“Cyclical Implications
in Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson”
Article co-authored with Ann Dorr in the College Music Symposium (Volume 32, 1992).
This article looks at the textual and musical organization of the 12-song cycle and examines the relationship between the cyclical structure and the employment of compositional techniques that work together to create this important contribution to American song literature that in Copland’s words offers "a musical counterpart for the unique personality of the poet."
http://symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2093:cyclical-implications-in-aaron-coplands-twelve-poems-of-emily-dickinson&Itemid=146
“The Songs of Max Reger: The Texts as Social Commentary”
Article in the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Journal of Singing (Volume 51, No. 3, January/February, 1995).
This article offers an overview of Reger as a composer of songs, in which the view of the man is supported by his settings of poetic texts. It makes observations regarding the one hundred poets whose texts the composer chose to set, categorizes the poetic subject matter explored in his songs, and gives historical antecedents in stylistic and musical characteristics of the 277 little-known songs by this major, post-romantic composer.
http://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/journal-of-singing-index.html
Arias, Duets, and Scenes from the Operas of William Grant Still
Three-volume set compiled and edited by Beverly Soll, William Grant Still Music, 1998.
These three volumes offer a selection of the best arias, duets, and scenes from the eight operas of America’s “Dean of African American composers.” This collection is an important contribution to an understanding of Still’s music because it offers performance editions of music otherwise available only as photo-duplicated copies of the scores written by the composer on his music typewriter in the middle decades of the 20th century.
http://www.williamgrantstill.com/Arias-Duets-Scenes-William-Grant-Still-Sheet-Music/b/10107163011?ie=UTF8&title=Arias+Duets+%26+Scenes
I Dream a World: The Operas of William Grant Still
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2005.
William Grant Still (1895–1978) dreamed of a world in which his eight operas—for him the ultimate form of musical expression—would be heard in the major opera houses in the United States, devoting most of his career toward the pursuit of this goal. This book documents the history of the composer and his contributions to American opera, and—in an intensely personal way—tells the story of William Grant Still’s love of operatic music, of the libretti that reflect his own life and philosophy, and of the world he dreamed through his work. I Dream a World opens a window on Still the man as well as on Still the composer and offers insights into the social milieu of this pioneering African American man in America’s musical history.
http://www.uapress.com/dd-product/i-dream-a-world/ or http://www.Amazon.com
Article co-authored with Ann Dorr in the College Music Symposium (Volume 32, 1992).
This article looks at the textual and musical organization of the 12-song cycle and examines the relationship between the cyclical structure and the employment of compositional techniques that work together to create this important contribution to American song literature that in Copland’s words offers "a musical counterpart for the unique personality of the poet."
http://symposium.music.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2093:cyclical-implications-in-aaron-coplands-twelve-poems-of-emily-dickinson&Itemid=146
“The Songs of Max Reger: The Texts as Social Commentary”
Article in the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Journal of Singing (Volume 51, No. 3, January/February, 1995).
This article offers an overview of Reger as a composer of songs, in which the view of the man is supported by his settings of poetic texts. It makes observations regarding the one hundred poets whose texts the composer chose to set, categorizes the poetic subject matter explored in his songs, and gives historical antecedents in stylistic and musical characteristics of the 277 little-known songs by this major, post-romantic composer.
http://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/journal-of-singing-index.html
Arias, Duets, and Scenes from the Operas of William Grant Still
Three-volume set compiled and edited by Beverly Soll, William Grant Still Music, 1998.
These three volumes offer a selection of the best arias, duets, and scenes from the eight operas of America’s “Dean of African American composers.” This collection is an important contribution to an understanding of Still’s music because it offers performance editions of music otherwise available only as photo-duplicated copies of the scores written by the composer on his music typewriter in the middle decades of the 20th century.
http://www.williamgrantstill.com/Arias-Duets-Scenes-William-Grant-Still-Sheet-Music/b/10107163011?ie=UTF8&title=Arias+Duets+%26+Scenes
I Dream a World: The Operas of William Grant Still
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2005.
William Grant Still (1895–1978) dreamed of a world in which his eight operas—for him the ultimate form of musical expression—would be heard in the major opera houses in the United States, devoting most of his career toward the pursuit of this goal. This book documents the history of the composer and his contributions to American opera, and—in an intensely personal way—tells the story of William Grant Still’s love of operatic music, of the libretti that reflect his own life and philosophy, and of the world he dreamed through his work. I Dream a World opens a window on Still the man as well as on Still the composer and offers insights into the social milieu of this pioneering African American man in America’s musical history.
http://www.uapress.com/dd-product/i-dream-a-world/ or http://www.Amazon.com