<p> This project report gives a biography of Louis Moyse's history as well as an interpretation on three of his compositions with Japanese influence: <i> Introduction, Theme, and Variations, Variations on Three Japanese Folk Songs, and Hommage a Krishan.</i> An informed performance of these works can be achieved by studying Louis' influences, compositional style, and a history of his childhood and background. These three pieces all have characteristics of "folk like" melodies along with elements of Japanese influence. This influence came from his travels throughout Japan with his father and wife Janet. Since the Japanese flute, the shakuhachi, is an important part of Japanese culture and music, it is important to understand the basic concept of sound production on the instrument and to incorporate the sounds and tone of the shakuhachi into these compositions.</p>

<p> Saxophonist Frank Morgan was on a path towards greatness, following in the footsteps of his esteemed mentor Charlie Parker. With a debut album released in 1955, he was hailed as the next Bird. Unfortunately for Morgan, he became involved with the drug culture that was destroying Parker. Struggling with a heroin addiction and crimes associated with it, Morgan ended up spending nearly thirty years of his life in prison. He did not release another album until 1985.</p><p> This project report is an examination of Morgan's dynamic life story: his early years, initial successes, drug addiction, incarceration, and later years. In it, recordings both before and after Morgan's long absence in prison are examined. Transcriptions link Morgan's interpretations and improvisations to Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, Frank Sinatra, among others. Finally, the drug culture associated with jazz is discussed, focusing on Morgan's mission to promote the avoidance of it.</p>

Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University, 2006. / (UnM)AAI3202568. Adviser: Thomas Peattie. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0030.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Miami, 2006. / (UnM)AAI3215227. Adviser: Gary Lindsay. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1153.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--The Ohio State University, 2006. / (UMI)AAI3226474. Adviser: Susan Powell. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2378.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 2718. Adviser: Michael Ewald. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-94) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

<p> Dr. Charles Hirt and the Department of Church and Choral Music at the University of Southern California (USC) produced some of America's most successful choral conductors and administrators. Many of those students are conducting or administrating at the finest colleges and universities, secondary schools, churches, and community choral organizations in the nation. From the earliest moments of his career, Charles Hirt himself received a seemingly endless string of accolades. Always focused on the betterment and future of the choral arts, he was a "founding father" of significant choral organizations such as the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Choral Conductors Guild of California, and the International Federation of Choral Music. It was also his visionary mindset that served as a hallmark of his tenure at USC and arguably earned him the right to stand as an equal alongside the greatest of American choral conductors. </p><p> It is the aim of this study to examine Hirt's significant contributions to the University of Southern California and his legacy as it continues on in his students and the subsequent generation of choral leaders they generated. </p>

The purpose of the present work is to shed fresh light not only upon the life and work of Maurice Greene , but also upon the whole state of music in England during the first half of the eighteenth century. Thus, while the basic framework is that of a full-scale historical biography, whole sections are devoted to a detailed discussion of various aspects of the contemporary scene. Chapter one traces the composer's family background end early career up to about 1710. His work at St. Paul's, and the general conditions which there obtained, are separately considered, as is also the musical history of the important Sons of the Clergy festival which Greene conducted from 1718 until 1750. The biographical narrative continues with an account of Greene's marriage and family affairs, and also deals with his influence as a teacher. In chapter four, the composer's career as a secular musician is surveyed against the background of London musical life, end special attention is given to the history of the Academy of Ancient Music with which he was for a time intimately connected. Throughout the 1720s, Greene's reputation grew. In 1727, he was appointed Organist and Composer of the Chapel Royal. Three years later, he took his doctorate at Cambridge, and was honoured with the title of Professor of Music in the University. In 1735, he succeeded Eccles as Master of the King's Band of Musick. Not yet thirty-nine, he now held every major musical appointment in the land. A detailed summary of this triumphal progress, and of those institutions in which Greens worked, forms the central core of the dissertation. A thorough examination of Greene's relationship with Handel is contained in chapter six. The two final chapters deal with the period during which Greene's fame stood at its height, his gradual decline, death, and posthumous reputation. An extended postscript surveys Greene's contribution to Boyce'e Cathedral Music. Two short appendices and a bibliography complete the volume. Volume two consists entirely of a Descriptive Catalogue of all Greene's knovn works, including those which are no longer extant. Both printed and MSS. sources are listed, end copyists identified wherever possible. Ten pages of plates provide examples of the composer's autograph, and those of his four chief pupil-copyists. There are also extensive notes containing any historical or bibliographical information which might possibly be of use to future researchers.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2378. Adviser: Erik Lund. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-87) and a complete catalogue of works (leaves 88-91) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A. Adviser: Ann Yeung. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 292-332) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.