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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)Jerry Bergonzi (1947- ) is a late-twentieth and twenty-first century jazz saxophonist and composer, often associated with the 1970’s New York Loft Scene. This paper discusses methods Bergonzi uses to write original ...
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(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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(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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(University of Illinois, 2015)This thesis probes into the music of communist North Korea, assessing how that nation’s government influences the creative output of its composers and performers in order to deliver propaganda supporting the foundation ...
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(University of Illinois, 2014-04)Computer-assisted algorithmic music composition has achieved great success in the past few decades. Composing this kind of music makes the composers think about music in a new way. Research on applying artificial intelligence ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine + Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)From the outbreak of the war in 1914 until his death in 1916, Reger had been torn between the wave of strong patriotic sentiments felt by many, and realization of the immense tragedy brought on by the conflict. Reger, ...
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(University of Illinois, 2014-11)The musical language spoken by jazz musicians during the hard bop era (circa 1954-1965) evolved because of the influence of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. Their albums Kind of Blue, Giant Steps, and The ...
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(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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(University of Illinois, 2014)This dissertation concerns itself with the impact that spectral music had on my musical thought. It begins by examining classic French spectral music of the 1970s and 1980s as developed by the group of composers known ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)This project examines Pascal Dusapin’s musical essence through his stylistic periods. The composer’s early music (late 1970s to 80s) is characterized by microtonality; an intermediate period (1988-90) presents a ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)This project provides a comprehensive pedagogical guide for teachers and intermediate to advanced students who wish to explore Mompou’s piano repertoire but are unfamiliar with it. Chapter 1 briefly explores ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)This study explores keyboard compositions by Jacques Duphly, a French Baroque composer, and investigates the suitability of his pieces for pianists from a pedagogical and performance perspective. ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)Italian composer Francesco Paolo Tosti produced a large number of well-crafted songs in Italian, French and English, many of which (especially the Italian songs) are staple repertoire choices for undergraduate ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020)Well-established American composers began writing solo marimba music in 1980. One of the primary persons responsible for this movement was William Moersch. Moersch commissioned over a dozen works for solo marimba ...
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(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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(School of Music. College of Fine and Applied Arts. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2017-04-07)American composer William Bolcom (b. 1938) established his reputation through his use of diverse styles namely atonality, interval series, neoclassicism, jazz, pop music, and ragtime. However, his clarinet repertoire ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-03)This paper examines the trombone and piano works of Anthony Plog, including 3 Miniatures (1994), 4 Themes on Paintings of Goya (2001), Divergent Roads (2014), Initiatives (2014) and Interplay (2014). In it, I provide an ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)Transcriptions of Bach's chorale preludes have largely been an unexplored area of the piano repertoire, although these often direct and faithful arrangements offer excellent opportunities for pianists to work ...
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(2015-03)Stephen Heller composed many works for piano including études, preludes, character pieces, sonatas, and themes and variations. He also transcribed many works for piano by other composers such as Mendelssohn, Schumann, ...
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(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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