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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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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