A Study of the Folk-Song and Poetic Influences in the Piano Music of Brahms (open access)

A Study of the Folk-Song and Poetic Influences in the Piano Music of Brahms

This paper highlight the history of the German folk-song and its influence on the work of composer Johannes Brahms. Barbara Gilbert Williams discusses the rise, fall, and rival of the folk-song as an art form and how it and poetry is incorporated into Brahms's compositions.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Williams, Barbara Gilbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Murger’s Scenes de la Vie de Boheme--Model for Puccini’s La Boheme (open access)

Murger’s Scenes de la Vie de Boheme--Model for Puccini’s La Boheme

This paper investigates Henri Murger's novel, Scenes de la Vie de Bohème, as a model for the opera composed by Giacomo Puccini La Bohème. Colleen Hughes Mallette discusses the historical background of the works and examines the music and story.
Date: May 1981
Creator: Mallette, Colleen Hughes
System: The UNT Digital Library
Compositional Techniques Using the Clarinet in the Swing Period in Big Band Jazz (open access)

Compositional Techniques Using the Clarinet in the Swing Period in Big Band Jazz

This paper discusses the compositional techniques developed for the clarinet during the Swing period of big band jazz. Victor E. Wertz traces the history of big band jazz and highlights some major clarinetists and their performance techniques.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Wertz, Victor E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Schoenberg’s Tonal Language on Berg’s Four Pieces for Clarinet, Op. 5 (open access)

The Influence of Schoenberg’s Tonal Language on Berg’s Four Pieces for Clarinet, Op. 5

This paper explores the influence of composer Arnold Schoenberg's tonal language on the work of his pupil, Alban Berg, illustrated in Berg's Four Pieces for Clarinet, Op. 5. Beverly Ann Lavocat introduces the concept of atonality and provides a musical analysis of Berg's piece.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Lavocat, Beverly Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of the Brass Section in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky (open access)

The Use of the Brass Section in Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky

Thesis examines the life of prolific composer Sergei Prokofiev and his work for the motion picture Alexander Nevsky. Gary Langford analyzes Prokofiev's use of the brass section in his compositions for the film.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Langford, Gary
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Violetta Valéry, La Traviata’s Heroine (open access)

The Evolution of Violetta Valéry, La Traviata’s Heroine

Thesis studies the music and content of the opera La Traviata, focuses on the evolution of its heroine, Violetta Valéry. Carolyn Sue Finley traces the history behind the story and its reflection in the music.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Finley, Carolyn Sue
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor for Solo Violin and Its Piano Transcription by Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924) (open access)

Comparison of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor for Solo Violin and Its Piano Transcription by Ferrucio Busoni (1866-1924)

This paper provides an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's Chaconne in D minor for Solo Violin and its piano transcription by Ferrucio Busoni. Hsiao-Hung Ku highlights the value of transcribing music and compares the original work to its transcription.
Date: August 1979
Creator: Ku, Hsiao-Hung
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clarinet: Its Development and Influence in the Field of Jazz (open access)

The Clarinet: Its Development and Influence in the Field of Jazz

This paper identifies the major clarinetists who contributed to the development of jazz and the history of the jazz movement. Gary F. Hallquist traces the history of the clarinet in jazz from the beginnings in New Orleans to the late twentieth century, touching on the major events in the scene during this era.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Hallquist, Gary F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Karg-Elert’s Own Clues to the Thirty Caprices for Flute, Opus 107 (open access)

Karg-Elert’s Own Clues to the Thirty Caprices for Flute, Opus 107

This paper discusses and analyzes the music and methodology of Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Thirty Caprices for Flute, Opus 107. Jon Novi examines how Karg-Elert provides clues and instruction in The Logical Development, a paper appended to the Thirty Caprices.
Date: July 1976
Creator: Novi, Jon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eclectic Style, the Essence of Originality in the Music of Francis Poulenc Discussed Through the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1949 (open access)

Eclectic Style, the Essence of Originality in the Music of Francis Poulenc Discussed Through the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1949

This paper analyzes Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra written in 1949. Deborah Lee Erftenbeck explores his eclectic style and the manner of its development, determining the originality of its nature and his works.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Erftenbeck, Deborah Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of the Role of James ”Jimmy” Blanton in the Development of Jazz Bass (open access)

An Assessment of the Role of James ”Jimmy” Blanton in the Development of Jazz Bass

This paper evaluates the musical contributions of Jimmy Blanton to the history of jazz bass playing. Rex O. Bozarth investigates the development of the jazz bass throughout the twentieth century, the influences that impacted Blanton's style, and the musical innovations the performer introduced.
Date: December 1981
Creator: Bozarth, Rex O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Three Leading Female Roles in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss (open access)

The Three Leading Female Roles in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

This paper discusses De Rosenkavalier, an opera written by Richard Strauss through collaboration with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and its three leading female roles. Martha Hartman Whitmore divulges the historical background behind the work and compares the three soprano roles.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Whitmore, Martha Hartman
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vocal-Piano Relationship in Robert Schumann’s Music (open access)

The Vocal-Piano Relationship in Robert Schumann’s Music

This paper highlights the relationship between the vocal and piano music created by composer Robert Schumann. Christina Finch provides an analysis of songful and literary allusion in his piano music and pianistic and instrumental allusion in his songs to draw a prominent connection.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Finch, Christina
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Discussion of Four Cadenzas Written for the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto Opus 58 (open access)

A Discussion of Four Cadenzas Written for the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto Opus 58

This paper evaluates the style of four candezas written for the Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto, Opus 58. Dennis W. Hay introduces the history of the cadenza before focusing on the works by the individual composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Medtner, and Casadesus.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Hay, Dennis W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Rainpiece": A Modular Work for Flute, Harp, Viola, and Live Electronics (open access)

"Rainpiece": A Modular Work for Flute, Harp, Viola, and Live Electronics

Rainpiece is a composition for flute, viola, harp, and computer, cyclic and open in form, and inviting collaborative improvisation by instrumentalists and computer operator together. It is also a study of water, from torrential downpours and bubbling springs to rivers and waterfalls. The movement of water through the phases of the water cycle is the central metaphor guiding the cyclic and theoretically endless structure of the work. Rainpiece is also a model of community, collaboration, and above all mindful meditation. The metaphor of water is one that focuses the mind, and brings together the community of performers and audience members into a context with which all can connect emotionally. Like the sound of flowing water (which is included in the piece in the form of processed field recordings), the musical ideas of Rainpiece are constantly changing, and yet continually recurring and returning; this connects with concepts of meditation and mantra as well. The work proposes a new direction in interactive chamber music that integrates natural and composed sound worlds, with the goal of shaping a social and acoustic environment that allows for openness, mindfulness, and connection.
Date: July 2023
Creator: Tempio, Madeline Grace
System: The UNT Digital Library