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Music Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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The Madeleine Choir School (Salt Lake City, Utah): A Contemporary American Choral Foundation
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)This document chronicles the work of the Madeleine Choir School, founded in 1996 by Gregory Glenn as a ministry of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school teaches children in pre-kindergarten ... -
Divine Service: A Lutheran Mass
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Divine Service: A Lutheran Mass is a seven-movement work lasting about twenty-five minutes. The movements correspond to sections of the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy, using English translations from Lutheran Service ... -
Ernest Bloch's Poems of the Sea, Nirvana, Five Sketches in Sepia - A Stylistic and Pedagogical Study
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) was an important Jewish composer. He developed his individual style by employing several diverse musical styles. His music shows characteristics of his Jewish heritage, Western musical tradition, ... -
A Voice of Supplication: A Study of Three Genevan Psalm Tunes Set by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck for Two Mediums: Keyboard and Chorus
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)This lecture-recital document presents a study of several of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's settings of Genevan psalm tunes. The authenticated psalms for keyboard, Psalms 36, 116, and 140, are analyzed alongside their parallel ... -
The Development of the Opera
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"Un català mundial": Catalan Nationalism and the Early Works of Roberto Gerhard
(University of Kansas, 2013-08-31)The early works of Roberto Gerhard reflect the shifting cultural discourse within Catalan nationalism at the beginning of the twentieth century. As a means of fostering cultural independence from the rest of Spain, Catalan ... -
A Study of Siete canciones populares Españolas by Manuel de Falla
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Among Manuel de Falla's famous works, I have selected Siete canciones populares Españolas(Seven Spanish Folksongs) as the theme of my lecture recital in view of the relative dearth of sources that deal with cello performance ... -
An Analytic Approach to the Roman Sketches, Op. 7 by Charles T. Griffes
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Charles Griffes (1884-1920) was one of the influential American composers in the early twentieth century who sought and experimented with new musical idioms. He was conscious of the newest trends within a rapid changing ... -
Anthology of Opera Arias by African American Composers for Low Voice Singers of African Descent
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Some helpful tools for opera singers today are aria anthologies. These anthologies provide music, synopsis, and translations of arias by various composers whose music represents the standard repertoire for each voice. These ... -
Current Status of Incorporating Composition into Music Education Classrooms in Kansas
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Incorporating the National Standards for Music Education includes a component of composing, specifically Standard 4. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency and/or infrequency of incorporating the composing ... -
Activity Leader Facilitation of a Rhythm Activity to Engage Persons with Late Stage Alzheimer's-Type Dementia: A Feasibility Study
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)The purpose of this study was to determine if an activity leader with little to no formal music background could engage individuals with late stage Alzheimer's-type dementia in a rhythm activity following training by a ... -
Growth Possibilities: Metamorphosis in Vagn Holmboe's Tuba Solos
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Danish composer Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996) wrote several pieces featuring the tuba, and his Sonata for Tuba (1985) and Intermezzo Concertante (1986) for tuba and strings are particularly accessible to tuba students, making ... -
Piano Sonata No. 1 by Carl Vine; a Theoretical and Pianistic Study
(University of Kansas, 2013-12-31)Carl Vine was born in 1954 in Perth, Western Australia. He began his music studies when he was five years old with lessons on the cornet. Later he began piano study with Stephen Dornan and composition study with John Exton ... -
Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata, Op. 26
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Incidental music to Maeterlinck's "Pelleas et Melisande" by Gabriel Faure and Jean Sibelius: A Comparative Analysis from a Conductor's Perspective.
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)An analysis and comparsion of the incidental music composed by Gabriel Faure and Jean Sibelius for Maeterlinck's Pelleas et Melisande. Beginning will talking about background story about Pelleas et Melisande, much of the ... -
The Influence of Latvian Folk Music on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Solo Trumpet Repertoire in the Works of Maija Einfelde and Romualds Kalsons
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)This paper concerns two major Latvian composers, Maija Einfelde and Romualds Kalsons, and how their trumpet works embrace Latvian heritage in the form of folk songs. It includes brief biographies of the composers and ... -
A STUDY OF MISSA ARIRANG BY COOL-JAE HUH: ELEMENTS OF KOREAN TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)This document focuses on a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, Missa Arirang, composed by Cool-Jae Huh (b. 1965). Huh is one of South Korea's most prolific and innovative composers. He is especially known for his use of ... -
The Emergence and Development of Classical Saxophone Repertoire in Costa Rica
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Costa Rican art composers have written a significant amount of music works for classical saxophone in the late 20th century, thus contributing to the development of a saxophone music repertoire in general. Their compositions, ... -
Harmonic Syntax in the "Serial" Works of Dmitri Shostakovich
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)Abstract: The works of the last decade of Shostakovich's life are peppered by a peculiar phenomenon; the inclusion of twelve-tone rows. Classification of these works, often labeled (and subsequently unlabeled) as "serial," ... -
The World Within the World: The Fusion of Western Formal Structures with Turkmen Dutar Form in Turkmen Piano Music
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-31)The development of Turkmen piano music is unique and has not been widely studied outside of Turkmenistan. This paper will concentrate on some formal and modal materials of traditional Turkmen instrumental music and its ...