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The piano works of Armando Albuquerque
"The piano works of Brazilian composer Armando Albuquerque (1901-1986) are surveyed in this dissertation. A discussion of the chronology of the piano works establishes the relationship between Albuquerque and his cultural environment; the identification of the main elements of his musical idiom …
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Complete solo piano works of Zhou Long
… and publications currently exist on Zhou’s piano music, and this doctoral lecture recital is the first time an artist has performed the complete collection of Zhou’s solo piano pieces. The pieces include: Mongolian Folk-Tune Variations, Wu Kui, Pianogongs, and Pianobells. In his piano music, …
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Margaret Ruthven Lang: Her life and piano works
… orchestra. Though her chamber and orchestral works have not survived, her piano pieces provide an important look at this neglected composer's art. This research paper presents an overview of Lang's complete published piano works, eleven works in total ranging from elementary to advanced levels …
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Selected solo piano works by contemporary Malaysian composers: An analysis
… through the analyses of selected solo piano works by three contemporary Malaysian composers---namely, Chong Lim Ng's A Distant Voice of the Rain Forest (Fragments from "Rimba"...), Adeline Wong's Paces for solo piano and electronics, and Kah Hoe Yii's My Spirit is Dancing!.;These works …
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The Solo Piano Works of Henri Dutilleux: A Stylistic Analysis
… is the stylistic development of Dutilleux's works in the solo piano genre. As evidenced throughout his compositional oeuvre, Dutilleux wrote and published solo piano works in each decade from the 1940s to the 1990s. However, no critical studies exist that examines the stylistic development of …
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Eclectic Compositional Styles in the Piano Works of Craig Walsh
… the eclectic styles found in the three solo piano works by Craig Walsh: Rhapsody, Black Scissors for prepared piano, and Lines. The research will provide a formal analysis and a detailed investigation into the stylistic characteristics of each work. The discussion on Rhapsody will focus on …
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A study of Karol Szymanowski's musical evolution in selected piano works
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Michigan State University. Department of Music, 2004
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DESPERATE MEASURES: RECORDING OF THE COMPLETE PIANO WORKS OF ROBERT MUCZYNSKI
… this dissertation is to help assimilate the solo piano works of Robert Muczynski into the active 20th century piano repertoire, by providing pianists, musicologists, and listeners with the composer’s complete solo piano output on CD, for the first time. Of the fifteen compositions contained …
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE’S CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND STRINGS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HIS PIANO WORKS
… their own unique voice, and the Concerto for Piano and Strings is not an exception. Through the examination of Schnittke’s life and piano works in the context of the art and literature of his time, this monograph introduces Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings as something much more than …
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The influence of the Javanese gamelan on selected piano works of Claude-Achille Debussy
… nor on the way in which it is manifested in the works of Debussy. It is for this reason that this study was undertaken. ... This dissertation will examine the extent of the influence of just one of these elements: Oriental music, and the Javanese gamelan in particular. It will trace the influx …
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The Celtic Twilight as Reflected in the Two-Piano Works of Joan Trimble (1915-2000)
… is diverse, the composer’s most characteristic works can be found in her two-piano compositions which succeed in capturing the essence and atmosphere and foot-tapping exuberance of the Celtic Twilight. Therefore, this research has resulted in the first D.M.A document to deal with the connection …
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Piano works by Latin American women composers born between 1850 and 1950: an anthology and recording
The works and knowledge of predigital age Latin American women composers are rapidly disappearing. Only a few such women were able to overcome the regional societal norms and actively compose music. Unfortunately, their contributions are moving into obscurity in part due to the lack of exposure and …
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Edino Krieger's solo piano works from the 1950s : a dialectical synthesis in Brazilian musical modernism
… of Romantic Nationalism, with reference to works by Brasílio Itiberê, Alexandre Levy and Alberto Nepomuceno, still based on European models. I then review the advent of the Week of Modern Art in 1922, and finally the musical experiments of the 1940s, represented mainly by the group Música …
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A recording and guide to the performance of Samuel Barber's complete solo piano works, including the recently published early works
This project explores Samuel Barber’s complete works for solo piano, including his early works published in 2010. The recording, captured on two CDs, represents the first complete collection of Barber’s published piano works and outlines Barber’s maturation from his teenage years to his full …
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The Presentation and Adaptation of Xinjiang Musical Elements in Chinese Piano Composition: an Analysis of Three Xinjiang Style Piano Works
The art of Chinese piano music has flourished since the early twentieth century, experiencing rapid development under the influence of Western music and the cultural heritage of Chinese music. Among these influences, the traditional music of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang is a crucial element that …
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An analysis of stylistic elements and challenges of technique and improvisation in three late piano works by Surendran Reddy (1962–2010)
… of technique and improvisation in three late piano works by the South African composer Surendran Reddy. Reddy’s personal identity as a crossover artist is apparent in his stylistic approach. The fusion of Western art music, jazz, contemporary and indigenous music from various parts of the …
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