remains on the periphery of scholarly literature. In part this could be a result of Britain's...
Maud Powell was recognized as among the best violinists at home and abroad during her lifetime. She believed that women should play the violin and that American women could be professional musicians - performers, educators, and composers...
Community musical theater actively engages individuals in music-making and dramatic performances across the United States. Musical experiences in the realm of community musical theater afford individuals opportunities for meaningful...
Music regularly accompanies dance performances, but the relationship of sound and movement has been under-investigated in academic circles. This neglect may be a reflection of the opinion that music created for dance is not serious. The...
Tensions between innovation and tradition in violin making have impeded the acceptance of most attempts to improve or alter the structure of the instrument. The nineteenth century, however, saw a proliferation of innovative violins, as...
This thesis explores the two American premieres of Johann Sebastian Bach's Passions: the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston's performance of the St. Matthew Passion in the Boston Music Hall on 11 April, 1879, and the Bethlehem Choral...
This thesis examines the expressive and philosophical content in Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde (1908), as well as the intellectual journey of the speaker whose voice is heard throughout the work. Das Lied von der Erde contains...
Handel's Hallelujah Chorus has gained recognition in America as representative of the Christmas season, but this seasonal association is contrary to the composer's intentions for the piece. Handel's placement of the Hallelujah Chorus at...
This dissertation explores three aspects of Songs of Innocence and of Experience: the contrary states of Innocence and Experience, the diverse stylistic juxtapositions, and the interaction of the music, text, and visual elements. An...
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