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A World Famous, Yet Unknown, Countertenor: Basile Bolotine of Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossack Choir (open access)

A World Famous, Yet Unknown, Countertenor: Basile Bolotine of Serge Jaroff’s Don Cossack Choir

This article concerns the artistry and career of Basile Bolotine, 1895-1981, a beloved countertenor soloist in Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir. It was a world-famous a cappella Russian emigre ensemble that toured extensively all over the non-Soviet world for nearly sixty years. Bolotine had a long tenure with them, and through his recorded legacy, his music is still cherished. However, his name has remained largely unknown. This essay introduces him by name to those who have and have not yet experienced his music.
Date: March 2022
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: The Refugees Who Took the World by Storm (open access)

Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: The Refugees Who Took the World by Storm

This article discusses the history of the Don Cossack Choir which was established and conducted by Serge Jaroff while in a Turkish internment camp in 1920. Once liberated, they concertized throughout the non-Soviet world and enjoyed long-term success. However, the choir has received little scholarly attention, much of it in Dutch and Russian research.
Date: 2020
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Über Beziehungen Beethovens zu Mozart und zu Ph. Em. Bach (open access)

Über Beziehungen Beethovens zu Mozart und zu Ph. Em. Bach

Essay entitled "On Beethoven's Relationship with Mozart and Ph. Em. Bach." Text uses incipits from the eponymous composers' works and counterpoint examples to illustrate Oppel's prose arguments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Schoenberg's Punk Rocker: The Radical Transformations of Dika Newlin

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This article focuses on Dika Newlin (1923-2006), an eccentric individual who was a musical prodigy in her early life and deemed a teenaged protégé of Arnold Schoenberg. Dika took an interest in punk rock later in life, and even joined a punk rock band. The author seeks to understand Dika's transition from protégé to punk rocker by describing some of her various phases as scholar, pianist, composer, and militant iconoclast. This paper was presented at the Music Library Association Conference in Denton, TX, on October 3, 2014.
Date: 2014
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Der Tonwille (open access)

Der Tonwille

Envelope containing Heinrich Schenker's analysis of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in Der Tonwille, October 1924.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
William Edward Berge (open access)

William Edward Berge

Article updating the entry on William Edward Berge in the 1977 Complete Catalog of Ampico Reproducing Piano Rolls.
Date: 1977
Creator: Bernier, George Berge
System: The UNT Digital Library