I have chosen to be assessed as an instrumentalist and interpreter of music. The criteria laid down by the University of Salford Senate Research and Graduate Studies Committee has influenced the selection of repertoire performed on both my studio recording projects (one and four…
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This dissertation provides an interpretive guide to Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel, Op. 24, written in 1861 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), in orchestral terms, using as basis the orchestral transcription by Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986), published as his Op. 47 in 1…
The American composer Charles Ives is well known for musical quotation/borrowing: composing music with or from pre-existing musical sources, such as folk tunes, hymns, chants, or other composers’ works. His Third Violin Sonata is one of few works that used his unique technique o…
In 1895, Emil Georg Conrad Sauer (1862-1942), a world-renowned German pianist and former student of Franz Liszt wrote his first piano concerto, which was published five years later in 1900. Sauer performed it extensively to enthusiastic crowds in Europe and the United States whi…
Texas has a rich tradition of Early Music ensembles that dates back to 1969. However, there is little reliable information based on statistical data collection and analysis concerning Texas Early Music consumers. Little is known about why they attend Early Music performances or …
Yvonne Desportes (1907-1993) was an influential female composer, teacher, and music theorist. Her early success as a recipient of the Prix de Rome for composition (1932) marked the beginning of her distinguished career in music culminating in a 35-year professorship at the Paris…
The DMA dissertation recitals are comprised of two parts. The first recital represents the “breadth” of my doctoral studies with works selected from the German/French repertoire prior to the 20th century. The second and final lecture recitals represent the “depth,” with four wor…
In the spring of 2020, performers of traditional Irish music responded to pandemic-induced social distancing by creating a new variant of an old tradition: the virtual Irish session. Unlike conventional pub sessions, virtual sessions occur entirely in virtual space, facilitated …
Music is almost never cited among the causes of the French Revolution. Other arts are occasionally mentioned, such as painting and poetry, as are more obvious disciplines including philosophy and literature, which could directly disseminate the ideals of the Enlightenment. Despi…
This thesis explores three performances from the early career of lyric soprano Camilla Williams (1919-2012), who, in 1946, became the first Black singer to be given a regular contract with an American opera company (the New York City Opera). By analyzing archival materials from …
The social and cultural impact of the first concert movie - The T.A.M.I. Show - manifested in innovations, disruptions, and transformations, not only in the music and movie industries, but society at large, some of which remain today. By recasting live and lively presentations o…
Initially led by a triumvirate composed of performing songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, vocalist-guitarist João Gilberto, and poet-lyricist Vinícius de Moraes, bossa nova emerged in the late 1950s among the upper-class neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro's Southside (Zona Sul). The s…
When COVID-19 appeared and began to spread rapidly in the United States in March of 2020, social gatherings became possibly dangerous and were therefore halted across the nation. Traditional musical performances were temporarily impossible, pushing musicians to create new avenue…
Western string instruments were introduced to China in the 17th century by missionaries visiting the Qing Dynasty court (1644-1972) but did not become more widely heard by the Chinese public until the end of the 19th century. As China engaged with Western powers in matters of tr…
The trumpet plays a major role in musical settings around the world and can be found in both solo and orchestral musical genres. Although the popularity of the trumpet in China is undeniable, the lack of research on the development of Chinese trumpet playing is also notable.In o…
This Master’s Thesis in Music Composition comes in two parts. The first part is a thesis discussing the analysis of Iannis Xenakis’s Pithoprakta. The thesis includes three chapters. The first chapter provides background information about Xenakis and Pithoprakta. The second chapt…
The tragic love story between Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most revisited in the entire Western literature. In the musical field, it served as an inspiration for compositions of various genres, of which Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet op. 64 is admit…
This dissertation pertains to three viola recitals, which were respectively performed on 2 October 2019, 20 January 2020, and 9 March 2020. Each recital program embraced a specific theme involving little-performed works as well as staples from the viola repertoire, and covered a…
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley was an American jazz artist active in New York City, Florida and Europe throughout his extensive musical career. A prominent cornet player and composer, Adderley was highly respected by many of his peers in New York City, Florida, as well as all over E…