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War sirens: how the sheet music industry sold World War I
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-26)
During World War I the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI) sponsored a
national culture of war in posters, speeches, and films. Against this war-soaked cultural
backdrop, the sheet music industry echoed the pervasive ...
The art songs of Jaime León: a textual and musical analysis
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-26)
The thirty-six art songs of Colombian composer Jaime León (b. 1921) represent an
important addition to the art song repertory. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and the literature
on Jaime León and Latin American art song. ...
Evaluation of a Developmentally-Based Music Therapy Tool for Children with Autism
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to gather sufficient data to determine the statistical reliability of the scores obtained with a new music therapy assessment tool for children with autistic disorder: the Autism Developmental ...
Der Struwwelpeter: a song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble
(2013)
Der Struwwelpeter: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble, sets
seven of the stories from the iconic, mid-19th century children's story by Heinrich
Hoffmann. The text set is from a widely published, anonymous ...
Shatter and spin again
(2013)
There are many reasons for accepting viewpoints that are naîve and
uncompromising. Maybe it's the only position to which we've been exposed. Maybe it's easier to accept instead of to question. But it is in the relief of ...
Composition No. 1, quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and sampler
(2013)
Composition No. 1 is a work for string quartet and interactive electronics. The work is
around twenty minutes long and separated into five movements, all of them elided through
the use of attaccas. The work's organizational ...
Plantains in the rain
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-12)
"Plantains in the Rain" is an early masterpiece of Cantonese music (a type of Chinese
traditional instrumental ensemble music). The piece depicts the pattering of rain drops on plantains
in early summer. My composition ...
John Dimond - the wizard of Marblehead a miniature opera in five vignettes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
Throughout history, one trait of the Opera genre has been to bring to life and further
illuminate fantastical subject matter. As part of this trend, composers often seek to highlight their own
national heritage through ...
Biloba for chamber ensemble
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-25)
Biloba is a chamber piece for eight instruments inspired by the Gingko biloba tree. In an
abstract way, the piece attempts to capture the movements - to me, the structural details of a tree
give the illusion of dancers ...
The waters
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-12)
'The Waters' is a piece inspired by nature and the ways water manifests itself in nature.
Water can exist in such varied ways, from a flowing river to destructive hail to delicate
morning dew. These multiple existences ...
And the TV Said...,
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-02)
And the TV Said..., scored for actress, digital media, and sextet, is a music theater
piece set to Jason Ludlow's script of the same name. The script is written for two
characters: a woman and her television. The role ...
Pathétique: a tale of two rabbys
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-29)
My thesis incorporates a variety of contrasting styles and musical material in an
attempt to unify them under the same work while maintaining a unique sound. Since I
began composing, I've heard this collaboration in my ...
Nidra for chamber orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
I believe in music as spiritual conveyor. My musical goal is to enhance
this function. The current thesis is an attempt, of which the principle is to reach
the spiritual through the corporeal, to resonate the mutual ...
MIGUEL MATEO DALLO Y LANA, MEXICAN BAROQUE COMPOSER: A FORGOTTEN TREASURE OF PUEBLA
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)
As research into the Mexican Baroque continues to expand, forgotten composers and their works are garnering deserved attention. Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana (c. 1650-1705), who served as maestro de capilla [chapel master] at ...
Narong Prangcharoen and Thai cross-cultural fusion in contemporary composition
(2014-07-30)
Narong Prangcharoen (b.1973) has become one of the leading Asian classical composers since he won a number of international awards and received numerous commissions from major orchestras and individual distinguished ...
Symphony No. 2 (“Brasiliana”) by Walter Burle Marx: an edition and commentary
(2013)
This research on the Brazilian composer Walter Burle Marx (b São Paulo, 1902; d
Akron, Ohio, 1990) is part of an ambitious project, which aims at publishing a
performing edition of all four of Burle Marx's symphonies. ...
Qiuci fantasy for full orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
Qiuci Fantasy is a two-movement work for full orchestra. Its inspiration
comes from the Quici people, who lived about 1,400 years ago in the Kuche region of
northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The Quici people ...
To the Forgotten : for orchestra
(2013)
To the forgotten is inspired by the process of observing nature and realizing the interrelationship between humanity and nature by the method of self-preservation. I discovered a similar approach toward nature in three ...
Things unseen
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
This piece began as my reaction to a series of personal losses during my final year
of graduate school. The most intense of these losses was a rapid decline in my father's
health, which brought many changes to my family. ...