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In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, First Ladies' greater involvement in presidential administration initiatives has allowed the role to evolve to be more influential in making social change in our country. Their desire to choose a cause to advocate during their time in…

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…

This study presents how music was affected during the political climate of the Soviet Union from Josef Stalin’s 1932 Resolution through the cultural “Thaw” of the 1960s. The two great titans of Russian music, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, were persecuted and branded as enemies of …