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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"musical language"”.
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Job for Organ: Programmatic Implications Drawn From Petr Eben's Musical Language
… dramatic depth of the Book of Job and created a musical work that vividly portrays the consequences of a wager between Satan and God on the fate of a human being--in this case, Job. The eight movements of this cycle tell the story of Job's struggle, perseverance, and triumph in the midst of human …
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Alfred Schnittke’s quest for a universal musical language in the Penitential Psalms (1987–88)
… take into account a wide range of textual and musical developments. The analysis of the work proceeds along two complimentary axes: a discussion of the historical antecedents of the text, and a thorough examination of how Schnittke synthesized the musical elements associated with historical …
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The Musical Language of Joan Tower: An Energy Line Analysis of Island Prelude for Oboe and Wind Quartet
… Prelude. Island Prelude represents Joan Tower's musical language, the understanding of which is essential in an interpretation of her music.
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Young-Jo Lee's Variations on the theme of Baugogae: In search of his own language, a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works of J. Haydn, S. Rachmaninoff, R. Schumann, O. Messiaen, and F. Liszt
… is to examine Young-Jo Lee's (b. 1943) musical language as exhibited in his piano composition, Variations on the theme of Baugogae. Subjects of discussion include Lee's use of direct and indirect musical borrowings from past European composers and traditional Korean folk idioms. Also …
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Narratives in music: Schelmo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
… Cycle.” They represented a new, distinctive musical language, in which Bloch combined eastern and western music traits. Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra (1915-16) was the last composition from the cycle. It showed mastery of a style Bloch had been developing since his …
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"Messiaen's ""Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus"": A historical and pedagogical study"
… that in the composition he was searching for a language of mystical love. With that preface, the investigator explained how this programmatic piano cycle can be interpreted by the performer and listener. Messiaen's musical language and the representation of its religious symbolism in the score …
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Noh Influences in the Piano Music of Joji Yuasa
… of Noh and transformed them to suit his own musical language. This thesis discusses Noh influences on Yuasa's solo piano works, with particular attention to his approach to time and space. The four works discussed in this paper are Cosmos Haptic (1957), Projection Topologic (1959), On the …
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The American Contemporary Clarinet Concertos of John Corigliano, William Bolcom, Joan Tower, and John Adams
… Each of the four composers utilizes a unique musical language that borrows from earlier pieces and musical styles. All four concertos also challenge the clarinetist’s ability to interpret various musical styles from contemporary and popular genres. This document outlines the form of each …
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The traditional-contemporary dichotomy in Irish art music : a new compositional approach
… century, eschewing the contemporaneous musical language, there has been no perfect marriage of the two.<br/><br/>In this work, the current dichotomy between traditional Irish music and contemporary music is studied through the context of twelve new compositions and accompanying …
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THE PORTRAYAL OF WATER AND WAVE PATTERNS IN THE MUSIC OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
… the shaping of Debussy’s aesthetic, the musical language he uses within an oeuvre that centres on the role of Nature as imaginative stimulus, and its particular relevance to his Water pieces within which I determine wave patterns. An examination of his piano and orchestral pieces, with …
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George Russell's Jazz Workshop: The Composer's Style and Original Methods of 1956
George Russell's musical language touches on many familiar elements in jazz composition: practices of blues, swing, and improvisation; conventions of big band arranging; the Afro-Latin influence; and popular song form. But his music also makes use of ideas that were rare in jazz at that time, such …
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Performance Insights for Mozart Piano Sonatas Derived from Eighteenth-Century Compositional Guides
… Johann Friedrich Daube to gain insight into the musical language found in the Mozart sonatas K. 281, 333, 457 and 576. The contemporaneous concepts of the phrase punctuation, expansion and extension, phrase hierarchy, logical relations, and topics forms the basis of the analyses. Insights from …
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Robert Cundick: His Life, Influences, and Selected Organ Works
… Latter-Day Saints Church, and especially, his musical language and the style of his main organ works.
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A PERFORMANCE GUIDE AND ANALYSIS OF CARLOS ESCALANTE MACAYA'S DESASOSIEGO FOR SOLO BASSOON, STRINGS, AND PERCUSSION (2017)
… the work. The analysis studies the work's musical form, harmonic structure, melodic and rhythmic development, and programmatic qualities. This is the first-ever analysis of this important composition. Carlos Escalante Macaya is one of the most prolific living composers in Costa Rica, …
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Graduate Recital, Clarinet
… to accompaniment, to manipulating the idiomatic musical and linguistic features of folk-music as the basis for one's musical language. In addition, this recital reveals the wide range of styles and genres, including neoclassicism, expressionism, and polytonality, that can be derived from …
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The Heidegger Collection
… The essay also discusses the essential musical language of The Heidegger Collection, such as interval cycles, polyrhythmic patterns, algorithmic elements, portamento effects, chaos theory, and oriental influence.
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Blas Atehortúa And His Three Pieces For Solo Clarinet Op. 169
This dissertation explores the musical and historical dimensions of Blas Atehortúa's Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet, illuminating his early compositional career and its significance in Colombian music. Atehortúa, one of Colombia's most celebrated composers, blends classical forms with avant-garde …
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Orchestrating the Self: Identity Construction in Howard Hanson's Seven Symphonies and "Symphony of Freedom"
… to romantic aesthetics and broadly accessible musical language came to be seen as conservative, reactionary, or even nationalistic in troubling ways. He has since been largely forgotten and dismissed as an ideologue whose artistic values were out of step with his time. This dissertation …
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"An analysis of ""Seven Last Words from the Cross"" (1993) by James Macmillan"
… well as an internationally active conductor. His musical language is influenced by his Scottish heritage, the Catholic faith, and traditional Celtic folk music, blended with Scandinavian and European composers including Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Alfred Schnittke (1943-1998), and Igor …
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