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A comparative analysis of Frank Martin’s Ballade for flute and Ballade for trombone.
(2015-07-21)Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974) wrote six single-movement pieces for six different solo instruments and accompaniment between 1938 and 1972, all titled Ballade. The Ballade for trombone (1940) and the Ballade for ... -
American diversity and the Genesis of Mass settings following the Second Vatican Council : a case study of Mary Lou’s Mass and La misa panamericana.
(2015-07-31)This thesis will examine how ethnic diversity in American Catholicism contributed to the development of vernacular Mass settings in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. The case studies, Mary Lou’s Mass and La misa ... -
The blending of African-American and European aesthetics in the guitar performance of British blues from 1965 to 1967.
(2010-02-02)British blues guitarists emerging in the mid-1960s incorporated a musical vocabulary which borrowed heavily from recordings of the modern blues' African-American, postwar originators. Crucial differences in the way the ... -
Church music through the lens of performance : the embodied ritual of sacred play.
(2018-06-11)Scholars who address religious music making in general, and Christian church music in particular, use “performance” in a variety of ways and under varying constellations of assumptions, creating confusion around the term ... -
Comparative repression: examples of musical repression by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.
(2007-02-14)This thesis examines acts of musical repression conducted in Germany, Russia, and China under the governments of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. These countries and their repressive periods are compared in several different ways: ... -
Composers as spiritual mediators : Henryk Górecki and John Luther Adams.
(, 2012-08-08)This thesis considers how composers act as agents of spiritual mediation. It examines two individuals of divergent philosophical and cultural perspectives. Henryk Górecki and John Luther Adams responded to twentieth-century ... -
"Cycles" for full orchestra and electronics.
(2016-11-14)The piece “Cycles” for full orchestra and electronics takes inspiration from the cycles of the earth. Specifically, the piece describes elastic rebound theory in the first movement, cycles of water in the second movement, ... -
Danube to the stars : a study in the application of compositional techniques to vernacular media.
(2021-05-04)This project is a full-length album of my own composition. Every instrumental track and every vocal track was performed by me, with the exception of the spoken vocals. The texts were composed by two of my old high school ... -
A discussion of the choral music of Samuel Barber.
(2008-08-25)Within the world of music history, choral music seems to drop off of the map with the end of the Baroque era, and only a handful of major works, such as masses and oratorios, are typically studied in an academic setting. ... -
Ecstatic Utterances explained : a companion to Ecstatic Utterances.
(, 2013-05-15)This paper provides technical and philosophical insight into the composition Ecstatic Utterances. Three distinguishing approaches feature in this thesis: strands, and their accompanying theory; harmonic crescendo and ... -
Exploring homilies and hymnody : the thematic relationship between George Whitefield’s sermons and A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship.
(2017-11-14)This thesis examines George Whitefield’s A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship and presents a thematic analysis of the hymn book’s lyrical content. This research contributes to a fuller understanding of Whitefield’s ... -
Fantasies and delusions : Billy Joel's turn and return to classical music.
(2018-04-17)In 2001, the release of Fantasies and Delusions officially announced Billy Joel’s remarkable career transition from popular songwriting to classical instrumental music composition. Representing Joel’s eclectic aesthetic ... -
"Fantasy of the Desert" for full orchestra.
(2018-04-16)"Fantasy of the Desert", is a full orchestral piece inspired by travelling in the desert near my hometown. Generally speaking, I intend to depict the different scenes when it is sunny, windy, and stormy. For this goal, I ... -
For such a time as this : classical music and 9/11.
(, 2012-11-29)This thesis takes as a foundational principle the conviction that music is a vital component of the process of mourning. From this foundation, I focus on three of classical music's responses to 9/11: John Adams' On the ... -
A Framework of Practice: Three Forms of Transformation in Addressing Piano Challenges
(2023-05-06)Piano practice as a problem-solving process usually challenges pianists with passages that defy easy mastery. To address challenges and climb to new levels of competence, pianists should imbue practice with certain ... -
Functions of film music and sound within a genre: the revenge western.
(2007-02-14)The music of two scenes from four revenge westerns made between 1956 and 2001 is analyzed for generic similarities possibly shared between the films. The thesis looks at how four directors and composers set similar dramatic ... -
A history of music ministry at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel with an emphasis on Protestant worship, 1954-1984.
(, 2013-09-16)The primary objective of the United States Air Force Academy is to produce quality leaders that serve as officers in the United States Air Force. Many programs at the Academy help accomplish this goal, one of which is the ... -
The impact of visual-music interaction on music perception : the influence of agreement and disagreement.
(2010-10-08)Previous audiovisual cognition research has focused primarily on music's impact on visual perception. The goals of this study are to explore the impact of visuals on the perception of affective and acoustical qualities of ... -
An investigation of pedagogical methods for increasing the perceived relevance of music theory courses to undergraduate music students.
(, 2011-09-14)This thesis investigates three pedagogical avenues toward increasing the perceived relevance of music theory to undergraduate music students. These avenues include exploring the relation of analysis to performance, the ... -
Is this my story? Is this my song? Exploring narrative dissonance in worship music through the lens of ludomusicology.
(2019-11-14)This thesis explores connections between ludomusicology, sociology of religious narratives, and church music studies in a larger context of the digital mediatization of music and culture. Analysis of cultural trends around ...