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Symphonic Piece in D Major (open access)

Symphonic Piece in D Major

In surveying the field of instrumental literature during the past one hundred fifty years it is notable that the majority of the larger orchestral works have been written ni the sonata form. This fact is the primary reason for the writers selection of the sonata form, which is employed in the Symphonic Piece in D Major.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Reeves, Thomas M. (Thomas Moore)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symphony Number 1. : First Movement (open access)

Symphony Number 1. : First Movement

This thesis consists of the first movement and discussion of Symphony Number I, an original composition by Gerald Ray Haney.
Date: June 1948
Creator: Haney, Gerald Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Symphonic Piece for Band (open access)

Symphonic Piece for Band

Primarily the objective was to compose a piece for concert band in a large form with the ultimate aim of submitting the number for publication for perfromance by a college, or good high school band, with the additional hope this number might eventually be included on a high school band contest list. With the thought of publication in mind, it was necessary to cross-cue certain parts and limit the technical scope of the composition.
Date: June 1948
Creator: Hill, Charles Lee, 1910-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Transcription for Band of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait From the Orchestral Score (open access)

A Transcription for Band of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait From the Orchestral Score

The problem of this study was to make a transcription of Lincoln Portrait for symphonic band. There is a drastic need for music of a better quality and music by modern composers for symphonic band.The problems of this study concern the following major phases: first, the instrumentation of the work;second an analysis from the point of view of the problem; third, a band transcription of Lincoln Portrait for symphonic band.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Williams, Johnnie N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
String Quartet (open access)

String Quartet

The first movement is probably best catalogued as highly altered sonata-allegro in form. Exposition of the main thematic material is in the form of a fugue. The main thematic germ of this entire work may be found in the first three ascending fourths.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Thomson, William, 1927-
System: The UNT Digital Library