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Robert Schumann's Symphony in D Minor, Op. 120: A Critical Study of Interpretation in the Nineteenth-Century German Symphony

Description: Robert Schumann's D-minor Symphony endured harsh criticism during the second half of the nineteenth century because of misunderstandings regarding his compositional approach to the genre of the symphony; changes in performance practices amplified the problems, leading to charges that Schumann was an inept orchestrator. Editions published by Clara Schumann and Alfred Dörffel as well as performing editions prepared by Woldemar Bargiel and Gustav Mahler reflect ideals of the late nineteenth centur… more
Date: May 2003
Creator: Hellner, Jean Marie
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Symphony in Three Movements

Description: Symphony in Three movements is an orchestra work scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in Bb, two bassoons, two horns in F, three trumpets in Bb, three trombones, one tuba, percussion and strings. The percussion consists of timpani, vibraphone, temple block, tom-tom, suspended cymble, bass drum, and gong. The piece is not based on any non-musical image. The three movements of this work, I.(variation-like) II.(ternary) III.(fantasia-like), are based on the combination of the solemn cer… more
Date: December 1994
Creator: Park, Ki-Seob
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Symphony no. 1

Description: The Symphony has been composed using traditional Korean idioms and Western style four-movement arrangement. The Symphony requires Western instrumental forces. The discussions about Far Eastern music raised by Western and Eastern scholars, and about some Korean rhythmic aspects, articulations, and ornamentations help explain how the Symphony is constructed. The pitch materials, melodic styles, rhythm, form, and structural materials that are used in the composition are presented. Heterophony, emb… more
Date: December 1991
Creator: Oh, Seykyu
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[News Script: Symphony birthday]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Symphony Orchestra rehearsing for its final Fort Worth concert before embarking on a 13-state tour.
Date: February 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[Anshel Brusilow holding sheet music]

Description: Photograph of Anshel Brusilow, a professor in the NTSU music department and the Symphony Conductor, standing in his office. Behind him there are pictures attached to the wall and a filing cabinet. Brusilow is holding a book of sheet music written by Stravinsky and he is wearing a white button-down shirt.
Date: March 12, 1976
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Analysis of the Re-Orchestrations of Robert Schumann's Four Symphonies Employed by Felix Weingartner: With Four Recitals of Selected Works by Schumann, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Bizet, Rossini, and Chabrier

Description: An analysis of re-orchestrations of Robert Schumann's four symphonies employed by conductor Felix Weingartner (1863-1942). The text includes a brief history of Schumann's orchestral writing career and an overview of Weingartner's life as a conductor. The bulk of the dissertation discusses actual changes suggested by Weingartner (with score examples). Patterns of modifications are identified and discussed as they relate to historically entrenched problems perceived with Schumann's originally emp… more
Date: August 1997
Creator: Cummings, Ronn (Ronn Thomas)
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Édouard Batiste's Symphonie militaire (1845): edition and commentary

Description: Symphonie Militaire is a three movement work for twelve solo wind instruments composed by Edouard Batiste (1820-1876), a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and organist. The composition is scored for flute, two oboes, two B-flat clarinets, two bassoons, E-flat trumpet with valves, two F horns with valves, trombone, and B-flat ophicleide. In this edition, which was prepared from the original manuscript, the trumpet part is transposed to B-flat and a tuba has been substituted for the ophicleide… more
Date: May 1976
Creator: Smialek, William
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[News Clip: Houston High]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: May 14, 1990
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Music education]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: 199X
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Three Units

Description: Three Units is a symphony in three movements: fast-slow-fast. The general shape or large form of each unit is noticeably different from its counterparts, although all three exhibit a common feature: an evolutionary process in which one or more musical genres form the basis for the entire movement.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Oldfield, W.A. (Willard Alan), 1935-
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Sinfonietta

Description: "SINFONIETTA" is constructed on a free usage of the traditional Sonata-form. It has an introduction; an Exposition, with two principal themes; a Development, in which both principal themes are used; and a Recapitulation, in which both principal themes are combined.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Pickering, Robert Leroy
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Symphony Number Five

Description: Symphony Number Five is a composition in three movements for orchestra. It is characterized by an economy of materials and a clarity of presentation of those materials. Further, the materials are expressed in a simplistic manner which avoids intricate textural content and complex melodic and harmonic structures. The symphony was chosen as a pattern of structure for this composition since it represents a microcosm of the history and development of musical style since 1760.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Elliott, Don A. (Don Allen)
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Symphony for Band

Description: Symphony for Band is a composition in three movements following a fast, slow, fast tempo scheme; the work is approximately sixteen minutes in duration. The standard band instrumentation is augmented by the addition of C trumpets, flugelhorns, an English horn, and a piano. The timbre of these instruments is explored both in a soloistic manner and in varying instrumental sombinations.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Osentowski, Francis
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[News Clip: Messiah]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5:30pm.
Date: December 16, 1990, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Symphony]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 15, 1979, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Symphony]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 19, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Wright symphony]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 19, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: DSO-Gospel]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 20, 1977, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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