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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Arthur Farwell"”.
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Selected Non-Indianist Works of Charles Sanford Skilton: The Witch's Daughter - A Cantata for Soprano and Baritone Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (1918) and Electra - Music of the Electra of Sophocles, Composed for Women's Chorus and Orchestra (1920)
… are comparable to Indianist composers such as Arthur Farwell and Charles Wakefield Cadman. Skilton was known for more than just his Indianist works; his legacy as an American music pioneer is quite worthy of acknowledgement. This thesis examines Skilton's life, his compositions, public …
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Interpretations of Richard Wagner's Music Drama in English-Language Poetry and Poetics (1848-1924)
… thinking of the Indianist Movement: especially Arthur Farwell and Natalie Curtis Burlin. These ethnomusicologists claimed that Wagner could help reveal a distinctive North American folk culture. They compared the screams of Wagner’s music dramas with Navajo chants. They claimed that Wagner’s …
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Sacred sounds and natural grounds: designing acoustic communities within Prairie Style and Organic architectural spaces
This dissertation examines the relationship between music performance and Midwestern architectural spaces designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his Prairie Style and Organic Architectural contemporaries. It examines a period of nearly 100-years, from the late 1890s to the mid-1980s, and considers the …