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• The safeguarding of Colombian musical heritage as seen in the National Band Contest in Paipa-Boyacá: A performance style guide 

  Vanegas Ruiz, Nora Patricia (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  Colombia’s long history of bands of all types and strong music programs are now being recognized and praised in festivals and contests around the world. Contests like the National Band Contest in Paipa-Boyacá contribute ...

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• Miles Davis, going up: Jazz identity and visual representation found in Elevator To The Gallows 

  Beltran, Michael Paul (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  In 1957, legendary trumpeter Miles Davis traveled to Paris to record the soundtrack to Elevator to the Gallows. The film featured a completely improvised score, which the band recorded as they played to edited cuts of the ...

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• A stylistic and pedagogical study of Reinhold Glière's Three Mazurkas, Op. 29 and selected pieces from Twenty-Five Preludes, Op. 30 

  Kim, Yunhee (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  This study discusses the following compositions for solo piano by Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Three Mazurkas, Op. 29 (1906) and selected pieces from the Twenty-Five Preludes, Op. 30 (1907). L ...

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• Vivid colors: A conductor's analysis of the compositional style of Karel Husa as applied in Les Couleurs Fauves 

  Sugg, William Thomas (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  Karel Husa was one of the most respected American musicians of the 20th century. In addition to his general musical reputation he was well-known as a champion of the wind ensemble medium, composing more than a dozen ...

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• "Hear, feel, think": Musical narrativity in Final Fantasy XIV 

  Chang, Seoin (School of Music, College of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  Online video games are the latest artform of our time and music is key to its thematic unity and narrative momentum. The social demands of online video games are high, and players are significantly engaged by game ...

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