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Jonathan Harvey's string quartets
… and spiritual background through his four string quartets—No. 1 (1977), No. 2 (1988), No. 3 (1995), and No. 4 (2003). The paper surveys Harvey’s eclectic background in religion and musical education, and several trends with which he is associated—serialism, spectralism, electronic music, …
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The string quartets of Bela Bartok : an analysis
<p>What is generally referred to by the public-at-large as “modernism” is thought (by it) to be based upon the denial and contradiction of the fundamental principles of musical art. But it would be a grave error to assume from this that the present age differs in the attitude toward modernism very …
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Accent and Grouping Structures in the String Quartets of Béla Bartók
… of rhythmic vitality and inventiveness, and his string quartets offer a glimpse into a consistency of technique evident throughout his compositional career. Bartók's rhythmic environments are primarily metrical, but many of his rhythmic configurations are placed in such a way as to potentially …
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The Problem of Bowing in The Joachim-Moser Edition of Beethoven's String Quartets
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-09T19:39:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6801869.pdf: 13731918 bytes, checksum: 25e71e77d8ceab466e817219166a7748 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1967
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String Quartets by Revueltas: In Search of a Critical Edition in "Musica de Feria"
<p>Música de Feria (1932) is the fourth and last string quartet written by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (1899-1940). The descriptive title of the piece, given by the composer himself, suggests the depiction of a Mexican “Fair” or “Festival” with its implied chaos, crowds, …
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'A New Type of Part Writing': Notation and Performance in Beethoven's Late String Quartets
Beethoven’s late string quartets are among his most extraordinary and elusive works. A source of fascination to performers, audiences and scholars alike for nearly two centuries, they are defined by an aesthetic of ‘difficulty’. This thesis argues that one crucial source of difficulty lies in …
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The history and development of Western chamber music—specifically string quartets—in Japan from 1989 to 2014
… and advances understanding of the contemporary string quartet scene in Japan, a topic that has not yet been researched or documented extensively. My dissertation: (1) outlines the introduction of Western classical music to Japan in the late nineteenth century, and describes the rise of a chamber …
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Through the Prism of the Wellspring: From National, to Societal, to Individual in Marin Goleminov's String Quartets
This thesis examines three works for string quartet by Bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov written between 1943 and1968, a pivotal period in his creative process that bore witness to the crystallization of his unique artistic voice and compositional style. During this time, he confronted the …
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Toward a business history of the string quartet: How the string quartet became a career path in the United States
At their origins, American string quartets achieved a high standard of performance through full-time commitments made financially possible through individual patrons. As the American music scene matured through the twentieth century, the string quartet profession integrated performance and …
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Structures of Beethoven's Scherzos
… Haydn (still labeled minuet except for the String Quartets. Opus 33) . Beethoven set out in his inimitable fashion to explore its possibilities. Beginning by adherence to the classic structure of the minuet, adding only a few of his distinctive effects, he proceeded through experimentation …
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From ‘Nothing’ to ‘Something’: a compositional evolution through time, media and space
… general public and to performers (choral groups, string quartets and solo performers), using both conventional music notation and graphic scores to enhance this process. Other aspects of my work included rethinking the concepts of rhythm and pitch, as well as the observation of one note evolving …
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The piano and violoncello sonatas of Ludwig Van Beethoven
… concertos, piano sonatas, choral works and string quartets, it is perhaps not surprising that relatively little attention has been paid to the cello sonatas. Yet, according to Stevens, these works "are so well embedded in the repertory that they claim immediate discussion" (1957, 263). …
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Franz Liszt's "Dante Sonata": The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary
… (e.g., the late piano sonatas, the late string quartets), Liszt sought to articulate a category of music specifically religious, apart from vocal, liturgical associations. Liszt invented such music at the piano, an instrument incorporating the variety of sounds, gestures, and harmonies he …
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The chamber music of Hendrik Hofmeyr: an investigation and stylistic analysis of selected works
… seven duo sonatas, two trios with piano, two string quartets and a clarinet quintet, among many other lesser works. Indeed, of his roughly 190 numbered compositions, at least 29 are original chamber works (15% of the total). These are also supplemented with several important arrangements …
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Master's thesis recital (violin)
Quartet in C major, op. 20, no. 2 / Franz Joseph Haydn -- Appalachian Polaroids / Steven Snowden -- Lady Isabelle was that kind of woman / Alexandra Bryant -- Quartet no. 4, sz. 91 / Bela Bartok.
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Graduate recital in conducting
6 audio files + 1 PDF file
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Fusion of Chinese and Western Musical Styles in Chen Yi’s from the Path of Beauty
Chen Yi (b.1953), one of the leading Chinese-born American composers today, has earned a reputation in the world as a female composer of contemporary music. Both Chinese and Western musical styles have influenced Chen’s compositional style. As one of the new-wave movement composers, Chen has …
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