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Snydacker, Sarah Elizabeth. "The new American song: a catalog of published songs by 25 living American composers." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1265.

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The purpose of this dissertation is to create a catalog of the published, solo vocal songs of 25 living American composers. Through this project, visibility will be given to a significant amount of contemporary literature that is currently unknown and / or underused by many singers and voice teachers today. Exposure to the literature in this project will encourage singers and teachers to give deserving attention to a wealth of contemporary American song literature, and will help to stimulate the study, practice and performance of other contemporary songs and composers. I have selected 25 livin

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Davidson, Jill D. "Prayer-songs to our elder brother : Native American Church songs of the Otoe-Missouria and Ioway /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841275.

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Mowery, Samantha. "Stephen Foster and American song a guide for singers /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1234810817.

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Chang, Debra Wei Kwen. "Songs of the wind." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332464/.

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Songs of the Wind is a five-movement composition for reader, chamber choir, and chamber orchestra. The work is approximately twenty-five minutes in duration. The title describes the programmatic nature of the piece, which depicts an animistic ritual invoking the wind as a deity. The texts are drawn from translations of American Indian poetry as well as original poems by the American Indian scholar Hartley Alexander.

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Nelson, Michael. "Songs for cripples." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002952.

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Lin, Yi-Cherng. "The essence of twentieth century American art songs." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9698.

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Thesis (D.M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Music. Title from t.p. of PDF. Marylandia and Rare Books Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Audio available on compact disc;

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Talbott, Christy Jo. "The French art song style in selected songs by Charles Ives." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000455.

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Bateson, Catherine Victoria. "Culture and sentiments of Irish American Civil War songs." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33216.

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During the American Civil War, an approximate 200,000 Irish-born soldiers, and an even greater number of subsequent generation descended soldiers, fought for the Union and Confederate causes. Their experience, opinions, military actions and attitudes of their families were the subject of American Civil War songs, with songwriters penning numerous ballads about them. The conflict witnessed the mass production of wartime ballad culture, with over 11,000 pieces written and composed between 1861 and 1865 alone. An estimated 150 were by and about the Irish American wartime experience specifically.

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Yancey, Eddie. "Rhythm and Blues protest songs: voices of resistance." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2007. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/610.

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This study was an investigation of seven selected rhythm and blues black protest songs, from 1964 to 1975, and their relationship to black empowerment during the era of the Black Power Movement. The songs were analyzed using content analysis and revealed three expected themes of self/black identity, racial equity and self-determination. A fourth theme, social change, evolved during the study. The study focused on the political, cultural and economic ramifications, especially of black music, as a form of protest against a system that proved to be one of inequality, and prejudicial segregation i

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Cardwell, Robert Ewell. "A Survey of 21st Century Gay-Themed American Art Songs for Baritone." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703289/.

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The majority of repertoire catalogs for singers, printed and digital, often list works by voice type, language, and/or genre. The 21st century has seen an emergence of online classical music catalogs where the user can seek repertoire by searching composers from underrepresented communities (i.e., women, Black, LGBTQ, Latinx). What does not currently exist is a resource that catalogs songs for solo voice dealing specifically with gay subject matter. This dissertation surveys seventeen 21st century gay-themed art songs by four living American composers: David Del Tredici, Ben Moore, Clint Borzo

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Lin, Pei-Ying. "Development of curriculum materials to teach American children about the culture of Taiwan through Taiwanese children's songs." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4315.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 10, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.

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Lien, Anthony Marcus. "Against the grain : modernism and the American art song, 1900 to 1950 /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2002. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Gelbwasser, Kimberly. "“To Be an American”: How Irving Berlin Assimilated Jewishness and Blackness in his Early Songs." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1305834530.

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MacDonald, Mary Kathleen. "Songs of War: A Comparative Analysis of Soviet and American Popular Song During World War II." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555507523305065.

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Ward, Marilyn. "The extent to which American children's folk songs are taught by general music teachers throughout the United States." [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000820.

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Smith, Bethany Jo. "Song to the dark virgin race and gender in five art songs of Florence B. Price /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1186770755.

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Thesis (Master of Music)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Advisor: Melinda Boyd. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb. 5, 2008) Includes abstract. Keywords: Florence Price, black art song, African-American art song, women composers, African-American composers, Negro Renaissance. Includes bibliographical references.

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Romriell, Mackenzie Kay, and Mackenzie Kay Romriell. "Classically Unsung: The Art Songs of Alec Wilder." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623029.

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The compositions of American composer, Alec Wilder, span multiple, often disparate, genres within the classical and popular music styles. During his lifetime, much of Wilder’s greatest success came from his popular songs. However, his body of work is much more vast, and some of his vocal work should be classified as art song. Wilder’s formal training, aptitude for learning, and experiences with popular music provided him with a diverse artistic palette and a unique musical voice. This resultant style is eclectic and includes modality, rhythmic motives, melodic figures, extended harmonies, and

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Handman, Deborah Fleenor. "Healing songs understanding and creating powerful music for the American church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Abbott, Rebecca L. ""What? bound for Canaan's coast?" songs of pilgrimage in the American church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Miguel, Nicholas Edward. "The art songs of Modesta Bor (1926-1998)." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6213.

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This essay introduces readers to the music of the Venezuelan composer Modesta Bor (1926-1998) and provides a resource for interpretation of her art songs for voice and piano. Bor was an important composer in Venezuela with a successful career in composition, pedagogy, and conducting. However, she is not widely known outside of Venezuela and scholarship on her art song is limited. This study seeks to fill that void by examining Bor’s twenty-nine published art songs for solo voice and piano. These works include the song cycles/collections Tres canciones infantiles para voz y piano, Canciones inf

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Dapcic, Samantha. "John La Montaine's "Songs of the Rose of Sharon" and "Fragments from the Song of Songs": A Socio-Historical Analysis and Performer's Guide." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538657/.

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The purpose of this research is to examine John La Montaine's only two song cycles for soprano and orchestra, Songs of the Rose of Sharon, opus 6 (1947) and Fragments from the Song of Songs, opus 29 (1959). In this investigation-the first ever specific to these works-I examine the works and cultural context in which they were created. I then evaluate the reasonable possibility that La Montaine used his public platform as a composer and performer to subtly celebrate taboo themes of feminism, sexuality, and blackness while shining a light on human injustice. Through close examination of social a

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Abe, Shoko. "Two Argentine Song Sets: A Comparison of Songs by De Rogatis and Ginastera." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248378/.

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Latin American classical vocal repertoire is vast, but in the United States, we only hear a fairly limited part of this literature. Much of this repertoire blends western European classical music traditions and native folk music traditions. One example of such a Latin American vocal work that is well-known in the United States is Alberto Ginastera's frequently performed song set from 1943, Cinco canciones populares argentinas. However, another lesser-known, earlier work, Cinco canciones argentinas (1923), by fellow Argentine composer Pascual De Rogatis (1880-1980) deserves attention as well. A

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Montgomery, Vivian Sarah. "“Brilliant” Variations on Sentimental Songs: Slipping Piano Virtuosity into the Drawing Room." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1175530770.

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ALFELD, ANNA POULIN. "Unsung Songs: Self-Borrowing in Amy Beach's Instrumental Compositions." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217521725.

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Perry, Frank Jr. "Afro-American vocal music: A select handbook and guide to songs by fifteen composers." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1990. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2847.

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This dissertation is structured as a handbook and guide. It provides selected published materials in Afro-American vocal music. These materials include music for solo voice, including the art sang, arrangements of spirituals and choral music. Emphasis is placed on composers of record whose works are in print. This handbook and guide will serve as a reference guide for musicians, choral directors or persons who simply want sane general sense of the composers and major compositions. Chapter One, "Introduction," gives the purpose of the handbook and guide. Chapter .Two, entitled "Four Pioneers,"

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Rosby, Amy. "Subverting blackface and the epistemology of American identity in John Berryman's 77 Dream songs." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1216665711.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.<br>Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 7, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-52). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.

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Morales, Robin Lee. "A Performer's Guide to the American Musical Theater Songs of Kurt Weill (1900-1950)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194115.

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With the broadening interest and popularity of musical theater studies in academic degree programs, more teachers of classical singing and students are meeting at the crossroads of conventional vocal study to broaden their skills in non-classical and musical theater techniques. Tracing back through the lineage of American musical theater, a fascinating example of vocal style emerges from the musical theater works of Kurt Weill. Weill's music exhibits operatic lyricism, jazz rhythms, and popular idioms but does not conform strictly to light opera, jazz, or popular music.In America, Kurt Weill

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Oyola, Rebaza Zoraida Alfonsina. "A collection of Peruvian and other South American folk songs adapted for teaching violoncello." Diss., University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2254.

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This essay presents a collection of Peruvian and other South American folk songs adapted for teaching violoncello technique with the goal of providing students with a more culturally diverse method which equally develops the left hand and right hand technique. Peruvian and other South American children learn the violoncello with European or American method books based on European folk songs. The repertoire of traditional methods usually lacks music familiar to pupils from Peruvian and other South American cultures. Written in foreign languages, the texts often exclude Spanish translation. Peru

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Bell, Jeffery E. "American musical theater songs in the undergraduate vocal studio : a survey of current practice, guidelines for repertoire selection, and pedagogical analyses of selected songs." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1026700.

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American musical theater songs are popular with the general public, and many college and university voice students are familiar with them. Some voice teachers also use musical theater repertoire to varying degrees in voice instruction. Such familiarity and interest lend significance to this study of the songs in a teaching context. There is therefore a need for the establishment of repertoire-selection guidelines and pedagogical analysis of selected musical theater songs so that additional teachers will become well informed.Following the introduction in Chapter One, the results of a survey sen

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Johnstone, Jennifer Lynn. "Reinterpreting Welshness: Songs and Choral Membership in Cultural Identity." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1334520975.

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De, Wagter Caroline. "Mouths on fire with songs: negotiating multi-ethnic identities on the contemporary North american stage." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210237.

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A travers une étude interculturelle détaillée et comparée de la production théâtrale minoritaire canadienne et américaine, ma thèse cherche à mettre en lumière les les apports thématiques et esthétiques du théâtre multi-ethnicque nord-américain contemporain à la tradition anglo-américaine du 20ème siècle. Les communautés asiatiques, africaines et aborigènes sont retenues comme poste d'observation privilégié de l'expression esthétique de la condition multiculturelle postcoloniale dans le théâtre nord-américain de la période allant de 1972 à nos jours. Sur base d'un corpus de pièces de théâtre,

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Lane, John. "Abstracted Resonances: A Study of Performance Practices Reflecting the Influence of Indigenous American Percussive Traditions in the Music of Peter Garland." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1282316209.

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Baltagi, Ibrahim H. "Relationships among folk song preferences of grade five students." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1149040252.

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Wells, Robert Allen. "David Diamond as Song Composer: A Survey of Selected Vocal Works of David Diamond With a Theoretical and Stylistic Analysis of Six Early Songs, The Midnight Meditation, and Hebrew Melodies." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1163480150.

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Kanaridis, Mina, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Contemporary Arts. "Investigating a singing voice in diverse genres and styles : a discussion of context and process." THESIS_CAESS_CAR_Kanaridis_M.xml, 2002. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/241.

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The author investigates the voice in diverse genres and styles, documenting and interpreting vocal performance through a contextual analysis of specifically chosen repertoire. This repertoire is drawn from collaboration with two musical groups, the Renaissance Players and Coda and from the author's artistic direction and presentation of four diverse recitals: American Songs, Italian Baroque, American Folk and Theatre and Nostalgia. Each recital is treated as a separate case study, in which the process of selecting, rehearsing and performing the repertoire is closely examined. Recordings and se

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Kimbell, Sara E. "The Romantic Pilgrim: Narrative Structure in Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1274965990.

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Burns, Carolyn Diane. "The relevance of African American singing games to Xhosa children in South Africa a qualitative study /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/burns/BurnsC0509.pdf.

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In post-apartheid South Africa there has been a strong emphasis on teaching traditional music in the schools. Previously the music was greatly influenced by Western European and English systems. New standards were developed in the Arts and Culture Curriculum 2005. The purpose of this study was to explore how children in South Africa could be taught African American singing games, their perception and preferences, and how these songs would meet the new standards. A qualitative study was conducted with 69 Xhosa children in grades five and six at Good Shepherd Primary School in Grahamstown, South

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Regensburger, Tamara B. "Alan Louis Smith’s Vignettes: Ellis Island: The History, Evolution and Performance of a Modern American Song Cycle." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243873183.

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Ortiz, Camille. "Spanish Diction in Latin American Art Song: Variant Lyric Pronunciations of (s), (ll), and (y)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984247/.

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Latin American art song is a genre primarily of the first half of the twentieth-century, when popular folklore served as the voice and inspiration of many poets and musicians. The nationalist movement served as a means of expression, each Latin American country with its own identity. There is great benefit for singers to study Spanish diction at an academic level, since it is a language already familiar to most U.S.A residents. There is a significant amount of unknown repertoire that would be very useful in the singing studio because of the language's open vowels. This repertoire can also serv

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FORRESTER, ELIZABETH HARTLEIGH. "Musical Semantics within Modern Literature: A Study of Seven American Art Songs Set to the Texts of Gertrude Stein." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211255987.

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Forrester, Elizabeth Hartleigh. "Musical semantics within modern literature a study of seven American art songs set to the texts of Gertrude Stein /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1211255987.

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Thesis (Dr. of Musical Arts)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.<br>Advisors: Melinda Boyd PhD (Committee Chair), William McGraw (Committee Member), Mary Henderson-Stucky (Committee Member) Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Oct. 4, 2008). Includes abstract. Keywords: Gertrude Stein; Virgil Thomson; Ned Rorem; Gunther Schuller; David Diamond; Richard Hundley; John Cage; Psychology and Art Song; Music and Modern Literature; Cubism; American Art Song. Includes bibliographical references.

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La, Spata Adam Nunzio. "Psalms, Hymns, and Commercial Songs: Tradition and Innovation in James Lyon's "Urania"." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707400/.

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This dissertation asserts the value of James Lyon's Urania to the field of American music history as a vital contribution to the development of music in the British colonies prior to the War for Independence. While previous scholarship acknowledges Urania's importance as the first publication in America to contain music by a native-born composer, this study argues that its subscription list and selection of anthems (both of which were new to the field of American music publishing) contribute to the status this compilation is due. The confluence of the English chapel tradition and American sing

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Thomas, Eric Sanders. "An Examination of the Solo and Duet Vocal Repertoire of Kenneth Mahy." Scholarly Repository, 2008. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/105.

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This doctoral essay examines the vocal solo and duet repertoire of Kenneth Mahy, an American composer of art song and choral music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. By examining his songs, assessing their difficulty, and analyzing their texts, this essay establishes that Kenneth Mahy is a composer worthy of note. In addition, this study provides pedagogical observations and performance notes of his songs. Furthermore, this essay provides biographical information about Mahy, and examines how his training, education, military experience, and unique experiences as the son

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Wong, Melia. "“The air seems to infatuate the ear”: Confederate Anthems, Union Battle Cries, and their Respective Contrafacta." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2128.

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During the Civil War, musical fluidity led to an outpouring of songs written about the conflict. With every popular song came at least one set of alternate lyrics known as contrafacta. In this thesis, I analyze Northern anthem “The Battle Cry of Freedom,”and Southern anthems “The Bonnie Blue Flag” and “Dixie” and their contrafacta. Through the lens of contrafacta, I analyze how the North and the South understood the terms “liberty” and “freedom.”

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Martin, Joseph James. "Cultural mentoring for American Indian students: the power of the drum and southern plains social songs in a southern Arizona classroom." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/557241.

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Mendoza, Marisa B. "Canciones del Movimiento Chicano/Songs of the Chicano Movement: The Impact of Musical Traditions on the 1960s Chicano Civil Rights Movement." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/129.

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This thesis analyzes resistance songs as key representations of the identity and political formation that took place during the 1960s Chicano movement. Examining particular musical traditions, this thesis highlights the value of placing songs of the Chicano struggle in national narratives of history as well as in the context of an enduring and thriving legacy of political and social activism that continues to allow the Chicano community to recognize and validate their current social realities.

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Ward, Perry K. "A SELECT SURVEY OF CHORAL ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON THE SONGS OF STEPHEN FOSTER TRACING DEVELOPMENTS IN MUSIC AND TEXTUAL CHANGES THROUGH THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES." UKnowledge, 2017. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/103.

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Stephen Foster is acknowledged as America’s first composer of popular music. His legacy can be seen in the number of songs that are embedded in our cultural heritage – “Oh! Susanna,” “Beautiful Dreamer,” and “My Old Kentucky Home,” are but a very few of his most popular works. Stephen Foster’s songs have been incorporated into every facet of American culture including both popular and classical musical culture, television, and film. However, his legacy is complicated as it is tainted by connections to blackface minstrelsy in some works. This document seeks to trace the threads of racial sensit

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Porchak, Aynsley. "“If I Could Only Win Your Love”: Lyrical Analysis of the Sacred and Secular Songs of the Louvin Brothers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3687.

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In this thesis, I demonstrate how analysis through literary criticism can provide a commentary on Appalachian song. While literary analysis of both sacred and secular song lyrics is an approach that is largely overlooked in this region’s traditional music, it nonetheless provides insightful perspective on the art form itself. As I argue, one particular duo of Appalachian musicians, the Louvin Brothers, are uniquely suited to this inquiry. I propose that themes that are found in many of the Louvin Brothers’ songs, such as love, acceptance, and rejection, create a bridge between the historically

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Monsalve, Mejía Juana. "María Teresa Prieto's "Seis Melodías": An Analysis of Its Historical Background and Text-Music Relationship." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1609097/.

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Spanish composer María Teresa Prieto (1895-1982) belongs to a group of Spanish exiles who left their country for Mexico as a result of the Spanish Civil War. She arrived in Mexico in 1936 and developed her compositional career in there. Her first composition after her arrival in the new country was the song cycle Seis Melodías, a work that includes six songs with poetry by Ricardo de Alcázar, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico García Lorca, and María Teresa Prieto herself. This document analyzes each one of the songs, both musically and poetically, as well as the relationship between music and text.

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Downs, Trail Sarah C. "BEVERLY, “MUSIC MISSES YOU”: A BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERFORMANCE GUIDE TO AMERICAN MEZZO-SOPRANO BEVERLY WOLFF’S CAREER AND HER SUBSEQUENT IMPACT ON AMERICAN OPERA AND ART SONG." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/27.

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American mezzo-soprano, Beverly Wolff has not received the credit or respect that she deserves in operatic history. Her career began in 1952 and flourished until her retirement from the stage in 1981. Her intense characterizations, innate musicianship, and intelligence made her one of the most sought-after performers from the 1950s to the 1970s. For thirty years, she worked with some of the operatic world’s finest musicians, including Leonard Bernstein, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, Ned Rorem, Beverly Sills, Norman Triegle, Placido Domingo, among others. She was represented by Columbia Ar

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