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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Contemporary composers"”.
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Frost, for jazz orchestra : exploring new conceptual, harmonic, formal, and timbral approaches to jazz composition
… works and writings of various 20th century and contemporary composers from both the classical and jazz traditions. By exploring tonal, timbral, and formal concepts not typically associated with jazz writing, I hope the piece, and this document, will provide new possibilities for creative …
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Emphasizing the Articulatory and Timbral Aspects of Vocal Production in Vocal Composition
… of this paper examines the interest shown by contemporary composers, teachers of singing, and performers in articulatory and timbral phenomena, and discusses the impact of these interests on performance and composition. This examination includes brief descriptions of about one hundred …
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Chou Wen-chung and his music: A musical and biographical profile of cultural synthesis
… representative of the prevalent practice among contemporary composers, this study has especially been motivated to shed new light on this issue by seeking an explanation with an ethnomusicological perspective for Chou's success and its implications in contemporary music both in the East and the …
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Flowing Waters and the Flow of Time: Guan Pinghu's Interpretation of Flowing Waters
… tradition has provided inspiration for many contemporary composers. This essay is a brief examination of temporal models taken from traditional Chinese guqin music. Focusing on the famous composition Flowing Waters, the study looks at aspects of temporality in the piece: the use of …
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Popular idioms in select organ works of Naji Hakim, Jon Laukvik, and Wolf-Günter Leidel
… document will explore the ways in which three contemporary composers borrow various stylistic elements to merge compositional styles of the past with popular music genres of the twentieth century in their organ works. Naji Hakim’s Gershwinesca (2000), Jon Laukvik’s Suite (1986), and Wolf-Günter …
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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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Thomas Morley and the business of music in Elizabethan England
… activities and the model he provided for contemporary composers led to the creation of a substantial body of nearly one hundred and seventy editions and reprints of music suitable for domestic performance, many of which continued to be used for many years.
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NATIONALISM AND MUSICAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
… of the influence of Revueltas on some of the contemporary composers of his time and on the musical life in Mexico and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. I have also included in this document a chronological list of works and a substantial list of bibliographic …
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Noh Influences in the Piano Music of Joji Yuasa
Yuasa is among the contemporary composers who have given serious thought to the structuring of time in music. Yuasa's approach is unique in that it draws heavily on one of the Japanese traditional art forms, Noh, which Yuasa has studied since his childhood. Yuasa's music is influenced by Noh both …
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An analysis of three works for wind band by David R. Gillingham : Heroes, lost and fallen ; Apocalyptic dreams ; and Cantus Laetus
… established himself as one of today's leading contemporary composers. His current emphasis is on music for wind band, and to date he has over sixty published works for wind band and chamber winds and percussion, representing nearly twenty-five years of composition. Gillingham has received First …
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An analysis of György Ligeti's Nonsense Madrigals
While other contemporary composers have written works called madrigals, Ligeti's Nonsense Madrigals are truly unique as exemplified by the myriad of influences that went into their creation, the technical challenges of their performance, and in the aesthetic result, one which is incomparable to …
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Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915): An Analysis of His Piano Concerto in E-flat Major and Its Relationship to Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No.1
… music has not been popular. Through letters to contemporary composers and friends, Taneyev's master teacher Tchaikovsky revealed why his music and piano concerto were not as popular as they should have been. This lecture recital examines Taneyev's compositional style and illustrates his …
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The piano quintet: Influence of medium on genre
… consideration of the manner in which its composers, while applying their own compositional aesthetics, have, over these centuries, treated ensemble interaction and texture. In the twentieth century, in particular, the rise of concern with timbre affected attitudes towards integration of …
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Analysis of the work of The South Wind and Flowers
The writing of this thesis is based on my experience of music researchand creation in recent years. The object discussed in the thesis is my own music creation. This thesis selects one of my mixed ensemble works named The South Wind and Flowers, analyzed it from the perspective of polyphony, the …
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Piano sonatas by South African composers, 1900-2015: a catalogue and compositional analyses of selected works
… long history and its presence in the oeuvres of composers from across the globe. While some information on piano sonatas by South African composers has been included in academic literature, no comprehensive research has been done in the field. This lacuna is addressed in this thesis of which the …
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A Pedagogical Guide to Extended Piano Techniques
… Resonance (1930; mute, harmonic). Several contemporary composers followed this path. Notably, George Crumb's (b. 1929) mature works combine conventional techniques with an unprecedented variety of extended techniques, including vocal and percussive effects. Although extended techniques are …
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Performance portfolio Jonathan William Corry PhD 2016
… through studying historic works written by composers such as Elgar Howarth, Leslie Condon and Ray Steadman-Allen. All three composers in their time showed innovation in utilising contemporary composition techniques within their music. The presentation of significant historic works with …
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Nietzsche's orphans: music and the search for unity in revolutionary Russia, 1905-1921
… social and intellectual divisions of the contemporary world. Transcending professional divisions, these “orphans of Nietzsche” comprised a distinct aesthetic group within educated Russian society. While lacking a common political, religious or national outlook, these philosophers, poets, …
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Bird song as a basis for new techniques and improvisational practice with the baroque flute
… on the baroque flute. Earlier performer/composers on the instrument explored, documented and analysed new ways of performing on the instrument. This research continues that form of practice-led investigation. This investigation has been centred on performance-experiments of an often …