| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| The use of the saxophone in the dramatic music of Leonard Bernstein |
2006 |
989 |
"This largely descriptive document examines the writing for saxophone in Bernstein's dramatic works for the stage. In looking at the scores for West Side Story, Wonderful Town, On the Town, Mass, and A White House Cantata , elements of musicianship ... |
| A performer's guide to the saxophone music of Sherwood Shaffer |
2007 |
874 |
"During his career, composer Sherwood Shaffer has written thirteen concert works for the saxophone. These compositions represent a wide range of instrumentation from solo saxophone with piano, saxophone quartets and other chamber works, to solo saxop... |
| Joe Henderson: An Analysis of Harmony in Selected Compositions and Improvisations |
2008 |
4896 |
The main goal of this dissertation was to demonstrate Joe Henderson as a seminal figure in jazz history; a position that, despite his importance among jazz musicians, typically is lost when compared with many of his contemporaries. Three compositions... |
| Using post-tonal analytical techniques for a better performance of Ida Gotkovsky's Quatour de saxophones |
2011 |
326 |
This document analyzes Gotkovsky's Quatour de Saxophones from a post-tonal perspective, focusing on performance-related decisions. Because much of the repertoire for chamber ensembles, particularly saxophone quartet, is recently composed, traditional... |
| Luciano Berio's Sequenza VII: temporal multiplicity and alternative conceptions of form. |
2012 |
56 |
Existing analyses of Sequenza VII's form rely on the aggregate-completing pitch of a fixed-register pitch series to outline the climactic area of the piece and to help define the traditional formal archetype of build-up - climax - ... |