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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Classical composers."”.
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STRAVINSKY’S NEO-CLASSICISM AND HIS WRITING FOR THE VIOLIN IN SUITE ITALIENNE AND DUO CONCERTANT
… Stravinsky and his violin writing during his neoclassical period, 1920-1951. Stravinsky is one of the most important neo-classical composers of the twentieth century. The purpose of this document is to examine how Stravinsky upholds his neoclassical aesthetic in his violin writing through his two …
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An Exploration of Conceptual Teaching in Piano Study: Pedagogical Analysis of Three Selected Intermediate Piano Works by Two American Composers, William Bolcom and Lowell Liebermann
Music of contemporary classical composers is often neglected because of simple lack of familiarity or because some of the material is difficult; all too frequently, recent music is allotted very little time during the long-term course of a student's piano study. These circumstances may contribute …
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Narong Prangcharoen and Thai cross-cultural fusion in contemporary composition
… (b.1973) has become one of the leading Asian classical composers since he won a number of international awards and received numerous commissions from major orchestras and individual distinguished musicians. His compositions, most of which include distinct Thai musical elements and Thai …
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Curating the composer : preserving and interpreting our musical heritage through composer house museums.
… sub-genre of historic houses in which European classical composers lived has not been explored in as great a depth. The purpose of this thesis is to review the history of house museums dedicated to interpreting a composer who once lived there. Following a discussion of the literature on the …
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Ethics in Kakadu (1988): Finding Djilile’s “True Tracks”
… was one of Australia’s most iconic modernist classical composers of the twentieth century. <em>Kakadu</em> (1988) seems to have sparked the most controversy of Sculthorpe’s works and has become one of his most well-known pieces. In the program notes provided in the score’s foreword, Sculthorpe …
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THE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ AND ITS PREDECESSORS ON PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC AFTER 1920
… distinctive harmony, and unique timbre. Many classical composers were intrigued and captivated by these new types of music. Composers such as Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Leonard Bernstein, among many others, were drawn to jazz style and …
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Berg’s response to swing in jazz: the composer’s use of rhythm, texture and timbre in this context
This thesis strongly queries the idea of classical music and jazz as most associable through the idea of ‘syncopation’. Certainly, along with elements of instrumental timbre, that aspect has established a relationship, but only superficially. In the 1920s, the crucial dependence of jazz on a …
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Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 69 in a Major: A Linear Analysis
<p>The Classical Sonata Form is not to be thought of in terms of the formal sections it can be broken into. Unlike other musical forms, the Sonata Form has less to do with its formal architecture and more to do with the linear progression and development of themes. Composers in this style did not …
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A composer's imagining of musical tradition and the reinvention of heritage
… music. This thesis addresses the idea of the composers’ perceived musical traditions and the impact this has on their work, particularly for those who come from a place where there is no conceivably strong musical heritage. The inspiration for this work has been my own personal experience. The …