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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Prokofiev"”.
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The Songs and Song Cycles of Sergey Prokofiev (1930--1950)
… of the centennial of the legendary Russian poet, Prokofiev continued the romantic nationalist tradition started by Mikhail Glinka. In the folk-song arrangements Op. 104 and duets Op. 106 the imagery deals with the usual universal themes of unrequited love, girls given out in marriage to older men, …
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Creativity Despite Duress: Shostakovich and Prokofiev’s Musical Struggles under Soviet Government Restrictions
… Soviet composers Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev navigated state-imposed artistic constraints under strict government control. During periods of heightened nationalism and international conflict, especially World War II, the Soviet regime intensified its use of music as a propaganda …
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Doctoral thesis recital (clarinet)
… Sonata for B-flat clarinet and piano, op. 94 / Prokofiev
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Doctoral thesis recital (piano)
… Sonata no. 8, op. 84 in B-flat major (1944) / S. Prokofiev
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An Examination of Toccata Line Movements in Prokofiev's Piano Music
<p>Sergei Prokofiev categorized his compositions by grouping them into several "lines," namely, the classical, modern, toccata, and lyrical lines. This thesis will examine six solo piano works by Sergei Prokofiev, their relationship to one another, and their relative significance in context of …
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Pianism Reimagined: an analytical inquiry of left-hand piano through the career and commissions of Paul Wittgenstein
… composers of this period, including Ravel, Prokofiev, Britten, Korngold, Schmidt and Richard Strauss. Despite Wittgenstein’s unalloyed espousal of conservative music, he often chose progressive composers to promulgate his career; an enigmatic decision which remains unsolved. Wittgenstein’s …
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Composers on the Decks
… of Place and Practice among Composer-DJs Gabriel Prokofiev, Mason Bates, Ari Benjamin Meyers and Brandt Brauer Frick"; and an archive of edited interviews of the four primary research subjects. Chapter 1 is the author's artistic contribution. Chapters 2 and 3 explore the emerging practices of …
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The development of the Russian piano concerto in the nineteenth century.
… concerto composition, headed by Rachmaninovand Prokofiev, of unparalleled brilliance and virtuosity.
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Triadic Music in Twentieth-Century Russia
… melodies, and the altered scale degrees of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The third study examines the strings of major and minor triads that Alfred Schnittke deploys in his atonal works, arguing that Schnittke has cultivated a framework that deliberately avoids the patterns of tonal writing. …
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An approach for the advanced pianist toward developing concepts and control of vertical and horizontal motion : the two fundamental directions of movement in piano technique
… Liszt, Moussorgsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Bartok, Webern, Fontyn, Orff, and Copland. These present clearly isolated problems of horizontal or vertical motion as well as complex combinations of both basic motion forms. The commentaries to each excerpt are directed almost …
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WORKS FOR VIOLIN FROM DISTINCT EUROPEAN COMPOSITIONAL TRADITIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: NATIONALISM, IMPRESSIONISM, AND NEO-CLASSICISM
… composed by Paul Hindemith of Germany, and Serge Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky of Russia.
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Emma Lou Diemer : solo and chamber works for piano through 1986
… for low sustained resonant tones and for Prokofiev-like brilliant high register sounds. She frequently used chord structures in thirds, but employed a deliberately atonal harmonic framework.Chapter III. At Yale, she fell under the neoclassic influence of Hindemith. Her forms tightened and …
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Rhapsody
Creative Thesis; Screenplay