Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology
Author: American Musicological Society
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA (201 S. 34th St., Philadelphia 19104) : American Musicology Society ; [S.l.] : International Musicology Society
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1984
Genre: Dissertations, Academic
ISBN:

Organs for America

Organs for America
Author: William H. Armstrong
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1512800082

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Traditional Oral Epic

Traditional Oral Epic
Author: John Miles Foley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2023-07-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0520914481

John Miles Foley offers an innovative and straightforward approach to the structural analysis of oral and oral-derived traditional texts. Professor Foley argues that to give the vast and complex body of oral "literature" its due, we must first come to terms with the endemic heterogeneity of traditional oral epics, with their individual histories, genres, and documents, as well as both the synchronic and diachronic aspects of their poetics. Until now, the emphasis in studies of oral traditional works has been placed on addressing the correspondences among traditions—shared structures of "formula," "theme," and "story-pattern." Traditional Oral Epic explores the incongruencies among traditions and focuses on the qualities specific to certain oral and oral-derived works. It is certain to inspire further research in this field.

Robert Lachmann’s Letters to Henry George Farmer (from 1923 to 1938)

Robert Lachmann’s Letters to Henry George Farmer (from 1923 to 1938)
Author: Israel J. Katz
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004432477

Robert Lachmann’s letters to Henry George Farmer, from the years 1923-38, provide insightful glimpses into his life and his progressive research projects. From an historical perspective, they offer critical data concerning the development of comparative musicology as it evolved in Germany during the early decades of the twentieth century. The fact that Lachmann sought contact with Farmer can be explained from their mutual, yet diverse interests in Arab music, particularly as they were then considered to be the foremost European scholars in the field. During the 1932 Cairo International Congress on Arab Music, they were selected as presidents of their respective committees.

The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume V

The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume V
Author: Brian Hart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 987
Release: 2024-01-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253067553

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explored the symphony in Europe from its origins into the 20th century. In Volume V, Brown's former students and colleagues continue his vision by turning to the symphony in the Western Hemisphere. It examines the work of numerous symphonists active from the early 1800s to the present day and the unique challenges they faced in contributing to the European symphonic tradition. The research adds to an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. This much-anticipated fifth volume of The Symphonic Repertoire: The Symphony in the Americas offers a user-friendly, comprehensive history of the symphony genre in the United States and Latin America.