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(University of Illinois, 2015-04)Within his native Poland, the legacy of Adam Bronisław Ciechański (1882-1957) is one of a virtuoso performer and devoted pedagogue whose work laid the foundation for a national double bass school. He is a notable example ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is an innovative musician who stands out as perhaps one of the three most influential jazz guitarists since the 1980s, together with John Scofield and Pat Metheny. Frisell was influenced by ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)Russian music underwent significant transition in the nineteenth century as Western European influences gave way to more nationalistic sentiments. In the seventeenth century, Western musical culture began to ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-04)The purpose of this scholarly essay, in support of two doctoral project lecture recitals, is to provide pedagogical approaches toward development of historically accurate classical pianoforte improvisation, specifically ...
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(School of Music. College of Fine and Applied Arts. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., 2017-12)Based on my experience conducting Benjamin Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the University of Illinois in a production directed by Christopher Gillett, this paper is designed as a guide to ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)This paper sheds light on the on the stylistic aspects of Charles Noblet's late work, "Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin et trois sonates avec accompagnement de violon", as well as Baroque and post-Baroque French ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-03)The collection of recordings, Charlie Parker with Strings is considered by many to be among his greatest artistic achievements. Approximately 65 years after the creation of these recordings, there is very little scholarly ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)This scholarly essay compares the violin concertos of György Ligeti (1990/1992) and Unsuk Chin (2001). The composers met as teacher and student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in 1985. ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)This document examines the artistic collaboration between Mstislav Rostropovich (1927– 2007) and Sergey Prokofiev (1891–1953) and provides a comparative study of Prokofiev's use of cello techniques in his Cello Concerto, ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)Bill Evans was one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. From his 1956 record, New Jazz Conceptions, until his untimely death in 1980, Bill Evans led a trio that would defy the confines and roles of ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017)Among all barriers to a professional pianist’s performance, hand injuries can be the most traumatic. Chronic pain and other debilitating problems can not only cause physical suffering, but severe and emotional turmoil ...
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(University of Illinois, 2015-04)This project is a critical edition of the only extant publication of Pierre Thomas Dufour: his Pièces de clavecin of 1772. As the only existing modern edition of this work is a facsimile reprint of the original 1772 ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)This study is an examination of the British composer David Ellis (b. 1933) and his seven works for solo and chamber music. The study explores the background of the composer and the seven works in general, analyzes the ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)The purpose of this scholarly essay is to explore the differences between the selected Great American Songbook compositions performed in the original context of the Broadway show and in a jazz context by prominent ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017)As a vocal coach and accompanist in operatic productions, I utilize piano-vocal scores regularly. The organization of piano-vocal scores within the Nineteenth-Century Italian operatic repertoire varies by publisher and ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)The countertenor voice is a male voice type which uses falsetto and has a long history in the Western music. Similarly, the Nan Dan is a similar voice type using falsetto which derived from China. Based on ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)During the “Golden Age” of pianism (1880-1930), virtuosic transcriptions were popular repertoire in concerts. As the waltz became the rage in Vienna, the waltzes of Johann Strauss were the prime subjects for piano ...
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(School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018)Even though there is a fair amount of research about the Latin-American art song, the resources solely about the Puerto Rican art song are limited. This lack of resources has made it extremely difficult ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)Many aspire to excellence in musical performance, yet few performers are able to achieve it, much less raise the standard of excellence. Hubert Laws is one of those rare performers who has been able to raise the level of ...
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(University of Illinois, 2016)This scholarly essay explores the subject of improvisation in opera and vocal music, tracing its historical antecedents, providing examples of contemporary, classically-informed improvising singers and opera companies, and ...
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