In Harmonielehre, Arnold Schoenberg wrote repeatedly about his conception of sound as a means of direct expression. This dissertation examines Schoenberg’s use of Sprechstimme within the musicological field of vocality. It explores and traces Schoenberg’s early uses of vocal var…
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From the Bible’s first mention of the trumpet in the book of Leviticus, to the prescribed uses of the instrument in the Psalms, to the trumpet blasts described in Revelation, the influence of brass instruments in the Christian faith has been present since ancient times. In the 2…
The Grateful Dead grew from the 1960’s counterculture and have been one of the most influential bands of American culture. This thesis examines Deadheads and the ritual dimensions of live shows subculture from its inception in the 1960s to the present through ethnographic work, …
This thesis presents a machine learning model of expressive performance of piano music (specifically of Chopin Mazurkas) and a critical analysis of the output based upon statistical analyses of the musical scores and of recorded performances. Given the multidimensionality of the…
This study evaluates the compositional style of Richard Strauss’s Violin Sonata in E flat major based on existing scholarly writings and my own analysis, with the purpose of offering informed performance suggestions. Discussions of stylistic interpretation and technical elements…
Slåtter, Norwegian Peasant Dances , Op. 72 is a composition for solo piano by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). This set is one of his greatest contributions to piano literature, and shows his attempt to bring the traditional folk music to the rest of the world. The o…
This document is intended to be a practical tool for anyone interested in performing or developing a deeper appreciation for the opera The Gambler’s Son by Tyler Goodrich White. Premiered and produced by UNL Opera in October, 2019, The Gambler's Son is based on Mari Sandoz’s Son…
As a critical study accompanying a creative project which involves composition, rearrangement and recording featuring my work as a performer on lap steel guitar, New Perspectives is invested in both a historical consideration of the role of the instrument and an examination of h…
The present dissertation consists in an original composition for solo piano, titled Seven Nocturnes (2020). The score is preceded by a critical essay in which I discuss the overall aesthetic and formal qualities of the work, its musical, philosophical, theoretical, and historica…
Leo Brouwer’s Sonata Mitología de las Aguas No. I for flute and guitar , first published in 2017, has taken its place as an important twenty-first-century addition to the flute and guitar duo repertory. I provide a brief historical context for the work, followed by preparation g…
Harry Sparnaay was a major contributor to the development of unaccompanied works for the bass clarinet and commissioned over 100 pieces for bass clarinet alone. While Sparnaay’s book, The Bass Clarinet: A Personal History , includes a list of works written for him, there is mini…
Two dissertation recitals and one research paper were presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Music: Conducting) at the University of Michigan. The two recitals chronicle the historical evolution of choral music since the sev…
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was an important representative composer in the romantic period. He broke many conventional rules and explored new horizons with his revolutionary fingerings. The overall goal is to find the optimum fingering method that allows for an appropriate hand…
Two dissertation recitals and a pedagogy workshop were given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (Music: Performance) at the University of Michigan. Multimedia elements and narrative were used in both of the performances. The works…
O objetivo do presente projeto artístico foi adquirir um maior conhecimento sobre o Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester (1952) de Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918- 1970). Pretende-se também que este estudo possa contribuir para uma maior divulgação do concerto, tornando-o mais ap…
This study will examine Galina Grigorjeva’s compositional style and the influence of the Russian Orthodox tradition on her choral music. Grigorjeva, born in 1962, is a Ukraine-born Estonian composer, and has written over seventy compositions to date, twenty-two of which are chor…
This dissertation is divided into six chapters. The first chapter explains the purpose and significance of the study. The second chapter presents an analysis about Wanderer Fantasy, D.760 composed by Schubert, employing Schenker analysis to elucidate important motives. Chapter 3…
20.yüzyılın başlarında bugün ulaşabildiğimiz ilk gazel kayıtları plaklara okunmaya başlamıştır. Plak endüstrisinin gelişmesi ile geniş kitlelere ulaşan, insan sesinin sınırlarını alabildiğince zorlayan, bir güfteye bağlı olmak suretiyle irticali icra edilen, kişinin müzikal yete…
This dissertation is a study of Baloch musical—and ritual—idioms as cultivated (and variously innovated, embellished, patronized, and reconstructed) in the relatively prosperous and cosmopolitan urban environments of the coastal Eastern Arabian Peninsula—the third major concentr…