Musical Studies
Recent Submissions
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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
(2011-01-27)The Bernstein legacy defies description, classification and categorization, not surprisingly unlike Bernstein himself. It is an evolving entity which continues to exert influence on the world despite the fact that Leonard ... -
THE DERIVATION OF MASONIC SYMBOLISM AND MOZART’S USE OF IT IN THE MAGIC FLUTE
(2009-08-13)Authors such as Manly P. Hall and John J. Robinson have done extensive research on the history and derivation of Freemasonic symbolism, while authors such as Jacques Henry, Jacques Chailley, Neal Zaslaw, and William Cowdery ... -
Post-Bebop Modality: Middle Eastern Musical Style in Davis and Coltrane
(2008-04-29)The purpose of this study is to describe the uses of Middle Eastern and Andalusian musical style in the music of Gil Evans, Miles Davis and John Coltrane with special emphasis on their respective individual interpretations ... -
The Wanderer's Way: the Grundgestalt and Developing Variation
(2006-10-12)The grundgestalt, a term of Schoenberg, referring to the initial material of a work that is organically developed through the entire work, is often employed in analysis and discussion of Beethoven and earlier Classicists, ...