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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Musical production"”.
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Making popular music in Cuba: A study of the Cuban institutions of musical production and the musical life of Santiago de Cuba
… revolutionary political and economic change on musical life and style in Cuba. Part I discusses questions of theory and methodology. The problem is best approached by a comparison of the institutional structure of music making and an ethnographic study, in this case, of Santiago de Cuba. The two …
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"Suenen dulces himnos": orígenes de los himnarios evangélicos en España (fijación del corpus)
Both the hymnography and the musical production that emerged in the nineteenthcentury Spanish Protestant area were a field of study that had been given little attention and which remained in a state of ignorance and forgetfulness, with occasional exceptions. It was hoped, therefore, to undertake a …
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A director's approach to the new Gershwin musical Crazy for You.
In 1992, The "new" Gershwin musical Crazy for You premiered on Broadway to rave reviews. The musical production, adapted from the 1930 Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, featured a new book by Ken Ludwig, choreography by Susan Stroman, and a score compiled from the music catalog of George and Ira …
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Music, musicians, and social advocacy: Environmental conservation, knowledge-sharing, and cultivating a culture of wisdom in northern Tanzania
… concerns and various forms of knowledge production and maintenance. Drawing on formal interviews, informal conversations, and my participation in the collaborative production of an album and music video, this thesis presents several case studies which demonstrate unique and innovative …
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The Aquitanian Sacred Repertoire in Its Cultural Context: An Examination of Petri clavigeri kari, In hoc anni circulo, and Cantu miro summa laude
… of life created a fertile environment for musical production. A rich manuscript tradition has facilitated numerous studies of Aquitanian sacred music, but to date most previous research has focused on one particular facet of the repertoire, often in isolation from its cultural context. This …
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Inspiring the Nation: French Music about Jeanne d'Arc in the 1930s and 1940s
… an unusually varied cross-section of musical activity in France during the 1930s and 1940s, including masses, symphonic works, musical dramas, oratorios, and radio dramas by such leading composers as Arthur Honegger, Manuel Rosenthal, Paul Paray, Maurice Jaubert, and André Jolivet. …
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Crowded Voice: Speech, Music and Community in Milan, 1955-1974
… of voice, language, and politics in Italian musical history. I do this through a double geographical and chronological lens: first, the city of Milan, a powerful political and cultural interface between Italy and Central Europe; secondly, the years 1955-1974, key decades in the constitution …
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Space, motion and metaphor in electroacoustic music
… Scan. The main features of this language are a musical production of space which is mimetic of non-musical experiences of space, and the development of gestural metaphor. Through a process of metaphorical transduction, this links image schema derived from a variety of lived experiences of space …
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The mix masters: a tribute to children with a blend of harmony
… used as the basis for a one hour school-touring musical production. The intention is for as many elementary students as possible to become exposed to and involved in the experiential joy of singing and producing music through their voices. The production is organized in performance format where …
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Confusion in the Karnatic Capital: Fusion in Chennai, India
This dissertation examines how a contested musical practice makes the problems of modernity in India audible. In particular, I look at the relationship between South Indian "fusion" musicians and India's recent economic and cultural growth attributed to the economic reforms of 1991. Fusion is the …
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From 'Le cri de la nature' to 'Pygmalion' : a study of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy of music and aesthetic and reform of opera
… subsumed entirely within the harmonic domain of musical production. The impact upon opera is more complex and the concluding chapters explore the radical and largely reform-driven aesthetico f opera. Roussea&sf inal dramaticw ork Py gmalion(1 762)i s considered not simply as an outcome of this …
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The Formulation of an Adult Dramatic Program for the Division of Recreation and Parks in Henrico County, Virginia
It is hoped that the contents of this thesis will help to provide a course of action through which the dramatic arts program may move closer to the objectives established for it by the HDRP administration. The dramatic arts program for adults, as set forth in the thesis, should create specific …
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The Civil War: A Collaboration in Direction and Choreography
… of the Virginia Commonwealth University production of The Civil War: A Musical that opened on April 7, 2005 for a three-week run ending April 28, 2005. The greater part of the text is devoted to the evaluation of the underlying principles of direction and choreography applied in the …