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Date of Award

Spring 2023

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Music (MMus)

Department

Music

First Advisor

Bain, Paul (Band director)

Second Advisor

Bourne, Patricia, 1957-

Third Advisor

Cox, Gregory, 1949-

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to compare and analyze three works for Wind Band containing the melody from the Shaker song “Simple Gifts” along with providing rehearsal and performance considerations. The melodic source content is scrutinized to show its different appearances and uses throughout each work. Additionally, rehearsal and performance suggestions are dispersed throughout the chapters for consideration. The three works include Aaron Copland’s Variations on a Shaker Melody from his Pulitzer Prize winning ballet Appalachian Spring, the fourth movement of Frank Ticheli’s Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs, and John Zdechlik’s Chorale and Shaker Dance.

Type

Text

Keywords

Wind Band, Band, Copland, Ticheli, Zdechlik, Simple Gifts, Variation, Score, Analysis, Shaker

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1381030869

Subjects – Names (LCNAF)

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Appalachian spring. Selections; Ticheli, Frank, 1958-; Zdechlik, John, 1937- Chorale and Shaker dance, no. 1.

Subject – LCSH

Bands (Music); Bands (Music)--Instruction and study; Shakers--Music

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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