Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
Between heaven and earth: Viktor Ullmann's Steffen-Lieder Op.17 |
2011 |
12240 |
The life and the work of Austrian composer, conductor, pianist, and musical essayist Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) were for many years largely lost to history. One factor that may well have contributed to this situation was that, being Jewish, he was am... |
W.W. Cobbett's Phantasy: A Legacy of Chamber Music in the British Musical Renaissance |
2008 |
5789 |
The purpose of this dissertation is to determine the role that Walter Willson Cobbett (1847-1937) played in the British Musical Renaissance by his initiation of a series of chamber music competitions, beginning in 1905, each of which required the com... |
Ernest Bloch's musical style from 1910 To 1929 a shift from Judaic identity to modern identity |
2011 |
5444 |
The purpose of this paper is to describe the change in Ernest Bloch's musical style between 1910 and 1929. His Jewish heritage was a great source of inspiration for his compositions throughout his lifetime, many of which include elements of Jewish me... |
Tonal and formal blurring in Faure's Piano Trio Op. 120 |
2012 |
4632 |
This study presents an analytical discussion of blurring techniques found in the first movement of Fauré's Piano Trio Op. 120. After a brief overview of Fauré's compositional style and the piano trio, the analysis proceeds in two parts. The first par... |
Libby Larsen's De toda la eternidad: creating infinity through the words of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz |
2011 |
4583 |
American composer Libby Larsen (b. 1950) has written extensively for the solo voice, earning much of her reputation as a vocal composer from her intuitive skill in setting English texts to music. For her song cycle De toda la eternidad
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