Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of History. / Includes bibliographical references: leaves 100-103.

With a career spanning over four decades, Henry Fillmore earned wide recognition as an important and prolific composer of marches and trombone smears in the wind band medium. While he contributed significantly to chamber music, solo literature, vocal settings, and arrangements for band, his compositions for wind band have arguably provided his most universal acclaim. Fillmore’s published marches are unique in that scores rarely had performance markings and contained little more than notes and repeat signs. Fillmore conducted most of his marches and altered march strains, changed orchestration, and added stylistic markings that were not indicated in the original printed score. This research is focused on preparing and presenting historically accurate performances of the marches and smears of Henry Fillmore with appropriate march style. More specifically, the author wishes to provide an approach to the interpretation of Fillmore’s music that directly portrays the historical performance practices of Fillmore’s performances of his own works and interpretative methodology. Those who wish to consider this historically accurate approach may apply this document’s analysis of primary source recordings of Fillmore conducting his music in addition to new included performance editions of specified marches and smears.

Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 91, li p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).

The history of Utah's Territorial Capitol Building at Fillmore began in 1851 when Brigham Young desired a central location for the capital of the newly created Territory. Only one wing of the four wing plan was completed, because misunderstandings had arisen between Mormon and Federal officials that prevented further finances from being sent to Utah, and only one complete session of the Legislature met at Fillmore, in December 1855. Two one-day sessions were held there in December 1856 and December 1858. The 1856 session adjourned to Salt Lake until the Federal Government would send funds for the completion of the capitol, and the 1858 session complied with a ruling that Fillmore was the real Territorial seat of government; however, after a short session the officials adjourned permanently to Salt Lake because it was more conveniently located. During the seventy-two years between the time it was discontinued as the Territorial Capitol in 1858 and was dedicated as a museum in 1930, the building served Fillmore in various capacities. The growth of a museum from 1930 to 1969 restored the capitol to a new role, and plans for the future included more publicity for the building.