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• Performing strategies and compositional analysis for trumpet to Zack Browning's Flaming Walls 

  de la Rosa, Donny (School of Music, College of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)

  This thesis explores the composition Flaming Walls, a trio for trumpet, trombone, and piano written by American composer Zack Browning. Flaming Walls was commissioned by the Florida-based ensemble Confluences who premiered ...

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• Playing the viola pain-free: Strategies applied to Schumann's Märchenbilder, Op. 113 

  Trower, Elizabeth Anne Shereé (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)

  Many violists live with the notion that the instrument causes pain. Using the second movement (Lebhaft) of Robert Schumann’s Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures) for Viola and Piano, Op. 113 as its center, this project ...

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• A Bach phenomenon in Shangai - The implications of Zhu Xiaomei's performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations in 2014 

  Liu, Shu (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)

  The first concert tour that Zhu Xiaomei (朱晓枚) undertook playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 2014 made her the center of attention in the classical music industry in China. During her subsequent concert ...

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• Struggle, inspiration and creation: The development of Chinese piano music 1937 - 1976 

  Yang, Chuanqi (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)

  This thesis focuses on the development of Chinese piano music from 1936 to 1976.The first part explores various cultural, social, and political influences that shaped this development over forty years. As a historical ...

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• A comparative study of Frank Bridge's character pieces for piano from the 1910s and 1920s and character pieces by his contemporaries Arnold Bax, Cyril Scott, and John Ireland 

  Ryu, Bora (School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)

  This thesis compares character pieces of Frank Bridge (1879-1941) to those of his British contemporaries Arnold Bax (1883-1953), Cyril Scott (1879-1970), and John Ireland (1879-1962). Musical elements examined include ...

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