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Documents in the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, and Fogelman Library at the New School for Social Research demonstrate Henry Cowell's tireless efforts on behalf of dissonant counterpoint, a...
The examination of multimedia compositions by minimalist composers demands the analysis of not only the music, but also the visual and narrative domains. While there are many ways of addressing the music, there are relatively few methods...
Shine is a single movement work for Pierrot ensemble (approximately ten minutes in duration). The work brings out the colorful characteristics of the instrumentation of the ensemble, which consists of flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, ...
Stories for Orchestra is a suite for large orchestra cast in three diverse movements that are entitled "Cortazar, Lovecraft, and Song of the Valar." As the title implies, the work was conceived with programmatic elements in mind and...
This dissertation explores the interaction between structure and narrative in Schumann's 1842 chamber music for strings and piano. This repertoire, while somewhat neglected in the current scholarly analytical literature, reveals Schumann...
An examination of Cowell's musical aesthetic found in his critical articles and essays is necessary in approaching his compositions, many of which push against mainstream compositional currents of their day. According to Henry Cowell, ...
This dissertation examines the compositions of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater from a music-theoretical perspective. Specifically, this project identifies the primary stylistic elements the band employs in its...
The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra is a three-movement work for small orchestra and piano solo. Typical of the genre, the movements are arranged by tempo in a fast-slow-fast configuration. The overarching concept of the piece is a...
This thesis presents a new interpretation of Johannes Brahms's Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121. Foundational information is provided on Brahms's spirituality and knowledge of the Bible, his personal life surrounding the composition of the...
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...
Composer Howard Hanson played a pivotal role in both the development and promotion of American concert music in the twentieth century. Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, to Swedish immigrants, Hanson grew up surrounded by people who followed...
ABSTRACT The variation movements of Beethoven's late period form an enigmatic repertoire. Characterized by lyric themes and slow tempos, the movements make use of strikingly different formal strategies and expressive trajectories. In...
The musical "Parade, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Alfred Uhry, opened at Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theatre on December 17, 1998. Although criticized for its heightened degree of intellectuality, Brown's score...
William Grant Still (1895-1978), Florence B. Price (1888-1953), and William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) were all black composers writing in a time of rebirth in the black literary arts called "The Harlem Renaissance" or "The Black...
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...
Relatively little attention has been paid to J. S. Bach's motets in the scholarly analytical literature. Those who have surveyed the motets adhere mainly to surface-level stylistic conventions and not to structural characteristics; Bach...
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