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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"performer's guide"”.
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Modeste Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death (A Performer's Guide)
… MUSSORGSKY'S SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH</p> <p>[A Performer's Guide]</p> <p>Peter Alan Barton</p> <p>Modeste Petrovich Mussorgsky, one of the Russian composers known as the "Mighty Handful," was an innovator of Russian music. Mussorgsky is widely recognized for the genius of his opera Boris …
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Alberto Ginastera's Twelve American Preludes : descriptive analysis and performer's guide
… presents a detailed descriptive analysis and performer’s guide for Alberto Ginastera’s Twelve American Preludes Op.12. The author emphasizes the study of specific compositional and pianistic techniques for the performer who wishes to develop a deeper understanding of this remarkable twentieth …
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A performer's guide to Benjamin Lees's "Six Ornamental Etudes" for piano
… Etudes for piano by Benjamin Lees from a performer's perspective. Chapter 1 covers general procedures for this research, including basic assumptions and need for the study, purpose of the study, limitation of scope, review of related literature, procedure for collecting data, and an …
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A performer's guide to Virgil Thomson's Five Songs from William Blake
… is to amend these omissions with a specific guide for performers, combining recent scholarship, an analysis of Thomson’s setting of Blake’s text to music, and a consideration of the vocal merits and difficulties of Thomson’s vocal writing into one helpful document. Chapter 1 presents a brief …
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Ben Moore's "Dear Theo," For Tenor Voice and Piano: A Performer's Guide
… Metropolitan Opera. This document serves as a performer’s guide to Moore’s song cycle Dear Theo. The song cycle utilizes Moore’s own text adaptations of letters written by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo. Chapter 1 presents a biographical sketch of Vincent van Gogh and his path to becoming …
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A performer's guide and new critical edition of Frank Martin's "Quatre Pieces Breves"
… the work in regard to their significance for the performer. This study also addresses the discrepancies between the various sources of Quatre Pieces Breves , defines the role of Martin's collaborators, and justifies the new critical edition, which is based upon the author's conclusions. Frank …
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A performer's guide to John Corigliano's Mr Tambourine Man - Seven Poems to text by Bob Dylan
… University. The monograph aims to serve as a guide to fellow conductors, as well as performers, music theorists and musicologists who are interested in this piece.
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An Interpretation of Stylistic Elements in Elie Siegmeister's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: A Performer's Guide
Elie Siegmeister ( 1909-1991) completed the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestrain 1956. Jazz was a significant stylistic presence throughout Siegmeister' s compositionalcareer, and the clarinet concerto is considered to be a prime example of his life-longinterest.The greatest challenges to the …
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A Performer's Guide to John Musto's Penelope: A Cycle of Seven Songs for Soprano and Piano
… his more recent compositions. This performance guide addresses one of Musto's acclaimed song cycles, Penelope, (a cycle of seven songs for soprano and piano) commissioned and premiered in 2000. The story of the cycle is an updated version of the character Penelope from Homer's The Odyssey and …
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A performer's guide to the songs for soprano by the Austro-American composer Eric Zeisl (1905-1959)
This written document presents an introduction to the soprano songs by the Austro-American composer Eric Zeisl. Songs chosen comprise published songs (Der Schäfer, Die Fünf Hühnerchen, Vergiss Mein Nicht, Vor Meinem Fenster) as well as unpublished songs (Der Briefmark, Der Tag Erwacht, Immer …
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“Hallo, Hallo! Achtung! Achtung!...” : a performer's guide to the Theresienstadt compositions of Viktor Ullmann for the mezzo-soprano
… the chain of western art music tradition. This guide provides singers and teachers of singing with the necessary information for the successful performance of Ullmann’s Theresienstadt-period works (1942-44) that are appropriate for a mezzo-soprano. Chapter 1 provides an explanation of the …
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A performer's guide to Gwyneth Walker's settings of poetry by Lucille Clifton- No Ordinary Woman! and Three Songs for Lucille
No Ordinary Woman! is atypical of Walker’s style in that the composer employs jazz elements as the building blocks for this composition. From ballads to scat singing, each song is representative of a different style of jazz. The cycle, consisting of five songs, explores the poet’s journey of …
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Composer's delineation of character in Franz Schubert's, Robert Schumann's and Hugo Wolf's settings of Goethe's Mignon Lieder: A performer's guide
… of the character of Mignon, and that a performer can best express these differences through detailed study of each composer's musical language and their handling of Goethe's poetry. The difficulty of character development in art song stems from the brevity of the genre. Character …
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Bells in tower at evening toll : a performer's guide to the songs of David P. Rossow on the texts of William Shakespeare and A. E. Housman for baritone voice and piano
… solo voice and piano. This document serves as a performer’s guide to Rossow’s songs for baritone/low male voice and piano, Three Shakespeare Sonnets and Three A.E. Housman Songs. Chapter 1 is comprised of relevant biographical information about the composer from early childhood to present (2014). …
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Three Transcriptios for Solo Organ: Sonata da chiesa Op. 3, No. 3, by Arcangelo Corelli, Overture to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi, Festive Overture Op. 96, by Dmitry Shostakovich
… for solo organ along with a performance guide and commentaries for each of them. The original orchestral pieces, Sonata da chiesa Op. 3, No. 3 by Corelli, Overture to La forza del destino by Verdi, and Festive Overture Op. 96 by Shostakovich, were selected according to technical …
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Historically Informed Performance Practice of the Baroque Era
… on Baroque performance practice, suggests in his Performer's Guide to Baroque Music that we can meet the expectations of the Baroque composers to a greater degree than many modern performers suppose. Regardless of whether one is able to invest in period instruments, or to study Baroque music …