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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"violin/viola"”.
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The lily of Quito a cantata for soprano, flute, classical guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello & percussion
… for soprano, flute, classical guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, and percussion: wooden blocks, wind chimes, triangle, bass drum, glockenspiel, and crotales. Affectionately known amongst Ecuadorians as “The Lily of Quito,” Saint Mariana was canonized in 1950. The text combines her original …
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perennial: for winds, strings, guitar, and drums
… work with an interlude that is scored for violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, electric guitar, and drum set. This genre-elusive piece centers around perpetual cycles of growth and decay and explores verdant textures, wandering harmonies, and continuous …
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Working with Metal: The Stylistic Characteristics of the Swedish Band Meshuggah and an Original Composition Inspired by Their Work
… C trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. I used these techniques both in similar and different ways. I also explain how I employed a few techniques of my own.</p>
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Third-Millennium Heart, for soprano and ten instruments, and "Constructing Postmodern Objects: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's New Simplicity"
… oboe, clarinet, two percussionists, two pianos, violin, viola, and cello, the fifty-minute composition navigates its way through Andkjær Olsen’s words using song, speech, and instrumental movements that illustrate images from the poetry.“Constructing Postmodern Objects: Pelle …
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Sonata form in the six quintets, opus 11, by Johann Christian Bach
… Bach's Opus 11 Quintets for flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello and continuo. The main focus of the research concerns the use of sonata form in these pieces. All the first movements are in sonata form, which was a common practice of his time. The two slow second movements are in sonata form …
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An investigation of the relationship between singing intonation and string playing intonation among college level and professional string players
… For the purpose of this study, only violin, viola and cello players have been included. The investigative variables for the study are singing intonation and string playing intonation. Intonation has been assessed. through participants' singing and playing. A computer program, called …
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Over the Desolation of Wildness Caresses the April Breeze
… featuring flute, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion, accentuates the rich textural landscape of the work and characteristics of each movement. Over the Desolation of Wildness Caresses the April Breeze is a blend of historical reflection and personal musical …
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Talent and Technique: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and John Paul II's Mayday 1984 Address to New York Gay and Lesbian Socialists' League at Cooper Union's Great Hall (Transcribed into Verse from Unauthorized French and Italian Versions of the Official Soviet Translation of the Polish Original by Norman MacAfee) for Tenor Solo, Chorus (SATB), and Eight Players
… piano, and organ (two keyboard players), violin (viola), and cello.</p>
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Ouroboros
… trombone, three percussionists, harp, piano, violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass— is a work that lacks melodies, motives, clear harmonic shifts, perceivable changes in dynamics and timbre, audible articulations, and a discernible pulse. Every element of this composition was informed by …
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George Enescu's Concertstück for viola and piano: a theoretical analysis within the composer's musical legacy
… to understand George Enescu’s Concertstück for viola and piano from the broad perspective of Enescu’s multiple facets of musicianship: composer, performer (violin, piano, conducting), and teacher. Moreover, the Romanian background (including musical education and direct knowledge of Romanian …
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A Thousand Plateaux
… this work. M.O.N.T.A.G.E. for flute, clarinet, violin and cello This work was influenced by the video work, Wantee, by artist, Laure Prouvost. The title, M.O.N.T.A.G.E., is an acrostic, using words that show intimate relations with my composition: Multicolour, Oscillation, Numbers, Television, …
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Aspects of George Philipp Telemann's Nouvelaux quatuors, in particular their possible influence on the conversations galantes of Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
… Guillemain (1705–1770) trained as a violinist in Italy, then returned to France where he was later employed at court. In 1743 he too published quartets for the same instruments as had Telemann. These were the Six sonates en quatuors ou conversations galantes et amusantes which also …
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Comparing live to recorded music and stories using multiple psychoneuroendocrine and psychological measures
… program of classical music played on a solo violin, viola or cello. Live (SL) or audio (SA) story readings were added as interventions to control for psychosocial variables. Saliva’s non-invasive, repeatable, objective psychoneuroendocrine (PNE) snapshots were supplemented with subjective …
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String teaching for enabling creative agency: Exploring teachers' values, experiences, and practices
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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A Comparison of Aural and Visual Instructional Methodologies Designed to Improve the Intonation Accuracy of Seventh Grade Violin and Viola Instrumentalists.
… improve the intonation accuracy of seventh grade violin and viola instrumentalists. The collection of data was in regard to (1) instructional methodology: aural and aural/visual, (2) performance tasks: A, B, and C; (3) individual pitches (seven from each of the music tasks), and (4) differences …
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Uncovering the unpublished chamber music of George Frederick Boyle Volume I: Dissertation
This dissertation examines the chamber works for piano and strings by Australian--‐born American composer, pianist, and teacher, George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948). Boyle was somewhat of a prodigy in his younger years and contributed much to Australia’s burgeoning concert scene. In 1905 he left …
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The individual and collective programmatic characteristics of five selected string academies in the United States
… from instructional offerings dedicated to the violin, and all published curricular materials focus primarily on this instrument. Diversification of the pedagogical approach of string academies has resulted in its adaptation for use in American public school settings and for teaching the viola, …
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Methods and Technologies for the Analysis and Interactive Use of Body Movements in Instrumental Music Performance
… aimed at analysing the motion capture data of a violinist performing a selection of short musical excerpts. A group of subjects with no prior experience playing the violin is then asked to mime a performance following the audio excerpts recorded by the violinist. Motion data is recorded, …