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 ...

The purpose of this thesis research is to present, examine, and analyze the improvisational traits of saxophonist Ed Calle across multiple genres. An extensive and thorough interview with Calle conducted by the author ...

This project provides a case study of cross-cultural music by examining recent piano works of two Asian-American composers born after 1970: the Chinese-American Lei Liang and the Japanese-American Ken Ueno. The compositions ...

Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871), was a Swiss-born virtuoso pianist, one of the most famous keyboard artists of the nineteenth century. Often compared to Franz Liszt, Thalberg gave recitals in m any cities in ...

Imagine strolling through a garden that not only is designed with the usual sights, scents and (tactile) sensations but that also whispers and sings, and which, if you are so inclined, will communicate musically with you: ...

Along with Alfred Schnittke and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina is now acknowledged as one the most influential Russian composers of the post-Stalin generation, and the only one still alive. Her works include a viola concerto, ...

In the mid-twentieth century, composers began to experiment with aleatoric composition in an effort to challenge conventional understandings of the relationship between the composer and the performer. Composers of the New ...

This research paper focuses on two minimalist-influenced composers’ film music: Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) and Für Alina (1976), both used in the movie Gerry (2002), and Philip Glass’s music ...

Johann Ulrich Steigleder’s Tabulatur Buch darinnen daß Vatter unser auff 2, 3, und 4 Stimmen Componirt, und Viertzig mal Variit würdt, auch bey ieder Variatio ein sonderlicher bericht zufinden. Auff Orgeln, und allen ...

This study examines two sets of Martinů’s early compositions for solo piano. An introduction deals with Martinů’s historical background and a review of the literature about his life and music. Martinů’s life and stylistic ...