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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"American Composer"”.
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A Scholarly Performance Edition of Selected Anthems, 24 December 1767, by Johannes Herbst, Moravian-American Composer
… himself as a pastor and servant first and a composer second, as was typical of Moravian composers. His memoirs contain only brief references to his musical activities, although he composed several hundred anthems. He is best known today for his personal collection of manuscript scores, known …
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A performer's guide to the songs for soprano by the Austro-American composer Eric Zeisl (1905-1959)
… introduction to the soprano songs by the Austro-American composer Eric Zeisl. Songs chosen comprise published songs (Der Schäfer, Die Fünf Hühnerchen, Vergiss Mein Nicht, Vor Meinem Fenster) as well as unpublished songs (Der Briefmark, Der Tag Erwacht, Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer, Kommst …
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The Songs of Lori Laitman: An Analysis of Sunflowers and Early Snow
<p>The music of American composer, Lori Laitman, has charmed and impressed many art song enthusiasts, inspiring both admiration and devotion. Having written over 200 art songs, the American composer has continually earned the respect of critics as well as other composers, and perhaps most of all, …
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Bells in tower at evening toll : a performer's guide to the songs of David P. Rossow on the texts of William Shakespeare and A. E. Housman for baritone voice and piano
David P. Rossow (b. 1975) is a contemporary American composer and arranger of choral works, music for jazz ensemble, and most recently, songs for solo voice and piano. This document serves as a performer’s guide to Rossow’s songs for baritone/low male voice and piano, Three Shakespeare Sonnets and …
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The Violin Sonata of Amy Beach
American composer and pianist Amy Marcy Cheney Beach -- Mrs. H. H. A. Beach (1867-1944) was born in Henniker, New Hampshire. She is recognized as the best American composer of her time. She was the first American woman to compose large-scale art music, and she was also a virtuosic pianist. The …
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A Performance Analysis of the Solo Clarinet Works of Halsey Stevens
… of the published solo clarinet works by the American composer Halsey Stevens. The first chapter is a statement of the purpose, delimitations and procedures employed. The second chapter is a biographical sketch of the composer. The remaining eight chapters are devoted to the following works: …
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Margaret Ruthven Lang: Her life and piano works
American composer Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) is perhaps best known today for her songs and choral pieces and as the first woman composer to have a work performed by a major American orchestra. Though her chamber and orchestral works have not survived, her piano pieces provide an important …
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Susannah
Susannah is the opera written and composed by American composer Carlisle Floyd in 1955. The opera is based on a story from the Biblical Apocrypha. For the live performance of this opera at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, I designed the animations that projected onto a screen which was designed and …
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Uncovering the unpublished chamber music of George Frederick Boyle Volume I: Dissertation
… works for piano and strings by Australian--‐born American composer, pianist, and teacher, George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948). Boyle was somewhat of a prodigy in his younger years and contributed much to Australia’s burgeoning concert scene. In 1905 he left Australia to study with Ferruccio Busoni, …
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The Choral Music of Donald Mccullough
<p>Donald McCullough (b. 1957) is an American composer and conductor who has made many wonderful contributions to the contemporary choral repertoire. When looking at McCullough's overall choral output, two things are immediately apparent: the strength of the texts he chooses to set, and the high …
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Thwarted Patterns in the Organ Music of Alan Hovhaness
Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000) stands as an artist not easily placed into any categorical musical norms of the twentieth century. A Western-born composer with a love for Eastern thought and his Armenian heritage, Hovhaness combined Western forms and counterpoint with Eastern …
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New Resources in Twentieth-Century Piano Music and Richard Wilson's Eclogue (1974)
This dissertation draws some of the innovative composers from the early 1900's to the 1960's into the spotlight to highlight their new musical and pianistic ideas. These composers, including Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartók, Cowell and others, brought new creative forces into piano music, …
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Roy Harris' American Symphony - 1938: A Perspective on Its Historical Significance and Autogenetic Elements With a Performance of a Reconstructed Modern Wind Ensemble Edition
American composer Roy Harris began writing a symphony for the Tommy Dorsey band in 1938, but the piece was never completed. This dissertation project chronicles the events surrounding the interesting collaboration between the composer and the bandleader, including problems incurred during the …
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Tracing the Development of Willie Stark and Its Place in American Opera
Highly praised American composer Carlisle Floyd (b. 1925), well known for his musical dramas Susannah (1955) and Of Mice and Men (1970), wrote Willie Stark (1981), commissioned by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and later Houston Grand Opera. Floyd’s libretto and musical score was based …
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The piano sonatas by Harold Shapero: a stylistic synthesis
… Harold Shapero (1920-2013)—a twentieth-century American composer who is recognized as a member of the “Stravinsky School,” particularly for his emulation of Stravinsky’s Neoclassical style. Within its consideration of Neoclassical elements in Shapero’s work, this project looks at Shapero’s …
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An Overview of Select Compositional Techniques in David Maslanka's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9
American composer David Maslanka (1943-2017) was a well-known wind band composer, who composed nine full-length symphonies, seven for wind band. Though well-known to many performers and conductors, little theoretical scholarship has been written about the composer. This thesis analyzes two of his …
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A Comparative Analysis of Works by Morton Feldman
… were a period of transition in the career of American composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987), the choice of these years determined by (a) Feldman's return to the use of purely traditional notation after many years of experimentation and (b) the date of the last work of less than ten minutes …
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Amy Beach for the new generation: the effects of increased interest in Beach’s works on the current place in the performance canon of concerto for piano and orchestra in C sharp minor, op. 45
… that she is arguably the most notable female American composer-pianist. Thus, her Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C sharp minor, Op. 45, a large-scale work that encompasses a wide range of emotions and musical form, deserves a more established place in the performance canon. At its …
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Ben Moore's "Dear Theo," For Tenor Voice and Piano: A Performer's Guide
American composer Ben Moore (b. 1960) is a well-regarded painter, pianist, and composer whose compositions have been sung by leading singers of the Metropolitan Opera. This document serves as a performer’s guide to Moore’s song cycle Dear Theo. The song cycle utilizes Moore’s own text adaptations …
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