In the final decades of the nineteenth century, American composers turned with increasing frequency to Irish and Scottish sources of inspiration, a trend that manifested not only in songs but also in large-scale instrumental works such as sonatas and symphonies. Though many of these works have been discussed individually, this Celtic turn has yet to be investigated as a response to questions about national musical identity, an issue that had come to dominate musical discourse in America by the end of the century—particularly in the wake of Czech composer Antonin Dvořák’s challenge to American composers in 1893 to forge a national style. Drawing on music analysis and a range of primary sources including contemporary reception and previously ...
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Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThis document is based on the preparation, rehearsal...
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Howard Ferguson's myriad contributions to piano literature and piano pedagogy are the focus of this ...
Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Wisconsin, is an eight-hundred acre estate situate...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThe following report details the research and analys...
The abstract includes a detailed analysis of the quartet as well as idiomatic aspects of the music. ...
This study examines the European pedal harp tradition in Ireland in the period c.1790-1900. Steered ...
Why do people mix musics? What causes them to break down the boundaries between music genres and pro...
Against the backdrop of the Gaelic Revival and the foundation of the Irish Free State Hamilton Harty...
‘They say very clearly that I am mad, but they are the ones that do mad things’. So wrote Francis...
Joan Szymko (pronounced SHIM-koh) is an American composer-conductor with a prolific output of choral...
The Czech composer Pavel Haas (1899–1944) is commonly positioned in the history of twentieth-century...
This dissertation identifies a technique used by Brahms to organize the compositional designs of his...
Johannes Brahms composed the op. 10 ballades in the summer of 1854 while living at the Schumann hous...
As a female theatre practitioner looking ahead to her career, I found myself frustrated that nearly ...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThis document is based on the preparation, rehearsal...
The purpose of this study was to explore kiltmakers’ experiences as practitioners and their perspect...
Howard Ferguson's myriad contributions to piano literature and piano pedagogy are the focus of this ...
Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Wisconsin, is an eight-hundred acre estate situate...
Master of MusicDepartment of MusicFrank C. TraczThe following report details the research and analys...
The abstract includes a detailed analysis of the quartet as well as idiomatic aspects of the music. ...