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String Quartet (open access)

String Quartet

The first movement of the "String Quartet" opens with a gradual unfolding of the lead motive in the first six measures of the section marked "Largo." The second theme is heard in the first two measures of the section marked "Moderato" after a false start by the first violin. The third movement utilizes the essential dance characteristics of the "Minuet" marking.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Riley, James.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symphonic Overture (open access)

Symphonic Overture

"Symphonic Overture" is constructed like a symphony in miniature with the traditional sonata-allegro form used as a vehicle to expose the three contrasting actions, and to combine them into one concise movement.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Tenore, Joseph Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
John the Baptist (open access)

John the Baptist

John the Baptist is a passion focusing on the sufferings of John in six movements for contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass soloists; chorus of mixed voices; boys' choir; and orchestra.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Cowan, Charles Donald, 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symphonic Variations (open access)

Symphonic Variations

The problem of classifying variations according to technical plan and stylistic treatment centers on the determination of which elements of the theme (melody, harmonic scheme, structure) are retained in each component variation and the compositional methods (elaboration, embellishment, motivic fragmentation) which are applied.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Miller, Lewis M., 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symphony No. 1 (open access)

Symphony No. 1

Symphony No. 1 is a three-movement work for orchestra. The movements have the following tempo indications: (I) Allegro ma non troppo, (II) Lento, and (III) Allegro giocoso. The composition is scored for 3 flutes (3rd flute interchangeable with piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, 2 bassoons, contra-bassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B-flat, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, percussion (timpani, snare drum, and triangle), and the usual complement of strings.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Watson, Walter, 1933-2014.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica Luigi Cherubini, manuscript Basevi 2439: critical edition and commentary (open access)

Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica Luigi Cherubini, manuscript Basevi 2439: critical edition and commentary

The subject of the present study, Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2439, abbreviated Florence 2439,1 contains secular and sacred vocal music of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with texts in French, Dutch, Italian, and Latin.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Newton, Paul George
System: The UNT Digital Library