This doctoral essay examines the vocal solo and duet repertoire of Kenneth Mahy, an American composer of art song and choral music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. By examining his songs, assessing their difficulty, and analyzing their texts, this essay establishes that Kenneth Mahy is a composer worthy of note. In addition, this study provides pedagogical observations and performance notes of his songs. Furthermore, this essay provides biographical information about Mahy, and examines how his training, education, military experience, and unique experiences as the son of missionaries in China and the Philippines, among other influences, have affected and shaped his compositions. Resources include source material gathered from Mahy's personal archives, manuscripts and scores, and personal interviews with Mahy. This information provides comprehensive insight into a unique and deserving composer of modern American art song.

Epitaph for a darling lady : (2012) -- Limelight : (2013) -- Blueprints : (2013) -- In the primal garden : (2014) -- Sacred spaces : (2012). / text

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2007. / Compact discs. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 8, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes disc containing sound files of the pieces and PDF versions of the thesis and program.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xvii, 288 p. : music. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-281). Includes discography: p. 282.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 2 recitals, recorded Feb. 11, 2008, and Oct. 7, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:25:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-06-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:52:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 campos_jeos_me_ia.pdf: 1485421 bytes, checksum: 2da9d9cd60577aa42b8affc928e40760 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Esta pesquisa tem a finalidade de determinar um modo de pensar, a preparação e a performance de canções para voz e piano, conforme a metodologia proposta por Deborah Stein e Robert Spillman em Poetry into Song: Performance and Analysis of Lieder. A preparação da canção Alma minha gentil de Glauco Velásquez, com dois cantores diferentes, teve como base o estudo da poesia, da música e dos aspectos relacionados especificamente à performance. O compositor e sua contextualização histórica são estudados, incluindo um catálogo de suas 32 canções para voz e piano. São estudados a forma e o conteúdo do poema, assim como os aspectos musicais, incluindo análise formal, a melodia, a harmonia e o ritmo musical. São discutidos aspectos interpretativos para ambos os intérpretes, incluindo nuances de dinâmica, timbre e estilos vocal e pianístico. A performance da canção Alma minha gentil é apresentada, em formato de CD, como resultado dos aspectos discutidos. Mesmo que aplicado especificamente a uma canção, o método desenvolvido pode ser aplicado ao estudo de qualquer outra. Em anexo encontram-se cópias manuscritas e digitalizadas da canção Alma minha gentil e o CD que apresenta duas versões da canção em performance. / This study seeks to determine a study method for reflections about the preparation and performance of songs for voice and piano. Following the suggestions proposed by Deborah Stein and Robert Spillman in Poetry into Song: Performance and Analysis of Lieder. Through study of the poetry, the music and aspects related specifically to performance, the preparation of the song Alma minha gentil by Glauco Velásquez with two different singers was used the basis of study. The composer and his historical context are studied, including a catalogue of his 32 songs for voice and piano. The form and content of the poem are studied at length. Musical aspects, including formal analysis, melody, harmony and musical rhythm, are investigate. Interpretative aspects for both permormes are discussed, including dynamics and their nuances, vocal timbre, vocal and pianistic style. A performance of the song Alma minha gentil is presented in CD format as a result of the aspects discussed above.Although applied apecifically to one song, the method developed can be applied to the study of any other song. Attached are copies in manuscript and digital form of Alma minha gentil and CD which presents the two versions of the song in performance.

A partir da relação íntima e primordial existente entre palavra e música, este trabalho procura mostrar como o cearense Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920), em seu cancioneiro, tenta pela primeira vez, de forma sistemática, criar uma música nacional alinhada à vanguarda de seu tempo. / Taking as its starting-point the intimate and primordial relationship between words and music, this thesis sets out to show how Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920), Brazilian composer from the north-eastern state of Ceará, tried for the first time, in a systematic manner, to create a body of Brazilian music aligned with the vanguard of his time.

String quartet -- Eternal light : for orchestra -- The Lord's prayer : for baritone, clarinet and piano. / Wong Yat Wai Joseph. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- String Quartet --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Eternal Light for Orchestra --- p.21 / Chapter 3. --- "The Lord's Prayer for Baritone, Clarinet and Piano" --- p.58

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