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Thesis (M.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2002. / Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded June 16, 1997, June 29, 1998, June 25, 2001, and Mar. 4, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008. / Accompanying disc contains sound files of recordings of the musical compositions. The 1st work for 13 instruments; 2nd for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns; 3rd for voice, 6 stethoscopes, and computer which manipulates sounds picked up by the stethoscopes. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 11, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references: P. 137.

The Pulitzer Prize in Music has been associated with excellence in American composition since 1943, when it first honored William Schuman for his Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song. In the years that followed, this award has recognized America's most eminent composers, placing many of their works in the standard orchestral, chamber and solo repertoire. Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Walter Piston and Elliott Carter are but a few of the composers who have been honored by this most prestigious award. Several of these Pulitzer Prize-winning composers have made significant contributions to the solo and chamber music repertories of the bassoon, an instrument that had a limited repertoire until the beginning of the twentieth century. The purpose of this project is to draw attention to the fact that America's most honored composers have enlarged and enriched the repertoire of the solo bassoon and bassoon quartet. The works that will be discussed in this document include: Quartettino for Four Bassoons (1939) - William Schuman, Three Inventions for Solo Bassoon (1962) - George Perle, Canzonetta (1962) - John Harbison, Metamorphoses for Bassoon Solo (1991) - Leslie Bassett and “How like pellucid statues, Daddy. Or like a . . . an engine” (1994) - John Corigliano. Each chapter will include a brief biography of the composer, a historical perspective of where that composition lies in relation to their other works, background information about the work, a formal analysis and suggestions for performance.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Utrecht, 1987. / Vita. Includes short summaries in German and Dutch and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-418).