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• PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE ISSUES FOR BEETHOVEN’S STRING QUARTET OP. 18, No. 4 

  Yin, Qian (University of Illinois, 2016)

  The purpose of this research, in support of a doctoral recital, is to explore performance issues and techniques that will help modern performers prepare Beethoven’s String Quartet Op.18 No. 4. Topics include: 1) an overview ...

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• A PERFORMANCE GUIDE TO THE PERCUSSION MUSIC OF IGMAR ALDERETE ACOSTA 

  Haggerty, Joshua Jonathan (University of Illinois, 2016)

  This document looks at selected percussion works of Spanish composer and violinist Igmar Alderete. The focus of this document is to examine five separate works and to provide suggestions that will guide a performer during ...

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• THE MULTI-FACETED ARTISTRY OF VIOLIST EMANUEL VARDI 

  Tang, Lydia (University of Illinois, 2016)

  As a pioneer viola virtuoso of the 20th century, Emanuel “Manny” Vardi (c. 1915-2011) is most widely recognized as the first violist to record all of Paganini’s Caprices. As a passionate advocate for the viola as a solo ...

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• THE MUSICAL LANGUAGE OF JOHN BIRKS “DIZZY” GILLESPIE: A SURVEY OF HIS SIGNATURE IMPROVISATIONAL VOCABULARY 

  Schroeder, Nicholas Walter (University of Illinois, 2016)

  John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie has been acknowledged for his profound impact on the development of the jazz styles of bebop and Afro/Cuban jazz, however previous assessments of his improvisational style with respect to his ...

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• EXPANDING THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE OF JAZZ MUSIC: A NEW JAZZ THEATER CURRICULUM 

  La Grassa, Denise (University of Illinois, 2016)

  At the time of its conception in the United States, jazz synthesized a variety of accessible, spontaneous, theatrical, and interactive instrumental and vocal music-making activities that featured solo and collective ...

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