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  • Concerto for four horns and wind ensemble 

    Griggs, Laura (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
    While a reasonable amount of concert literature exists for French Horn Quartet, the standard repertoire is notably lacking literature that allows the ensemble to express itself within its most common, modern venue: the ...
  • Farewell to shadowlands : for wind ensemble 

    Fonda, Grant (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
    Original composition, "Farewell to Shadowlands."
  • Garden music 

    Witter, David J. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
    This piece was written as a thesis for the completion of an M.M. in composition. To write it I conjured several images to help characterize various elements of a garden. The first movement came about as a visualization of ...
  • The legend of the dried persimmon for symphony orchestra and computer generated sounds 

    Chang, Kyoungsuk (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The composition is based on a Korean folk tale. The dried persimmon legend's original name is 'The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon'. The composition ...
  • The little match girl 

    Blanton, K. Alexander (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    A tone poem composed for orchestra based upon Hans Christian Andersen's short story of the same title.
  • Mass for chorus, chamber orchestra, and soloists 

    Hampton, Ryan (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    My primary objective in composing this piece of music was to create a modern musical work based heavily on music of the Renaissance. Representative pieces of music on which I have modeled my work include Byrd's Mass for ...
  • Motive and reflection 

    Berg, Stephanie (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
    Motive and Reflection was originally commissioned by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation as part of the Sinquefield Prize in composition, which I won in 2009. The resultant work was a one-movement piece for full orchestra. ...
  • The outlaw 

    Pounds, Justin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This opera was written as a thesis for the completion of a Master of Music degree in Composition. The text is adapted from the one act play of the ...
  • Painted upon a Grecian urn for wind ensemble 

    Hills, Joe (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
    Painted Upon A Grecian Urn is a three-movement suite for modified wind ensemble of about fifteen minutes in length in which each movement represents a different legend from Greek mythology. The movements embody Athena, ...
  • The Raven : an opera in one act 

    Krause, Anna C., 1987- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
    In a dim room, with only a weak fire keeping out the cold December wind, a poor student sits alone, slowly, painfully working himself into a frenzy of grief over the loss of his young wife, Lenore. This is the image in my ...
  • Sifting through ashes 

    Strausbaugh, Michael (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
    A varied and elaborated form of a simple theme serves as basis for the refrain material in a seven-part rondo. Via additive process, the initial motive is revealed, recognizable yet harmonically distant. While purely melodic ...
  • Songs from the golden gate 

    Strobel, Robert, 1988- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This musical score, presented as a thesis, uses selections from the book of poetry, Songs From the Golden Gate, by Ina Coolbrith, for a 4-movement, ...
  • Symphonic requiem 

    Cypret, Kaylene (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The goals of my study are to research the plainsong mass for the dead, to learn from scores of instrumental requiems, and to compose an instrumental ...
  • The three Americas 

    Mascarenhas, João Marcos Gomes (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
    This instrumental piece is the result of my attempt to mix principles of modern fine art composition techniques with melodies, rhythms, and harmonies, originated from the popular music of the three Americas. From South ...
  • Three songs for unaccompanied choir 

    Woodward, Mark E., 1982- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Using Maurice Ravel's Trois Chansons as a point of departure, this composition explores the possibilities of motivic, harmonic, and rhythmic development from a shared opening phrase. As a result of this free exploration, ...
  • Uneven portraits 

    Martinez Rubiano, Jose Guillermo (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    Any portrait is always a personal representation of reality. These five pieces for saxophone quartet are a sonic personal reinterpretation of different influences, impressions, and reflections in my musical atmosphere. ...