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The following treatise is based on information that relates to the bow construction and its influence on the bowing technique of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This period is especially important because major changes happened...
Centered in nineteenth-century Vienna, the Biedermeier era was characterized by intense political upheaval contrasted by free-spirited social and cultural innovation and style. This treatise focuses on Franz Schubert's chamber music with...
Jacques Hetu is one of Canada's most respected and successful composers. His compositions have attracted interest from notable musicians, such as Glenn Gould, Charles Dutoit, Pinchas Zukerman, and Kurt Mazur, who have performed, and...
A music student at the collegiate level should be fairly proficient on his or her instrument, hence the student's acceptance into the music program. Although many string students have the experience of performing on his or her instrument...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's meeting with the great Spanish guitarist, the late Andres Segovia, began a collaboration between composer and performer that lasted over thirty years. This friendship resulted in not only a wealth of solo guitar...
Luigi Legnani's 36 Caprices are thought to be among the most demanding works in all of classical guitar literature. This is due in large part to the extraordinary number of virtuosic scale passages found throughout these pieces. Yet...
Over the course of the past few decades, the guitar works of J.K. Mertz have become popular amongst performing guitarists. In particular, Fantaisie Hongroise, Op. 65, No.1 has seen a meteoric rise both to the concert and competition...
This paper presents a performer's analysis of the solo guitar work In The Woods (1995) by Toru Takemitsu, it provides insight into Takemitsu's compositional style and his views on music, and serves as a performance guide to aid...
This treatise provides a thorough analysis of Augusta Read Thomas's string quartet, Sun Threads. The first chapter discusses her career background, compositional style and chamber music. The analysis in the second chapter is divided into...
Isang Yun (1917 - 1995), a German composer of Korean origin, is known for incorporating an Asian philosophy called Taoism and Korean traditional music into contemporary Western art music. These diverse materials contribute to his unique...
The impetus for this treatise began as an investigation into the repertoire of works for violin and piano by Turkish composers throughout the 20th century. The establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 proved to be very pivotal for...
ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, new compositional concepts were introduced to Poland, which had been devastated by wars. Poles absorbed these new music trends happening in the world, and eventually created their unique music....
The music of the Turtle Island Quartet became of interest to the author in the 2000-2001 academic year while studying a piece for string quartet called Steel City Strut by Danny Seidenberg. This experience led to the research and quest...
This treatise offers a study of alternative repertoire to the canonized violin concertos of the intermediate and advanced level. The first chapter outlines the history of the violin concerto, from the early stages of the development of...
ABSTRACT The image of classical music is not what it used to be. The development of a variety of styles and images in the realms of pop and rock music have drawn audiences away from it. These newer genres have found ways to reach their...
David Popper, a cellist-composer in the late nineteenth century, was among the most prominent cello virtuosos and one of the greatest masters for the cello literature. He was a prolific composer of advanced studies for cello, sixty-five...
This treatise was written in an effort to increase awareness among violinists of the role and importance of violin schools in present-day performance and pedagogy. Over time, the meaning and relevance of the term "school" (as it applies...
Dr. Emre Aracı is a notable Turkish composer, music historian, and conductor. The European musical practice of the Ottoman court is his academic focus. He discovered numerous compositions, which were written in the 19th century...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to provide biographical information about Min-Chong Park (1918 - 2006) and an analysis of his composition Impromptus Pentatoniques for Violin Solo. In the late nineteenth century, Western music...
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