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• The musical settings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Harfenspieler poems: An analysis using Affektenlehre and Figurenlehre 

  Lee, Ying Jie (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  This dissertation explores 18 settings of Harfenspieler poems from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe through the Baroque-era concepts of Affektenlehre (doctrine of affections) and Figurenlehre ...

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• Phrase sketching: A process for developing and refining musicality inspired by the pedagogy of Lucien Capet and Marcel Tabuteau 

  Lee, Janice (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  Marcel Tabuteau (1887-1966) and Lucien Capet (1873-1928) were musical descendants of the French Tradition and known for their absolute goal of artistry through refined techniques. Tabuteau and Capet believed that the ...

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• From obscurity to new relevancy: A more accessible approach to Samuel Barber's Vanessa 

  McAndrew, Michael N. (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  To describe this study, I borrow from an eloquently titled article by Rupert Christensen, “Samuel Barber’s opera Vanessa: from Pulitzer to obscurity…and beyond,” written as a marketing piece for Glyndebourne’s 2018 ...

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• David Conte's The Gift of the Magi: Educational value in an American opera 

  Lee, Euigun (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  This thesis serves as a guide to David Conte’s opera The Gift of the Magi to provide undergraduate students majoring in vocal performance at both large and small size music departments at universities in the United ...

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• The concertmaster Jacques Israelievitch and his stylistic approaches to orchestral excerpts: His legacy for violinists 

  Chen, Kai-Wei (School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021)

  Jacques Israelievitch, former Toronto Symphony Orchestra concertmaster, was one of the most influential concertmasters and performing artists of his time. His performances were characterized by a belief in the fine taste ...

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