1952
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John E. Original Music Composition.
1953
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Charles A. Jazz and its Origin.
1956
Costello,
Robert B. The Piano: Its Music, Techniques, and Cultural Role from the
Baroque to the Present.
1958
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Richard W. Successful Programming Procedures for the Vocal Artist.
1962
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McClellan, Myron S. Ten Compositions in the Fields of Indeterminate and
Experimental Music.
1967
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1969
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1970
Knight,
Douglas M., Jr. A Reaction to Learning Mridangam Accompaniment and Notes
to a Performance of South Indian Music Given May 1, 1970.
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Andrew F. The Gamelan Sekati of Central Java.
Zummo,
Peter J. Instructor’s Manual for Performing Workshop.
1971
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Glenn David. Investigation of Improvisatory Experience.
LeRoy,
Robert W. Classical Music of South India.
1972
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Mark A. Structural Composition: Theory and Application.
Kaloyanides, Michael G. The Musical Heritage of Crete.
1973
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1974
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Nancy Louise. Interpretation and Performance of German Lieder.
Barbera,
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Change.
Goldman,
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Goldstein, Ilene Edwina. A Performance and Analysis from the Works of
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Donald Samuel. The Rebab as a Reference Point in Central Javanese Gamelan.
Rotherburg, Roger Lee. The Music of Rocky Lee and His Bad Companions.
1975
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Bartòk, and Chopin.
Strachan,
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1976
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Indians of Capachica, Peru.
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Swing,
Pamela. Da Farder Ben Da Wylcomer: (The More You’re With Us, The More
You’re Welcome): Shetland Island Fiddle Music.
1977
Bruce,
Phyllis Mackowitz. A Preliminary Investigation of American Women Song
Composers of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.
David,
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Kendall,
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Topalian,
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Weismiller, Peter. Esoteric Learning and the Navagraha Kritis of
Muttuswamy Dikshitar.
1978
Bilson,
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Campbell,
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Gaylord,
Deborah L. Living with the Dead – A Study of Communication with the Dead
in the Social and Ritual Life of the Belizean Garifuna.
Kerner,
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Nussenbaum, David L. Three Early Settings of Metastasio’s
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Scolnick,
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Sturken,
Carl A. Early Jazz Guitar.
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Francine L. Stewart Robertson: An Oral History.
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1979
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Freudenheim, John M. Mridangam Accompaniment in the Classical Music of
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Kottmeyer,
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Wahl,
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Wessel,
Kenneth L. A Dog’s Music: Composition, Arrangement and Performance of
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1980
Abajian,
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Bauer,
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Bergeron,
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1981
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Instruments in Performance.
Frishman,
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McHale,
Ellen E. French Canadian to Franco-American: A Study of the Music Culture
of Derby, Vermont.
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Alan M. Four Compositions in the Jazz Idiom: “Hot Sauce,” “King Edward and
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Stewart,
Sylvie H. “An Evening of Music” (with a touch of Theater).
Stone,
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Bryant M. Four Compositions: “Eb Tide,” “Norumbega,” “Whitebird,” “The
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1982
Alter,
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Charloff,
Ruth Anne. Piano Recital.
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Lancefield, Robert Charles. Original Compositions in the Afro-American
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Levin,
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Loucky,
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Trombone and Euphonium by Czech, Polish, Hungarian, French, Argentine, and
American Composers.
Skillman,
Teri Leigh. Kathak.
1983
Elliot,
Jan. Baroque Music for Recorder and Traditional Music and Dance from the
British Isles.
Neely,
Alison G. Piano Recital.
Norris,
Megan P. Senior Honors Thesis Project.
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Marian R. A Recital.
Roseman,
Edward B. The Sea Horse.
Wolff,
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1984
Berman,
Donald L. Selected Works Performed by Donald Berman.
Burger,
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deVaron,
Alexander M. A Couple of Things – 5 concerts and explanatory notes and
colloquium.
Hallarman,
Lynn E. Baroque and 20th Century Music for the Flute.
Romano,
Martin. Four Songs About Supermarkets.
Thom,
Jennifer. “A Musical Affair…” a Thesis Recital.
1985
Dunn,
Max. Honors Thesis Concert.
Griffiths,
Ward. Prime Time Tunes.
Wimmer,
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1986
Cion,
Shira. Outside Event – Music, Dance, Theater (ensemble ritual).
Hamburger, David. Mail for my Boxmate: An Exploration of the Role of the
Guitar in Jazz.
Reiss,
Wayne Jefferson. Reiss’s Pieces.
1987
Brandon,
Jennifer. Senior Vocal Performance.
Hewitt,
Emily. Opera – “Elysian Farm” – a farce.
Mason,
Gabrielle. Vocal Performance: Opera and Art Song.
Neuman,
Douglas. A Senior Thesis in Piano Performance.
Osborn,
Edward. Watching the Zamboni: Notes on the Music of Ed.
Reid-Schwartz, Matthew. Flute: A Senior Thesis Concert.
1988
Connell,
Elizabeth C. Richard Strauss and Gabriel Fauré: Personal Approaches to
Song Composition.
Hedges,
James. Notes.
Nashel,
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Schurgin,
Gwenn D. A Saxophonist’s Plight: A Personal Essay.
Taylor,
Michael E. The Keyboard World of William Croft.
1989
Broening,
Benjamin. Recent Compositions.
MacKenzie,
Douglas. A Study in South Indian Rhythmic Patterning and Accompaniment.
Scher,
Jason. Three Pieces.
Searles,
Julie. Songs of Brasil.
Sobel,
Adam. Adam’s Best Apples.
1990
Bardfeld,
Samuel J. Catgut Composite.
Cobe,
Russell A. A Suite of Sacred Music.
Gabay,
Jacqueline E. Senior Piano Recital.
Morgan,
Kelly S. Béla Bartòk and Marguerite Beclard D’Harcourt: The Study of Folk
Music and the Beginnings of Ethnomusicology.
Rosen,
Merri-Jane. Recital of Solo and Chamber Works for Oboe and the Romantic
Age in Music: Its Effects on the Use of the Oboe.
Springer,
Elise. Music as Erotic: Perspectives of Selfhood.
Terry,
Brett C. The Persistence and the Disintegration of the Persistence of
Memory.
Will,
Catharina M. Listening to the Gamelan.
1991
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Jeremy William. Imitating Art: The Use of Found Sound Material in 20th
Century Western Music and Notes from the Concert.
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Marshall Lane. Performance Diary.
Desmond,
James Murray. Performance Write-Up.
Eisengart,
Charles Andrew. Performance Notes.
Gelazis,
Julija Jurate. Vakarone: A Lithuanian-American Musical Experience.
Holshouser, William Hosea. The Big Wooden Box and the Breathing
Typewriter: Braxton Compositions and Arrangements for Small Groups Featuring
Piano and Accordion.
Neuman,
Charles Philip. True But Irrelevant.
1992
Frankel,
Melissa K. Mysticism in the Music and Lives of Erik Satie and Claude
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Gertner,
Eric Timothy. Music and Dance of Ghana.
Mulhauser,
Chris. The Care and Feeding of the Musical Genre.
Snyder,
Jesse M. Music and Cultural Identity Among the Indian Community in
Connecticut.
1993
Foster,
Jonathon Barrows. Sound Installations: Concrete Sound and Physical Form.
McLeod,
Rodd Christopher. Opportunities and Impossibilities.
Steinfeld,
Jessica. Escapism in Unaccompanied Secular Choral Music.
1994
Gilbert,
Jesse Lukas. Through-Space Projections.
Rosenberg, Scott Alan. A Moment of Our Time.
1995
Bartell,
Leah. Outside the Canon: Examining Public and Private in the Lives of
Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann.
Bell,
Josh Bowles, IV. Music for Most Anything.
Cimmet,
Brian H. e-love.
Corwin,
Alex David. Induced Flow Fields in an Ether Resonator.
Grenier,
David G. Public Creative Process.
Patton,
Brandon Quinn. Barking at the Word (An Original Composition) and a paper,
exploring Sound, Music and Language through the Nonsense of Futurism and Dada.
Piper,
Daniel Clifford. Overt Exchanges.
Wilmers,
Chris. Understanding the Mind.
1996
Fox,
Kevin Philip. An Analysis of Structure in Selected Twentieth Century Mass
Settings to Accompany an Original Setting Entitled
Missa Brevis I.
Holder,
Trevor Shaun. Time, Space, and Dialogue in Music.
Hung,
Eric Hing-Tao. Ferruccio Busoni’s
Nachdichtungen: “Eclectic” Reworkings of Bach?
Lanin,
Benjamin Jay. Twelve Preludes for Guitar.
Loubet
Thom Carlyle. Jazzin’ the Blues: The Life and Music of Lonnie Johnson.
Lubkowski,
Carol Irene. Hearing Voices.
Roufa,
Michael Steven. The Voice as Instrument: A Comparative Study of the
Classical Singing Styles of Western Europe and South India.
1997
Gilmore,
Britta Q. The Structure and Function of Aesthetic Disruption in Selected
Works of Béla Bartók.
Girard,
Aaron. Voice-Leading and Expression in the Accompanied Recitatives of J.
S. Bach.
Harbert,
Benjamin J. Hybrid Structures: Negotiating Plural Musical Forms as a
Creative Musician.
Higgins,
Nicholas. Armature and Alankara (Structure and Ornamentation).
Rosenblatt, Joshua. Musical Lobsters and Other Tricks.
Steckler,
Matthew. The Formal Agenda in Composition.
1998
Bynum,
Taylor Franklin Ho. Mumbo Jumbo Music and SpiderMonkey Stories:
Compositions 1994-1997.
Clarke,
Ayanda. The Complexity of Simplicity: The Science of West African
Drumming.
Gilbert,
Daniel. Creative Reflections of a Changing America: Charles Mingus and
John Coltrane in the Civil Rights Era.
Hege,
Anne K. Ensemble Expressions.
Hill,
Jennifer. Redefining Musical Tradition in the Northern Andes.
McPherson, Steven. Sugar Sweet: Musicological and Esoteric Approaches to
Blues Modality and the Work of Muddy Waters.
Moyer,
Justin. Don’t Smoke/Don’t Drink/Don’t Fuck: Straight Edge and Semiotic
Warfare.
Ronick,
Eric. Marat/Sade: A Score.
Shane,
Nancy R. Carmina Cornica.
Smith,
Justin S. Towards A New American Opera: A Historical and Musical
Examination of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeny
Todd.
Speck,
John. “Con Swing y Sentimiento”: The Trombone in Salsa Music.
Torrisi,
Jessie. Unleashed Rhythm: A Journey Through Cameroon.
Vora,
Kalindi Ann. The Thing Itself: Exercises in the Music and Ritual of
Chanting.
1999
Buescher,
Michael. Digging in the Dirt: Towards an Understanding of Roots and the
Individual in West African Popular Music.
Correa,
Karen. “Se Cerca, Se Dice…” The Metastasian Drama & 18th
Century Aesthetics.
Dellinger, Seth. Original Compositions of Music and Language.
George,
Kareem A. Frederick’s “Enlightened” State: The Musical Politics of
Eighteenth-Century Prussia.
Hoyt,
Samuel. Playing Music.
Koulomzin,
Daniel. Improvisation Within Structure.
Moore,
John A. The Rock Star.
Patterson, Nathan. Europe, meet Jazz: A study of the cross influences
between jazz and European music in the 20th Century.
Sen,
Kabir. Socially Conscious Rap: An Examination of Political Lyricism’s
Development from Gil Scott Heron to Hip Hop.
Starns,
Sarah. Blue Chevy Song Book.
Stewart,
Paul. A Functional Understanding of Charles Mingus.
Thompson,
Rachel. Rethinking the ‘Divine Arabesque’: A Critical Approach to Claude
Debussy and the Javanese Kampong from the 1889 Exposition Universelle.
Uehlinger,
Kevin. Thesis Compositions.
2000
Adamian,
John. Fruit and Weapon of the Struggle: The Legacy of Guinea’s
State-Funded Music.
Danforth,
Sadie. Conceptions of the Woman Composer: A Study of Amy Beach.
Geremia,
Stephanie. A Celebration of Chaos.
Kennedy-Grant, Alexander. New Patterns.
Lehman,
Stephen. The Music of Jackie McLean.
Mundy,
Rachel. Messiaen and Color: Seeing Things as They Really Are.
Rahaim,
Matt. Simulogical Education.
Schatz,
Noam. Indiscriminate Graying: A Handbook in New Rhythmism.
Sterling,
Ben. The Potential of Connection.
Tobias,
Meredith. Women and Redemption Through Love in 18th and 19th-Century
Opera.
Tuzzolo,
Gregory. My Vibrating Soul: Music for Quartet and Octet.
Westman,
Aaron. Musical Quotations and Black Boxes in the Works of Dmitri
Shostakovich.
Whalen,
Gregory. Patterns in the 371 Chorales of J. S. Bach.
2001
Bell,
Julia Miriam. BAM Rebuilt: The Institutional Role of the Brooklyn Academy
of Music in Reconstructing An American Musical Identity During the Progressive
Era.
Bihldorff,
David Nicholas. Transcultural Inspiration in Pop Music.
Hanlon,
David Stephen. Improvisation in Western Art Music: Two Case Studies.
Munno,
Steven Paul. Mandalas: Original Scores for Performance and Listening
Mediation.
Rubin,
Nina Stephanie. In Pursuit of Tradition: Dare re Zimbabwe and the
Preservation of Shona Music in North America.
Scholnick,
Daniel Lloyd. Rub’ al Khali: The Empty Quarter of Tabla.
Shapiro,
Darcie Naomi. Collective Breath.
Sidhu,
Sujata Elam. Corporeality: Post-Atlantean Evolution through Changes in
Intervallic Systems.
Tan,
Sherina Yen Ling. Westernization of Chinese Music in Historical Context
(1930’s-1976) and the Merge of the East and West in Three Piano Transcriptions
of Traditional Chinese Music.
2002
Binnick, Jason. Duke Ellington's Film Scores (With an
Appendix of Original Compositions).
Chioh, Ee
Ling. Significant Contributions to the Development of the Marimba and its
Repertoire.
Dingman, Chris. Bobby Hutcherson: Reflections of Life
in Music.
Gentry, Phil. Queer Networks, Musical Desire:
Experimental Music in California, 1931-1941.
Goodwin, Tyler. The Double Bass in the Twentieth
Century.
Halvorson, Mary. The Spiritual: An Analysis.
Jerome, Erin. Mozart Had A Sister? Putting Three
Musical Women into Social Context.
Keiper, Tim. Music as a Means of Spiritual Development
and a Path to Enlightenment.
Rainey,
Samara. Mirrors of Orientalism: Toru Takemitsu and Music Aesthetics in the
Later Twentieth Century.
Rogove,
Greg. New Methods for Adapting Tabla Material onto the Drum Set.
Whelden,
Schuyler. Lingering Impressions and Poetic Digressions.
Sherman, Bill. The Effects of African American Music
on West African Popular Music Post-1990
2003
Brown, Joseph. The History and Development of the Drum Set Solo
Demisch, Robert. Step Off the Edge: A Guide to Rock Composition
Forscher, Mark. Electronic Music Composition
Ghertner, Robin. Hoy La Rumba
Jones, Stephanie. Opera, Science Fiction, and Meaning: An Introduction to "The Foetus Follies"
Karlesberg, Jesse. Activated Spaces
Looker, Charles. Vague Rigor: On Two Composition
Maclead, Iain. A Lyres's Tale
Morrison, Samuel. The Faces of South Africa's Jazz
Salkovskaya, Juliya. Thoughts on Language...
Tranchina, Nicholas. The BAck Seat: A New Gamelan
2004
Berman, William. "Troo Kvit": Extreme Metal Fans and Virtual Distinction
Cortez-Greig, Shanta. Reflecting Impulse
Eastman, Timothy. Sound/Not Sound
Encarnacion, Enrico. The Guitar in Jazz: It's Birth, Development & Integration Into Jazz
Lake, Robert. Essays on Fluxus
Paige, Aaron. Without Disturbing the Mood: Mrdangam Accompaniment in Carnatic Music
Raimi, Daniel. A Distinct Approach: The Music of Paul Motian
St. Clair, Daniel. Disappearing Acts
Weinstein, Anna. Amoris Patriae nutric Carmen: Patriotic Music & An American Religious Identity
2005
Ahl, David. Hip-Hop Production and Technology: The Science of Sound
Brick, Ashley. Musical Nationalism in 20th Century Argentina
Cotel, Sivan. Musical Memories from a Commercial Childhood
Herman, Eric. The Categorization and Marketing of African Music in America
Kelly, Matthew. Where We're Going and What We've Left Behind: Arts Education in New York City Public Schools and the influence of No Child Left Behind
Leinwand, Ethan. 6 Compositions by Ethan Leinwand
O'Connor, Simon. Magnifique: Genre, Race the Phenomenon of the "Crossover" in Popular Music
Ruder, David. Ensembles Amassing: Musical Overlap in Works by John Cage, Neely Bruce, Anthony Braxton, and John Zorn
Schoen, James. The Fruit Fallen: Compositions in Orchestral Rock
Swofford, William. *anahata* the rituals of akasha
Zayaruzny, Anna. Hearing Voices in Machaut's Motets
2006
Aprile, Andrew. Feedback: Popular Music and Society in Ghana and Senegal
Bryant, Joshua. The "Power of Judgement" in Kant, Thoreau and Cage
Cohen, Rob. The Influence of Frank Zappa and Sun Ra on a Young Composer, Musician, and Thinker
Foy, Nyasha. The Style is American but the Language is French: Hip Hop Culture through Rap Music in France & the US
Kiss, Gergely. On the Lieder of Franz Liszt
Louis, Smith. George Gershwin: American Culture in Music
McDonald, Christopher. Songs About Distance
Ouimette, Laura. Keeping the Congregation: Angelican Worship Music and Church Growth
Perry, Sarah. Cello Concerto No. 1 - Explanations of my Cello Concerto No. 1
Schuhmann, Reinhardt. The Cost of Culture: Copyright Law in Ghana
Sourdiffe, Asa. Jazz Violin Technique: Stuff Smith in Comparison with his Contemporaries
Taylor, Aaron. Tintinnabuli and Modernishm: Reevaluating the Popular Image of Arvo Part
Testa, Carl. Duke Ellington and Anthony Braxton: An Analysis of Border Crossing in Art Worlds
Witkin, Deborah. The Musical Treatment of Poetic Enjambement in Early Fifteenth-Century Rondeaux
2007
Bishop, Marlon. Part 1: Tango in America, 1913-1925: Outsider Music at the Birth of the Popular
Cordes, David. Essentially Ellington: Canon and It's Consequences
Gutkovich, Vladimir. Funk is its Own Reward: The Moving power of Parliament Funkadelic
Heath, Max. Transience and Transcendence "In the Aeroplane over the Sea"
Hill, Albert. A Summation, An Exploration
Hurder, Michael. A Transformative Power of Love: A Study in Composition and Collage
Ingpen, Jeremy. Hovering Harmony: Scriabin's Fifth Sonata
Monahon-Ward, Caley. Counter Culture, Country Culture: What MAde Charlie Daniels Country
Reilly, Jack. Systems, Methods, and Controls
Webb, Nathaniel. Sit Down and Shout! Reactions of Rock Music to the Classical Tradition
2008
Ash-Morgan, Nate. The New Hip-life Beat: Rooted in Ga Drumming
Boyer-Dry, Jonathan. Transforming Traditional Music in the Midst of Contemporary Change: The Survival of Cultural Troupes in Accra, Ghana
Harris, Daniel. Senior Thesis: Original Compositions, Essay and Performance
McKenney, Alice. Wesleyan University's World Instrument Collection: A Biographical Analysis
Meyer, Zachary. No Hay Revolucion Sin Canciones: The Role of Music in Modern Andean Social Movements
O'Connell, Bendan. Futuree Circuits: Live Electronic Music from David Tudor and Beyond
Pappadopoulos, Nick. Smith, Waller, Johnson: The Birth of Stride
Sirlin, Jonathan. Music Education and the Orchestra: Common Pedagogical Techniques and Their Impact on Seven Original Compositions
Tinkle, Adam. Back to the Garden: Pastoralism, Country Rock and Authenticity in the U.S. Counterculture, 1968-1970
Walters, Doug. Causes and Solutions For The Recent Decline In Recorded Music Sales
Weinberg, Leah. String Theory
Yaspan, Alan. Fishscales
Young, Zachary. Twentieth-Century Compositional Resources
2009
Degraf, Galen. Situating Salsa Through Tito Puente's Life and Music
Edwards, Paul. Collective Improvisation: Conversation, Interaction and Direction in the Music of Ornette Coleman and Jason Rigby
Fowler, Brittany. Neoclassical Idioms in Ottorino Respighi's "Lauder per Nativita del Signore"
Franklin, William. Black Hands White Palms
Moench, David. Music for Steven Kellogg's The Island of the Skog: Scores and Analysis
Moise, Claude. Jazz, Cartoons, and Jazz Cartoons
Newman, Joseph. Plagiarism as Art: Musical Borrowing and Copyright Law
Ottinger, Samuel. Black Friday: A Rock Opera in Two Acts
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