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An investigation of Aaron Copland’s Night Thoughts (1972) through a performative analysis
Since the latter half of the 1900s, large portions of Aaron Copland’s life and work have been
researched and documented. However, the majority of the investigations pertain to largescale
solo, orchestral, and ballet works ...
Reimagining the Saxophone: Preparing Works by Six Irish Composers for Performance – A First History
This thesis examines the processes involved in the performance preparation of works
for saxophone by six Irish composers: John Buckley (1951), Bill Whelan (1951),
Benjamin Dwyer (1965), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (1950-2018), ...
Music, text and context in Felix Mendelssohn’s choral works for Berlin Cathedral
Although the towering presence of Mendelssohn’s oratorios has dominated the scholarship on his choral music, new light has recently been shed upon some of the shorter vocal works. During Mendelssohn’s tenure as ...
Towards a Historically Informed Performance of Chopin’s Op. 10 Études
In the 1970s, historically informed performance practice became a major movement
which involved performers and musicologists alike. Earlier, historically informed
performances and scholarship focused on Baroque repertoires ...
Women and Music in Nineteenth-Century Dublin
(International Alliance for Women in Music, 2009)
Interpretation and Performance: An Investigation into Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in A major D959
The investigation is based on the understanding of the role of the performer as narrator in
the performance of early nineteenth-century piano music in general and Schubert’s Piano
Sonata in A Major, D959, in particular. ...
From ancient to avant-garde: The evolution of the organ in Ireland and a performer's analysis of five Irish contemporary pieces for solo organ
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-06)
The organ is an instrument with a lengthy and diverse history. Woven into the very fabric of the venues in which they are situated, organs envelop listeners in a world of sound and resonance. Much has been written on the ...
Gerald Finzi’s Violin Concerto: A Performer’s Perspective
While many of the choral works by Gerald Finzi have become standard repertoire,
his early Violin Concerto remains relatively unknown to most, receiving only one
full performance in the composer’s lifetime and lying ...
Contrasts in John Field reception: the Parisian 'Images'
(Brepols, 2015)