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The music of Argentinian tango composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) is currently enjoying greater worldwide popularity than ever before among musicians and audiences alike. Yet for much of his lifetime Piazzolla had to struggle for...
Genres exist to organize and homogenize musical works into definable categories. With a knowledge of genre, musicians, audiences, and general listeners develop an understanding of musical concepts based on the similarities and...
This treatise explores chamber music involving flute of the Swiss-Russian composer Paul Juon. Three works are discussed in two chapters: the first focuses on his Sonate for flute and piano, Op. 78 and the second on two chamber pieces, ...
Composer Daniel Nelson (b. 1965) is a unique figure in the world of contemporary music. A dual citizen of the United States and Sweden, he received musical training in both countries and has had his music performed world-wide. Nelson's...
The ability to learn and execute extended techniques is not universal among bassoonists, yet the concept of extending technique in general has been fundamental to the development and evolution of the bassoon over the centuries. Many of...
The focus of this treatise is the examination of newer works for the basset clarinet and various techniques composers employed when adapting their compositions for other instruments. While nearly every university-level clarinetist is...
The inclusion of electronic equipment in the performance of traditionally acoustic instruments has sparked a new genre of musical possibilities. Through an exploration of the history of the electroacoustic musical genre, the technologies...
Choro is a genre of Brazilian popular music that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the 1870s as an amalgamation of musical elements and instruments from Brazil, Europe, and Africa. It reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s and...
The purpose of this treatise is to reframe the concept of "being authentic" as "expressing integrity, both in the context of early music performance and as a way to discuss the personal expression of the self. The culture of the early...
The music curriculum in higher education is very strenuous, and the added physical and mental stress of personal practice, ensemble rehearsals, and performances often leads to performance anxiety and a variety of performance-related...
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