Senior Independent Study Theses from 2010
Josephine: A Bluegrass Opera Act 1, Jake Briggs
Department: Music
Trio, Lonely Woman, and Two Electronic Impromptus, Nick Terelle
Two Electronic Impromptus, Nick Terelle
Department: Music
Program Notes for the Senior Recital of R. Michael Winters, Raymond Michael Winters
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2009
Independent Study Song Cycle Op. 1 in A Major, Audrey Lane
Department: Music
Independent Study song cycle Op.1 in A Major, Audrey Lane
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
I Hate Music! But I Like to Sing, Laura Gross
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
Program Notes for a Vocal Performcance Senior Recital, Amanda Dahlin
Department: Music
Crossing Over: The Lives and Music of Fats Domino, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, Daniel Robert Kavka
Department: Music
Two Movements for String Quartet & Concertino for String Orchestra, Stephen Lett
Department: Music
Sonata for Violin and Piano: Iii Finale I Heard a Wise Man (houseman) Duo (in Three Movements) for Flute and Clarinet, Eric Merten
Department: Music
Five Easy Pieces; on the Phenomenology of Language; on the Phenomenology of Time; Ten Palindromes Eight Eclipses; I Heard You Keep a Banging Hammer, Matthew Walker
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
From Mozart To Bernstein: A Brief Summary of Recital Repertoire, Leslie N. Hensley
Department: Music
Living History Or Cultural Obsolescence? A Study Of Modern Pipe Organ Restoration Projects In Germany And The Netherlands And Their Impact Upon The Musical Life Of Their Churches in Which They Reside And The Wider Community, Bryan Evan Rodda
Department: Music
Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Jonathan Swann
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
Paper on Selected Works For Senior Recital, Parke Nicholson
Department: Music
Berg, the Wagnerian Serialist: An examination of musical references to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in Berg's Lulu, Jeremy W. Orosz
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Vocal Music of Gabriel Fauré and Ned Rorem: A Senio Independent Study for B.A. in Music, Ansley Livingston White
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
Symphony No. 1, Brian E. Biddle
Department: Music
Program Notes on the Senior Recital, Alice Louise Finke
Department: Music
Piano Converto No. 1 (I), Amy Gerber
Department: Music
Piano Converto No. 1 (II), Amy Gerber
Department: Music
Kurt Weill and His Contributions to the American Musical Theatre Genre as Evidenced In His Production, Lady in the Dark, Mary Lindsay Marchio
Department: Music
Musical Democracy in the Compositions of Louis Moreau Gottshcak and Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Russ Wiegand
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
Five Songs by Robert Burns: Their History and Adaption in the United States, 1796-1964 Volume 2: Selected Anthology of United States Publications of the Five Burn Songs, Amanda Barbara Cotten
Department: Music
A Study of Berlioz's Orchestration Theories on the String Section, Evidenced by his Three Symphonies: Symphonie Fantasique, Op. 14, Harold En Italy, Op. 16 and Romeo and Juliette, Op. 17, Nils S. Erickson
Department: Music
Variations on a Scale of the Greeks: The History of Tuning and Temperament in Western Music, Nicholas C. Goffee
Department: Music
Painting an American Musical Form: Arthur Dove's Vision of Jazz, Susan C. Park
Department: Music
The Influence of Classical Organs on Liturgical Churces in the United States and England since 1960, Michael Derek Wood
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
Two Autobigraphical Pieces: Within a Vicious Circle and Ruminations, Joel Beauchemin
Department: Music
Elements in Measured Balance: An Analysis of the First Movements of Béla Bartók's String Quartets, Jeffrey VanVoorhis Mansell
Department: Music
The Face of God, Smith Alexander Reed
Department: English; Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000
Singing for Freedom: Selected Songs of the Civil Rights Movement and Their Historical Origins, Kathryn G. Quimby
Department: Music
The Arithmetic of Sounds: Formal Proportions and Rhythmic Phasing in Brahms' Piano Trios, Michael Vidmar
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
The Influence of African Rhythm and Percussion in the Americas, John Pollack
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods: Observations and Analysis of a Musical and Its Music, Deborah Jacobson
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1997
The Influence of Karl Merz as a Music Educator and Author, Eric J. Burkhart
Department: Music
The Influence of Karl Merz as a Music Educator and Author, Eric J. Burkhart
Department: Music
F. Melius Christiansen and John Finley Williamson: Two Twentieth Century American Choral Conductors and Their Contributions to Amateur a Capella Choral Singing in the United States, Jessica A. Nelson
Department: Music
Aaron Copland and Roger Sessions: Their Influence in the Establishment of the Independent Composer the United States in the 1920s, Anne Overton
Department: Music
Experimentation and Instability in Weimar Opera: An Investigation of the Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1929) and the Growth of Kurt Weill's Musical Fame and Style in the Weimar Republic, Thomas H. Pease
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1996
Stylistic Contributions to the Dissolution of Tonality at the End of the Nineteenth Century: an Analysis of Form and Harmoning Language in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, Jill C. Refshuage
Department: Music
An Exploration of Acoustics and Technology as They Apply to Concert Hall Recording, David A. Sadd
Department: Communication Studies; Music
Analytical Essays on Selected Choral Works for Men's Voices, Stephen Howard Wheeler
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995
Composer Steve Reich: The Evolution of His Style and Compositional Techniques, Andrew S. Cook
Department: Music
Tuba Mirum for Chorus, Soprano and C Trumpet, Matthew Herman
Department: Music
There is No Time: A Song Cycle, Paul Kaufman
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994
An Identification and Study of the Most Popular Reggae Groups in the U.s., 1975-1985, Steve Connor
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993
Pop Standards by Women 1980-1989: a Core Repertory, Justin Boyd
Department: Music
Three Poems of Revelation for voice and piano, Peter Hoopes
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1992
The Recording and Production of a Compact Disc Release for the Wooster Chorus, Michael Comstock
Department: Music
A Musician's City: Black Musical Life in Chicaco 1926-1927 and the Role of the Chicago Defender, Greg Horne
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1991
An Examination of Aesthetic Concerns in Performance Art through the Works of Laurie Anderson, Pauline Oliveros, and Meredith Monk, Alicia K. Allen
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1990
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel: an Analysis, Steven A. McKelvey
Department: Music
Programmatic Piano Music Written for Children, Katherine J. Mortensen
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1989
Honky Tonk Angels: Women in Country Music, Sabra Atlanta Aaron
Department: Music
The Moguchaya Kuchka- "the Mighty Hanful": a Study of the Effect of the Professional and Personal Relationships of the "Russian Five" on Their Orchestral Music, Margaret D. Luehrs
Department: Music
Five Compositions: To Be Announced, Breaking Out, The Calling, On the Soaps, Eventual Harvest, James Prosser
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988
The Life and Piano Music of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Elizabeth Hannah O'Grady
Department: Music
Three Psalms for Voice and Piano Three Anthems for Unaccompanied Chorus, Gerald O. Williams, Jr
Department: Music
Three Psalms for Voice and Piano: Three Anthems for Unaccompanied Chorus, Gerald O. Williams
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1986
The Historical Evolution of the Mass: Analysis and Performance, Patrick J. Gorman
Department: Music
Woodwind Quintet, Kurt V.M. Rothacker
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1985
Zero America: Seven Songs on Texts of Questionable Antiquity, Karl P. Henning
Department: Music
Chamber Ensemble and Narrator, Wayne R. Huck
Department: Music
A Historical Study of Three 19th-century Anthologies of Negro Spirituals, Including an Investigation of Their Origin and an Analysis of Their Contents., Assunta Koay
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1984
Three Compositions - Moon Song: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass with Flute Accompaniment, Remembered Voices: Two Songs for Soprano and Cello, A Suite of Variations for Woodwind Quintet, Elizabeth Alexander
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1982
The Ballets of Igor Stravinsky's Russian Period: a Critical Study, Alice C. Smith
Department: Music
An Historical Survey of Spanish Music, Pamela H. Weiler
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1981
Sonata for No Sharps or Flats, Mark Frazier
Department: Music
The Netherlands Giant: Orlando Di Lasso His Historical Background and Some Examples of His Work, Karen Margaret Jones
Department: Music
Changing Critical Attitudes Toward the Music of William Walton, Hannah M. Kerwin
Department: Music
A Survey of Organ Design from Ctesibius to the Present, Pamela H. Weiler
Department: Music
Dmitri Shostakovich: An Analysis of His Life and Preludes, Pamela H. Weiler
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1980
First String Quartet, David Gilfix
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1979
Sonata for Flute and Piano, Kim Shirey
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1977
Santa Claus: An Opera in Five Scores, Jackson Brown
Department: Music
Santa Claus: An Opera in Five Scenes, John Jackson Brown III
Department: Music
The Revelation of John - A Cantata, Elisabeth Marvin
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1974
A Comparative Analysis of "Octandre," "Intégrales," and "Ionisation" by Edgard Varèse, David Beaubien
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1973
Hector Berlioz and the Romantic Era in France, Richard S. James
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1972
Alban Berg's Sieben Frühe Lieder, Susan M. McConnell
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1971
A Study of the Songs, Opus 105 by Johannes Brahms, Gene Leonardi
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1970
Birth of an Opera: Alban Berg's Wozzeck, Victoria Hereford Garrett
Department: Music
Charles Ives' "West London" : an Analysis, Marjorie R. Hanlin
Department: Music
Jacques Champion De Chambonnières 1602-1672 Le Premier Et Le Second Livre De Les Oeuvres Complètes, Peter B. Knock
Department: Music
An Analyzation of Montparnasse, Hyde Park, Voyage À Paris, and Hôtel by Francis Poulenc, Margaret Pettengill
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1969
Evolution of the Cadence from Monody to the Baroque, Carol S. Gregg
Department: Music
The Evolution of the Dance Suite in France and Germany from 1500 to 1750, Carole Guitry
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1968
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Style and Its Relationship to English Folk Song, Marna W. Pyle
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1966
Claudio Monteverdi: His Dramatic Works, Joan Carter Henderson
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1965
The Eighteen Great Chorales of J.S. Bach, Frank C. Brownstead
Department: Music
A Selection of Twentieth Century Piano Music for the Four Earliest Grades With Discussion of their Technical Difficulties, Joanna G. Doob
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1964
A Brief Historical Survey of the Organ and its Literature, Mary Coffman
Department: Music
The Dramatic Elements of the 'Dies Irae' in Benjamin Britten's 'War Requiem', Catherine Elwell
Department: Music
A Brief Study of the Development of Violin Technique Since the Seventeenth Century, Catherine L. Long
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1963
The Psalms of William Child Analysis and Commentary, Layton B. James
Department: Music
The Influence of Nadia Boulanger on Americans in Paris in the 1920s, Diane Lee Peacock
Department: Music
The Reciprocal Development of the Pianoforte and Its Literature from 1709 to 1900, Diane Lee Peacock
Department: Music
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1962
1890: The Artistic Milieu of Paris, Kathleen Coulter
Department: Music