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Symphonic Overture

Description: "Symphonic Overture" is constructed like a symphony in miniature with the traditional sonata-allegro form used as a vehicle to expose the three contrasting actions, and to combine them into one concise movement.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Tenore, Joseph Richard
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Gethsemane to Calvary

Description: "Gethsemane to Calvary" is a sacred cantata for mixed voices and keyboard accompaniment. It is divided into six sections which are called parts. With the exception of part one which is a potpourri overture, the parts are divided into a variety of choral forms.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Bryson, Olden James
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Sinfonietta

Description: Sinfonietta is a one-movement piece for full symphony orchestra. The work contains five themes, three of which are the more important. The remaining two are subordinate because they are shorter, and not as fully developed as the A themes. A diagram of the form of the piece is shown on the following page as Figure 1. The duration of the work is approximately 14 minutes.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Morgan, Bob, 1941-
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Symphony Concertante

Description: Symphony Concertante is a three-movement work for a string orchestra and a soloist group of winds which includes flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, horn in F, and trumpet in B-flat. The movements have the following tempo indications: (I) Allegro ma non troppo, (II) Lento, and (III) Allegro con fuoco.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Holt, Gaston Darrell
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Quintet for Woodwinds

Description: "Quintet for Woodwinds " is in four movements. The form of each movement is basically traditional: the first movement is in Sonata form; the second movement is a Theme and Variations; the third movement is a short Chorale; and the fourth movement is a Rondo. The themes of the movements are interrelated, giving a cynical effect.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Dennis, Donald Munroe
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Polymetrics

Description: Polymetrics is a one-movement work for symphonic wind ensemble, of approximately 8 minutes' duration. The instrumentation includes thirty woodwinds, thirteen brasses, and ten percussionists. The pitch organization is based on two hexachords that encompass all twelve pitch classes.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Pumphrey, James A. (James Allen)
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Symphonic Variations

Description: The problem of classifying variations according to technical plan and stylistic treatment centers on the determination of which elements of the theme (melody, harmonic scheme, structure) are retained in each component variation and the compositional methods (elaboration, embellishment, motivic fragmentation) which are applied.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Miller, Lewis M., 1933-
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String Quartet

Description: The String Quartet is comprised of three movements: Allegro, Adagio, and Vivace. The Allegro utilizes a monothematic Sonata Allegro form: the Adagio is through-composed, and the Vivace is a Rondo. All three movements feature a lean harmonic texture, much of the harmony resulting from linear movement, i.e. counterpoint.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Steele, Robert Lanny
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String Quartet

Description: The first movement of the "String Quartet" opens with a gradual unfolding of the lead motive in the first six measures of the section marked "Largo." The second theme is heard in the first two measures of the section marked "Moderato" after a false start by the first violin. The third movement utilizes the essential dance characteristics of the "Minuet" marking.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Riley, James.
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New York Cycle

Description: New York Cycle consists of the settings of three poems for bass-baritone voice and eight instruments. The poems, each of which serves as the basis for one movement, are "The East River's Charm" by Samuel Bernard Greenberg, "Brooklyn Bridge" by Vladimir Mayakovsky, and "The Skyscraper Loves Night" by Carl Sandberg. The instrumentation employed consists of two French horns, vibraphone, timpani, and string quartet.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Ehle, Robert C.
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Concertino for Orchestra

Description: Concertino for Orchestra is a one-movement composition of rhapsodic character. The treatment of form and orchestration resembles that of the first movement of a concerto. The piece is in modified sonata form, containing two exposition-development sections. The orchestration employs a wide range of tonal colors, and has been used extensively in this piece to emphasize textural development. Each group of instruments is used individually in solo style, and yet the orchestral tutti never assumes th… more
Date: August 1963
Creator: Wirtel, Thomas
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Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Description: Like the trumpet concertos of Haydra and Hummel, the present concerto for trumpet and orchestra is set in the classical plan of three movements: fast, slow, and fast. The total duration is approximately twenty minutes. The instrumentation of the orchestra, reveals an ensemble of moderate proportions.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Tull, Fisher
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Sonata for Two Pianos

Description: The Sonata for Two Pianos, eighteen in duration, is in the form of a large arch. The arch is constructed by relating the last movement to the second and first movements by borrowing material from these movements. The resulting form is a large ABA comprising the entire composition. The arch is superimposed over a more traditional formal concept of sonata. A sonata-allegro form is distinguishable in the first movement, a fantasia-variations in the second, and a modified sonata-allegro in the fin… more
Date: July 1966
Creator: Calhoon, William H. (William Henry), 1937-
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Essay for Orchestra

Description: The Essay for Orchestra combines three contemporary styles of melodic writing into sonata form. The exposition contains three themes. The first theme is a twelve-tone row. Unlike the usual approach to serial writing, the row is used in its original form throughout the piece and is developed by rhythmic alterations. The theme never occurs in its inversion or retrograde. The second theme of the exposition illustrates a chromatic type of melody. The third theme in the exposition is constructed of … more
Date: January 1961
Creator: Payne, Frank Lynn
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Sound Study

Description: Sound Study is a composition for large symphony orchestra in the twelve-tone idiom. It is a one-movement, monothematic piece in a large ternary form. The main body of the work is preceded by a long introduction which includes statements of the single thematic idea. The A section of the piece is scherzo-like in character and in a moderate 6/8 tempo. The theme is announced and receives a variety of treatment in this section. The B section is an extensive development of thematic material and utili… more
Date: August 1966
Creator: Haerle, Dan
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Three Movements for Orchestra

Description: The two purpose of this paper are to present an abbreviated study of the following three movements for orchestra, and to examine two different aspects of serial techniques used in the first and last movements respectively. Each movement is basically in the same A B A form; each, however, represents an entirely different approach to composition. Of course there are areas common to all three movements (melodic content, fragmentation, orchestration), and it is hoped that a stylistic continuity is … more
Date: August 1965
Creator: Warfield, Gerald
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String Quartet

Description: The "String Quartet" is constructed upon the form of a theme and seven variations. It is the principal purpose of the theme to provide a unifying musical idea, and the variations to provide a continuous line of development of that idea The characteristics of simplicity and directness in the construction of the theme, not unusual in the variation form, furnish the source materials for extensive development that progresses in levels of complexity in each variation. A return to the theme, again w… more
Date: August 1960
Creator: Hill, Phillip Waring
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Three Movements for Woodwind Quintet

Description: Three Movements for Woodwind Quintet contains serial technique to a limited degree. The composition is not tonal but is in three distinct sections, the first of which is in ABA' form. The first movement is in a fast tempo with the exception of the second section, which is slightly slower. The meter is 2/4 throughout the entire first movement. The second movement is a slow movement and is in variation form. The third movement starts at a fast tempo and the meters alternate between 2/4, 3/4, 5/8 … more
Date: August 1966
Creator: Shurley, Robert D. (Robert Derwood)
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Quartet for Woodwinds

Description: This thesis is a woodwind quartet in three movements. The instrumentation is traditional: flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, and bassoon. The clarinet is in concert pitch to reveal more clearly the tonal organization of the work.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Jones, Clifton R. (Clifton Rule)
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Oscillation

Description: Oscillation for Prepared Electronic Tape and Symphony Orchestra is a multi-sectional one-movement composition with an aleatory section that has been partially serialized. The piece begins with a five-tone motif on tape which is developed by the orchestra as an introduction to Section I. The principal theme is developed by the strings and brought it to a climax. This climax is immediately interpolated by the five-tone motif slightly altered. At this point the thematic material is mutated and th… more
Date: August 1968
Creator: Labbe, Adolph L.
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Music for Chamber Band

Description: The purpose of the composition of the "Music for Chamber Band" is the creation of an extended work for an ensemble of solo wind instruments are treated as woodwind and brass quartets, with the percussion section, which requires four players, serving a subordinate function. The "Music for Chamber Band" is in three contrasting but thematically interrelated movements. The first movement, entitled "Lament," is marked "Slowly and simply" and has a mournful character. The second movement is fast and … more
Date: January 1964
Creator: Davis, Joe Lane
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String Quartet

Description: This quartet shows the composer's development from a highly chromatic, freely melodic, un-serialized style in movement I, through a still free, but disjunct, somewhat more ordered style in movement II, to a style in movement III which makes much use of serial techniques. This last usage, however, no longer employs the twelve-tone method in a stiff and fettered manner.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Conyers, Carolyn C. (Carolyn Camille)
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A Psalm Fantasy

Description: A Psalm Fantasy is a cantata in three movements for mezzo-soprano or baritone soloist, chorus of mixed voices and orchestra. The orchestra comprises two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in B-flat, three trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, xylophone, harp and strings.
Date: January 1963
Creator: McCain, Eula Louise
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