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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Twentieth century composers"”.
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A study of English-language sacred solo literature by selected twentieth-century composers
This dissertation facilitates the study of twentieth-century sacred solo literature for the voice in the English language, providing a survey of English and American composers who have made significant contributions to the sacred solo repertoire. This work also serves as a reference tool for …
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Salvaging the Past: A Composition Portfolio
… centres around abstraction: in the nineteenth century, the debate considered whether or not 'absolute music' could represent the very essence of being human; twentieth-century abstraction concerned itself with the removal of any form of melodic or harmonic implications and was employed to …
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The Music of Language
… these languages, this document will examine how twentieth-century composers have explored the music of language in a way previous Western composers had not. This includes natural languages in the works of Ernst Toch, John Cage, Steve Reich, Vinko Globokar and Georges Aperghis, as well as …
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“I Shan't Ever Play Down These Influences”: Poulenc’s Neoclassicism as Musical Legacy
… with an intriguing mindset regarding the role of twentieth-century composers. Poulenc’s writings place importance on the idea of musical legacy, where engaging with the music of past composers can only enrich compositions of the present, as opposed to the idea that such inspiration makes one’s …
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An Analytical Study of the Variations on the Theme of Paganini's Twenty-Fourth Caprice, Op. 1 by Busoni, Friedman, and Muczynski
… sets of variations on Paganini's theme by three twentieth-century composers: Ferruccio Busoni, Ignaz Friedman, and Robert Muczynski, in order to examine, identify, and trace different variation techniques and their applications. Chapter 1 presents the purpose and scope of this study. Chapter 2 …
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Musical improvisation as the place where being speaks : Heidegger, language and sources of Christian hope
… exemplified in relation to certain cultures and twentieth-century composers (Chapter 6). Further to this connection between improvisation and hope, improvisation in a Christian liturgical context will be examined. There is a dearth of existing discussion, not only regarding improvisatory music in …
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"""To immerse myself in words"": Text and music in selected choral works of Samuel Barber"
… the history of musical style and his role among twentieth-century composers, with conclusions based on the study of his musical response to words.
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Classical Guitar Music by Irish Composers: Performing Editions and Critical Commentary
… of the instrument at the end of the nineteenth century, coupled with growing interest from leading twentieth-century composers, have resulted in a substantial and important new repertoire. A significant increase in the number of new works is especially evident after 1950. The availability of …
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When theories of psychology and composition intersect : a case study of Schoenberg, Dutilleux, and Lansky
… field of psychology and neuroscience in the twentieth century ushered in a profoundly different approach to considering the sense of self, the world, and creativity. Consequently, knowledge about psychology appears to have affected creative activities. It then follows that, as the discipline …
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Scholasticism and Formal Structure in Camille Saint-Saëns's Fugues for Keyboard
… for most fugues composed during the nineteenth century. After outlining Saint-Saëns’s acquaintance not only with the scholastic tradition, but also with Bach’s compositional practices, the first chapter establishes the theoretical background to the study, building on the normative components …
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Three case studies in twentieth-century performance practice
Since the middle of the twentieth century, the study of performance practice has increasingly drawn the interest of musicologists; however, despite the extensive documentation pertaining to matters of performance, the twentieth century has largely been neglected. Twentieth-century composers often …
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A formal and stylistic analysis of selected compositions for solo accordion, with accompanying ensembles by twentieth-century American composers, with implications of their impact upon the place of accordion in the world of serious music
… artistic expression of the highest order.In the twentieth-century, some accordionists began to realize the instrument's potential. These accordionists made transcriptions of the classical repertoire, composed original works for the instrument, and formed the American Accordionists' Association to …
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Pitch resources for new music: an integrated approach to instrument development and composition
… of the work of Julian Carrillo and Harry Partch, twentieth century composers deeply involved in microtonality, sliding pitch, and the development of new and modified instruments, shapes the research method used. A detailed review of the achievements of these composers in creating novel …
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Interrogating Music-Historical Narratives Through Ralph Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs
… is his use of "Romantic" harmonies during the twentieth century. This style complicates periodization of his work. By exploring other facets of his work and using alternative methods -- such as studies of the music's relationship to sociocultural movements, English music history, and history of …