This thesis investigates the influence of venue on music consumption and dissemination within the American music landscape, especially through the use of recent technolog[...]

Quelbe ([kwel bā]), formally adopted as the official traditional music of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is a musical synthesis arising from the convergence of European, Africa[...]

This research aims to offer historical and cultural analysis of the Israeli music that formed in the new settlement period. An analysis of selected compositions demonstra[...]

ABSTRACT Since the clarinet was invented, collaboration between composers and virtuosos in the instrument has been essential for showcasing and enhancing the instrument's[...]

Perfect Strangers: Inter-Scene Engagement in Concerto for Group and Orchestra: This dissertation investigates Concerto for Group and Orchestra (CfGaO), a pioneering 1969 [...]

Choral music has played a vital role in Japanese education since the early 20th century, and the popularity of choral contests grew over the decades. Established in 1932,[...]

In 2017, the last survivor of the Armenian genocide, Knar Yemenijyan, passed away at age 107. It is estimated that by 2030, there will only be 15,800 Nazi victims living[...]

This dissertation examines Alicia de Larrocha’s compositional legacy and her role in extending the influence of Enrique Granados. It explores how de Larrocha’s works evol[...]

The repertoire available for performance by middle school and high school bands is insufficient to facilitate study in these ensembles of Renaissance vocal musicthe most [...]

This capstone project is divided into four major sections. Section one offers a brief history of the timpani from their use as military instruments to their twentieth ce[...]

Intended as a resource for conductors interested in performing Carter Panns Symphony for Winds: My Brothers Brain, this document explores the composers life and influence[...]

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was among the first composers to collaborate with Andrs Segovia in the latters effort to expand the guitars repertoire. Of the many works produc[...]

This research identifies technical issues found in some of the most demanding orchestral excerpts for double bass required in auditions and offers technical exercises fro[...]

Aaron Coplands Clarinet Concerto written in 1948 for the jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman is one of todays most important American pieces of the clarinet repertoire. During[...]

The double bass has an extensive solo repertoire. Works for solo double bass and electronics make up a significant part of that repertoire. To date, several repertoire an[...]

In the middle of the 19th century a crisis in the development of symphonic music occurred. How should pieces interact with the masterworks from the early part of the cent[...]

This study is divided into five chapters: the first chapter describes the purpose, methodology, and organization of the study. The second chapter provides a brief sketch[...]

This dissertation examines the musical, religious, and cultural evolution and significance of the Parade of Quartets, a Black gospel music television program broadcast we[...]

This dissertation explores the interaction between structure and meaning in the three movements of Edvard Griegs Cello Sonata in A Minor, building a unique interpretation[...]

John Harbison is an award-winning and prolific American composer. Hehas written for almost every conceivable genre of concert performance withstyles ranging from jazz to [...]

The saxophone quartet has become an established chamber music ensemble. Reviews of quartets may be found in several journals, but collectively there is no single source. [...]

The purpose of this study was to determine whether and how multicultural music education is included in the music teacher preparation degree programs of NASM-accredited c[...]

Music from eighteenth century France represents one of the most fertile eras of repertoire development for solo treble instruments. However, it is also one of the most ne[...]

The writing for violin in Robert Schumanns Violin Sonata no. 3 in A minor WoO 2 has been labeled by some as problematic, but existing literature does not clearly define w[...]

Abstract: The Arias Composed for Catarina Cavalieri; A Pedagogical Examination