by Ho Tsz-Yan, Rebecca. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter Part I: --- p.page / Chapter ´Ø --- Abstract --- p.1 / Chapter Part II: / Chapter ´Ø --- "Analysis on ""Conversation""" --- p.3 / Chapter ´Ø --- """Conversation"" (Full Score)" --- p.6 / Chapter ´Ø --- "Analysis on ""Dark Haze´ح" --- p.25 / Chapter ´Ø --- """Dark Haze"" (Full Score)" --- p.28 / Chapter ´Ø --- "Analysis on ""San-Shui Xi-Nan""" --- p.65 / Chapter ´Ø --- """San -Shui Xi-Nan"" (Full Score)" --- p.69 / Chapter Part III： / Chapter ´Ø --- Biography --- p.119

In 17th century Italy, the trend toward small sacred concertato forms precipitated the publication of a number of volumes devoted exclusively to sacred solo vocal music. Several of these, including the Ghirlanda sacra (Gardano, 1625) and Motetti a voce sola (Gardano, 1645) contain sacred solo motets by some of the best Italian composers of the period. Venetian composers were at the forefront of the move toward the smaller concertato forms and, to fulfill various needs of church musicians, wrote in an increasingly virtuoso style intended to highlight the solo voice. This study traces the development of the solo motet in the sacred works of Venetian composers from the time of Monteverdi to Vivaldi. It revolves around sacred solo motets composed at Saint Marks and the Venetian ospedali (orphanages). It includes works of Alessandro Grandi, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, and Antonio Vivaldi. It also deals with solo motets of lesser composers whose works are available in modern critical and performing editions or in recently published facsimiles. In addition to providing a more detailed survey of the genre than has been previously available, this study provides an overview of highly performable (but largely neglected) repertoire.

Thesis (MMus)(Comp)--University of Melbourne, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Music, 2010. / Typescript.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2716. Adviser: Fred Stoltzfus. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 170) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

abstract: Since the 1920's, the school musical has been an important event in American high schools and in the lives of students. This study begins with a condensed history of the American musical theatre, into focus on selected shows' value as potential high school repertoire. Review of literature included studies of high school musical theatre, production guides and related materials, and writings both against and in favor of musicals at the high school level. The school musical is usually undertaken as an extra-curricular activity led by performing arts faculty. This study focuses on the preparation, responsibilities, and attitudes of high school music educators toward musical theatre direction. Musical direction is defined as teaching the vocal music, and teaching and leading the instrumental music of the production where applicable. A researcher-designed survey was distributed to Arizona music educators in schools that included grade 12. The response rate was 71%. Questions included items designed to assess the pervasiveness of musical theatre productions, the roles and responsibilities of music educators, and their preparation for those roles. Additional Likert-type questions comprised an inventory measuring attitudes toward musical theatre productions. Results of the survey showed that musicals are produced in 80% of Arizona high schools, and music faculty are expected to lead at least the musical aspects of these productions. Although 62% report that they learned about teaching musical theatre on the job, and that they received no other preparation, 70% report a large amount of personal enjoyment and fulfillment from their work in musical theatre. The mean attitude score for positive feelings about work in musical theatre was found to be significantly higher for choral teachers than instrumental teachers. The primary implications of the study are the need for better preparation and in-service opportunities for music educators in musical theatre pedagogy. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music Education 2010

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-08-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:31:39Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 anzai_rs_me_ia.pdf: 1584178 bytes, checksum: 635f0ee8959e318051b8171bf2fc8ca3 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo traçar um panorama da prática interpretativa ligada ao repertório vocal que existiu no Brasil entre 1730 e 1850, sob o ponto de vista das mudanças estéticas e funcionais que esse gênero musical tem sofrido desde suas primeiras execuções na década de 1950. A partir do levantamento por amostragem de registros fonográficos brasileiros realizados entre 1957 e 2005, organizado em discografia e listas, localizamos e comparamos por meio de fichas obras que foram gravadas mais de uma vez por diferentes intérpretes e em épocas distintas. Essa comparação nos revelou uma diversidade de soluções de ordem prática e interpretativa que tem sido adotada por músicos brasileiros para a execução de um repertório que durante décadas foi considerado desconhecido. A escassez de referências histórico-musicais, indispensáveis para uma melhor compreensão da música setecentista e oitocentista, dificulta a prática interpretativa desse repertório e uma tradição musical que se perdeu ao longo do tempo faz com que não exista consenso entre as diferentes gravações de uma mesma obra. Este trabalho conclui que não existe uma escola de interpretação da música praticada no Brasil entre 1730 e 1850, e que nos últimos 50 anos, por opção ou desconhecimento, cada músico tem adotado soluções particulares de acordo com sua realidade musical disponível. / This study has as its objective the mapping out of a panorama of interpretative practice linked to the vocal repertoire, which existed in Brazil between 1730 and 1850, as it relates to the aesthetic and functional changes that this music has undergone since its first performances in the 1950's. From the survey carried out with Brazilian recordings done between 1957 and 2005, which have been organized in the discography and repertoire lists, we located and compared those that have been recorded more than once, by different interpreters and at distinct periods of time. This comparison disclosed a variety of solutions, both practical and performatic, which were adopted by Brazilian musicians to perform this repertoire, considered unknown for decades. The scarcity of historic and musical references, as indispensable as they are for the best understanding of the music of the 18th and 19th centuries, makes the interpretative practice of this repertoire more difficult, added to the loss of the musical tradition through time. For these reasons, there does not exist a consensus between the different recordings of the same piece. We conclude that a specific school of musical practice in Brazil between 1730 and 1850 does not exist and that in the last fifty years, as a result of their own option or out of ignorance, each musician or musical group has adopted his own particular solutions in accordance with the musical reality available.

Orientadores: Adriana Giarola Kayama, Paulo Mugayar Kuhl / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estatual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T15:00:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carvalho_FlavioCardosode_D.pdf: 7361269 bytes, checksum: a46fed24412891effe729848f5313b2e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Apresentamos um estudo da ópera "Abul" de Alberto Nepomuceno, analisando sua inserção no universo do nacionalismo musical brasileiro da Primeira República. Para tanto, buscamos entender o histórico da criação e montagem da obra na Argentina, Uruguai, Brasil e Itália, e a recepção da obra pela imprensa e público desses locais. Para uma avaliação da crítica relativa ao sucesso ou não da ópera, foi feita uma apreciação da obra em seus aspectos dramatúrgicos e musicais (sua estrutura composicional motívica e linha do canto). . Um CD-Rom com documentos referentes à obra e ao compositor segue anexado a este trabalho / Abstract: In this thesis we present a study of the opera "Abul", composed by the Brazilian composer Alberto Nepomuceno, analyzing its insertion in the universe of Brazilian musical nationalism during the period of the First Republic. To do so, we investigated the history of the composition and production of the work in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Italy, and its reception by the press and public. To evaluate the criticism related to the successfulness or unsuccessfulness of the opera's performances, we looked into its dramaturgical and musical aspects (motivic structure and vocal line). A CD-Rom containing documents related to the opera and its composer is inc1uded. / Doutorado / Praticas Interpretativas / Doutor em Música

The focus of this study was to locate the lacuna that exists between cultural history and musicology, in order to assess processes of affect and meaning in vocal music as a vehicle for understanding the South African Boer psyche and circumstances during the war. The pursuit of locating the lacuna was best served by employing qualitative research methods that reflect the phenomenological paradigm. This allowed for an in-depth understanding of the Boers in terms of their own interpretations of reality, as well as the understanding of society in terms of the meanings that people ascribe to the societal practices in that society. A cultural-historical approach was necessary in order to highlight the experiential world of the Boers and gain some insider perspectives of the war. This approach did not, however, have much to say about the role of Boer vocal music in generating and articulating social and cultural meanings. On the other hand, the musicological approach which was based on research grounded in an examination of hand-notated musical scores, drew little attention to the role of music’s meanings in the social, historical and cultural circumstances of the Boer people during the war. After the historical context, which generated the vocal music was understood; the researcher was able to identify the lacuna as an aural void, due to the fact that affect and meaning cannot be grounded exclusively in an examination of cultural history or musical symbols decontextualised from sound. The background information allowed for the lyrics to be interpreted in melodic configurations, which were equated with particular moods, emotions and cultural meanings. This thesis thus responded to and succeeded in assessing insight and understanding into the psyche and circumstances of white South Africans during the Anglo Boer War. The thesis concluded by proving that by highlighting the aural void it was possible to move cultural history towards an accommodation with musicology. Through Boer vocal music it was thus possible to critically shape understanding of the experiential world of the Boer during the Anglo-Boer War. / Thesis (DMus)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Music / unrestricted

South African composer, Alexander Johnson is a prolific and outstanding figure among his contemporaries. His numerous works and contributions to South African classical and indigenous music is worthy of mention. Over the years, he has been recognised both locally and internationally for his contributions by receiving numerous awards, honorary positions, as well as commissions. His works have been performed both locally and internationally. Johnson’s compositional style mostly features diverse musical elements and devices from the post-tonal era. He also utilises special and unique compositional techniques in his works which give him a ‘signature.’ This study discusses and disseminates brief information on Johnson’s biography, as well as a catalogue of the composer’s published works. Most importantly, the three works in this study namely Kahlolo, Let_at_i, and Vocalise Africa feature Johnson’s unique interpretation of South African music in the twenty-first century. This study focuses on exploring the background of the three chosen works, and the inspiration behind the creation of these works. Furthermore, the compositional techniques employed by the composer, as well as the distinguishing features of his compositional style are also discussed. This study additionally aims to trace and disseminate similarities between the three respective works as well as analyse the three selected pieces with regard to mostly harmonic devices and techniques, melody, rhythm, form structure, texture, and registration for organ music. Each piece is comprehensively discussed separately, with emphasis on the above topics. Further research in the future could entail a study on style discussion of Johnson’s more recent compositions in other genres and instrumentation. / Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Music / MMus / Unrestricted

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