Browsing Composition, Music Theory and Musicology Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Department "Music Theory (UMKC)"
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An Overview of Select Compositional Techniques in David Maslanka's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9
(2022)American composer David Maslanka (1943-2017) was a well-known wind band composer, who composed nine full-length symphonies, seven for wind band. Though well-known to many performers and conductors, little theoretical ... -
Jesus Paid It All: Combining Rock and Hymns in Contemporary Worship Music
(2022)Much of Contemporary Worship Music (CWM) synthesizes elements of rock music and hymns. This thesis provides an analysis of four CWM songs, “Come Thou Fount,” “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” “Your Glory/Nothing but the ... -
Melodic Conventions through Improvisation
(2016)The study of the common melodic units in western music — motives and phrase and period models — begins with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of music. At the same time, a solid understanding of the fundamentals ... -
Metrical Dissonance and Phrase Grouping in Selected Dances from Edvard Grieg’s Slåtter, op. 72
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)Norwegian folk music fascinated Edvard Grieg, and he was determined to preserve the enchanting sound and character of the Hardanger fiddle dances in his arrangement of Knut Dahle’s slåtter (Norwegian folk dances) while ... -
"O Wake in Me": Contextualizing Vocal Writing, Text-Setting, and Harmonic Syntax in Richard Strauss's Deutsche Motette, Op. 62
(2021)As a composer, Richard Strauss is best known for his operas, symphonic (tone) poems, and lieder. Scholars, however, have placed less analytical focus on his choral music. A key component of nearly all of Strauss’s music ... -
Teaching Undergraduate Music Theory Through World Music
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)Living in an era of highly networked technology, twenty-first century musicians have the advantage of accessing music from all over the world with just a few taps on their electronic devices. They are fascinated by ...