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Harp performance
Harp performance.
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Suite for Flute, Harp and Piano
1 score (25 p.)
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Master's thesis recital (harp)
… Pierne -- Serenade no. 10 op. 19 for flute and harp. Andante grazioso ; Andante cantabile ; Alllegretto ; Scherzando / Vincent Persichetti -- Prelude for flute, viola and harp / Grace Ma.
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Imagined space in Sacred Harp singing
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Analysis of natural frequencies of concert harp soundboard shapes
Two possible soundboard shapes for a concert harp were modeled and their lowest natural frequencies compared in order to evaluate the claim that a harp with a bulbous extension has richer sound in the lower notes than one with a simple trapezoidal shape. Two models for the soundboards were …
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Requiem for Chorus and Harp: Conductor as Composer, Composer as Conductor
… Cantorum in 2000, and the Requiem for chorus and harp, begun in January 2007 and completed in April 2008, all with the composer conducting. The completed project will include copies of scores, a DVD of rehearsal excerpts, CDs and DVDs of the performance, and a text document examining the questions …
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Organs and bodies : the Jew's harp and the anthropology of musical instruments
The Jew’s harp is unique among instruments, and in its apparent simplicity it is deceptive. It has been adapted to a wide array of cultural contexts worldwide and a diverse range of playing techniques, which, upon closer examination, reveal much about the cultures that generate them. Drawing on …
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The reverse action Piano Harp : innovation and adaptation from Piano and Autoharp
The Reverse Action Piano Harp:Innovation and Adaptation from Piano and AutoharpThe piano is capable of controlling significant polyphony through the detail of voicing and sustain; a unique ability. However it remains a limited and frustrating instrument in terms of its ability to manipulate timbre. …
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An Analytical and Educational Survey of the Sacred Harp by David Liptak
… analytical and educational domains of The Sacred Harp by David Liptak. Influenced by the history and compositional techniques of shape note singing, the composition is a tribute to the past and current Sacred Harp singing conventions nationwide and the exuberance expressed within the shape note …
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Pedal Points: Harmony and the Double-Action Pedal System in Modern Harp Music
<p>Pedals are an invisible guide in chromatic harp repertoire. While the evolution of tonality and rise in chromaticism incentivized the invention of the double-action pedal harp, the unique restraints and extensions of this technological system influence harmony and pitch collections in chromatic …
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"Far in Distant Lands to Dwell": The Sacred Harp Presence in the Arkansas Ozarks
… of the 1844 religious songbook The Sacred Harp. While enjoying a long history among Deep South singers, The Sacred Harp has few regional ties to the Ozarks. The goal of this study was to determine why the singers in Springdale adopted The Sacred Harp rather than one of the most popular …
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The harp in early nineteenth-century Britain : innovation, business, and making in Jacob Erat’s manufactory
… the early nineteenth-century, London-made harp, with particular regard to its mechanical and decorative development, and to the business practices of Jacob Erat (1758-1821), a prominent maker, and his immediate successors. The key protagonists are identified and situated in relation to one …
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The Feminine Harp as Feminist Tool: Early Professional Footing for Women in Mid-Twentieth-Century America
… and Sylvia Meyer, all students of the legendary harp pedagogue Carlos Salzedo, have been celebrated as pioneers for the prestigious employment they obtained in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra, respectively, between 1930 and 1933. Despite the …
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Music for Saxophone and Harp: An Investigation of the Development of the Genre with an Annotated Bibliography
… 67 for alto saxophone and double-action pedal harp. Since then, over 50 duos were written for various members of the saxophone family and the pedal harp, yet most of this repertoire is rarely performed and many artists are not yet aware of it. This document investigates works that are (1) …
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The contribution of twentieth-century Canadian composers to the solo pedal harp repertoire, with analysis of selected works
The purpose of this dissertation was to research harp solos written by Canadian composers in the twentieth century and to determine factors that could have contributed to the rise in output of harp literature in Canada during that period. In addition to research of existing writings, interviews …
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HARP: A MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK ON TOP OF THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION LAYER FOR THE BIG DATA SOFTWARE STACK
… up individual algorithms. In this thesis, the Harp framework, which uses collective communication techniques, is prototyped to improve the performance of data movement and provides high-level APIs for various synchronization patterns in iterative computation. In contrast to traditional …
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Erard, Bochsa and their impact on harp music-making in Australia (1830-1866): an early history from documents.
This study traces the emergence of the pedal harp in colonial Australia between 1830 and 1866 through the examination of primary source documents in the form of archival and newspaper resources. It does so by focussing on the dynamic that existed between the harpist Nicolas-Charles Bochsa …
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The descriptive miniatures of Alphonse Hasselmans and Henriette Renié: an examination of the pedagogical and artistic significance of salon pieces for harp
… by the ascendance of the double-action pedal harp and a resulting evolution in harp literature and performance practice, the modern French school of harp developed at the fin de siècle. Belgian harp virtuoso and composer Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) founded this new method after his …
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Data-based mathematical modeling: Development and application
… the mathematical basis for building the MC-HARP data-processing environment. The MC-HARP strategy determines the functional structure and parameters of a mathematical model simultaneously. A Monte Carlo (MC) strategy combined with the concept of Hierarchical Adaptive Random Partitioning …
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The lower hand: New perspectives on performance-practice evidence in Edward Bunting’s early-irish-harp field transcriptions of the 1790s
The early Irish harp was the aristocratic musical instrument of Ireland, and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, for 800+ years until c. 1800. Knowledge of the instrument is weak since it has been replaced by the modern Irish harp. Repertory survives in field transcriptions made by Edward …
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