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PhD Presentations
- Kate Van Orden (Harvard University โ USA)
This doctoral dissertation approaches the origins and development of the first saxophone ensembles in Brazil and demonstrates that this process took place through the symbiotic relationship between opera and band repertoires between 1888 and 1938, and served as the mainspring of Brazilian chamber music for this newly invented instrument. The interaction between concert and popular genres in...
Raymond Guiot and Angelo Persichilli are remembered as significant flautists and teachers of the twentieth century in Italy. Research on flute pedagogy during this period has been dominated by a particular focus on France and the Paris Conservatoire, and there is a void of doctoral research on flute pedagogy in Italy during this time. One existing study on Raymond Guiot has a focus on his...
The research analyzes the discourse constructed around the aesthetic trends of the repertoire performed by the Philharmonic and Symphonic Orchestras of Havana during the 1920s, under the direction of Pedro Sanjuรกn (San Sebastiรกn, 1886โWashington, 1976) and Gonzalo Roig (Havana, July 20, 1890โJune 13, 1970), respectively. These orchestras, which were in competition during their early years,...
My dissertation results from a larger four-year collaborative project conducted at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, Croatia, and funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. The project focused on the first three domestic record companies. The term โdomesticโ implies the historical context in which Zagreb โ the companiesโ headquarters โ was nested within larger...
From the middle of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the next one, theatre was a mass phenomenon, becoming a social shaping tool for many Enlightenment philosophers. This conception led to a series of ethical and aesthetic controversies on the stage and its music through Hispanic and Portuguese territories. They took place in different spheres: political, religious, administrative and...
