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ContributorsChang, Ruihong (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-03-29
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Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano was composed by Paul Schoenfeld (b.1947) in 1990 as a showpiece, spotlighting the virtuosity of both the violin and piano in equal measure. Each movement is a modern interpretation of a folk or popular genre, re- envisioned over intricate jazz harmonies and rhythms. The work was commissioned by violinist Lev Polyakin, who specifically requested some short pieces that could be performed in a local jazz establishment named Night Town in Cleveland, Ohio. The result is a work that is approximately fifteen minutes in length. Schoenfeld is a respected composer in the contemporary classical music community, whose Café Music (1986) for piano trio has recently become a staple of the standard chamber music repertoire. Many of his other works, however, remain in relative obscurity. It is the focus of this document to shed light on at least one other notable composition; Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano. Among the topics to be discussed regarding this piece are a brief history behind the genesis of this composition, a structural summary of the entire work and each of its movements, and an appended practice guide based on interview and coaching sessions with the composer himself. With this project, I hope to provide a better understanding and appreciation of this work.
ContributorsJanczyk, Kristie Annette (Author) / Ryan, Russell (Thesis advisor) / Campbell, Andrew (Committee member) / Norton, Kay (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015
ContributorsWhite, Aaron (Performer) / Kim, Olga (Performer) / Hammond, Marinne (Performer) / Shaner, Hayden (Performer) / Yoo, Katie (Performer) / Shoemake, Crista (Performer) / Gebe, Vladimir, 1987- (Performer) / Wills, Grace (Performer) / McKinch, Riley (Performer) / Freshmen Four (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-04-27
ContributorsRosenfeld, Albor (Performer) / Pagano, Caio, 1940- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-10-03
ContributorsCao, Yuchen (Performer) / Chen, Sicong (Performer) / Soberano, Chino (Performer) / Nam, Michelle (Performer) / Collins, Clarice (Performer) / Witt, Juliana (Performer) / Liu, Jingting (Performer) / Chen, Neilson (Performer) / Zhang, Aihua (Performer) / Jiang, Zhou (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-04-25
ContributorsMcLin, Katherine (Performer) / Campbell, Andrew (Pianist) (Performer) / Ericson, John Q. (John Quincy), 1962- (Performer) / McLin/Campbell Duo (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-09-23
Description
Samuel Máynez Prince (1886-1966), was a prolific and important Mexican musician. Prince’s musical style followed the trends of the nineteenth-century salon music genre. His compositions include lullabies, songs, dances, marches, mazurkas, waltzes, and revolutionary anthems. Prince’s social status and performances in the famed Café Colón in Mexico City increased his popularity among high-ranking political figures during the time of the Mexican Revolution as well as his status in the Mexican music scene.
Unfortunately there is virtually no existing scholarship on Prince and even basic information regarding his life and works is not readily available. The lack of organization of the manuscript scores and the absence of dates of his works has further pushed the composer into obscurity. An investigation therefore was necessary in order to explore the neglected aspects of the life and works of Prince as a violinist and composer. This document is the result of such an investigation by including extensive new biographical information, as well as the first musical analysis and edition of the complete recovered works for violin and piano.
In order to fill the gaps present in the limited biographical information regarding Prince’s life, investigative research was conducted in Mexico City. Information was drawn from archives of the composer’s grandchildren, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. The surviving relatives provided first-hand details on events in the composer’s life; one also offered the researcher access to their personal archive including, important life documents, photographs, programs from concert performances, and manuscript scores of the compositions. Establishing connections with the relatives also led the researcher to examining the violins owned and used by the late violinist/composer.
This oral history approach led to new and updated information, including the revival of previously unpublished music for violin and piano. These works are here compiled in an edition that will give students, teachers, and music-lovers access to this unknown repertoire. Finally, this research seeks to promote the beauty and nuances of Mexican salon music, and the complete works for violin and piano of Samuel Máynez Prince in particular.
Unfortunately there is virtually no existing scholarship on Prince and even basic information regarding his life and works is not readily available. The lack of organization of the manuscript scores and the absence of dates of his works has further pushed the composer into obscurity. An investigation therefore was necessary in order to explore the neglected aspects of the life and works of Prince as a violinist and composer. This document is the result of such an investigation by including extensive new biographical information, as well as the first musical analysis and edition of the complete recovered works for violin and piano.
In order to fill the gaps present in the limited biographical information regarding Prince’s life, investigative research was conducted in Mexico City. Information was drawn from archives of the composer’s grandchildren, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. The surviving relatives provided first-hand details on events in the composer’s life; one also offered the researcher access to their personal archive including, important life documents, photographs, programs from concert performances, and manuscript scores of the compositions. Establishing connections with the relatives also led the researcher to examining the violins owned and used by the late violinist/composer.
This oral history approach led to new and updated information, including the revival of previously unpublished music for violin and piano. These works are here compiled in an edition that will give students, teachers, and music-lovers access to this unknown repertoire. Finally, this research seeks to promote the beauty and nuances of Mexican salon music, and the complete works for violin and piano of Samuel Máynez Prince in particular.
ContributorsEkenes, Spencer Arvin (Author) / McLin, Katherine (Thesis advisor) / Feisst, Sabine (Committee member) / Jiang, Danwen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
Description
A robotic swarm can be defined as a large group of inexpensive, interchangeable
robots with limited sensing and/or actuating capabilities that cooperate (explicitly
or implicitly) based on local communications and sensing in order to complete a
mission. Its inherent redundancy provides flexibility and robustness to failures and
environmental disturbances which guarantee the proper completion of the required
task. At the same time, human intuition and cognition can prove very useful in
extreme situations where a fast and reliable solution is needed. This idea led to the
creation of the field of Human-Swarm Interfaces (HSI) which attempts to incorporate
the human element into the control of robotic swarms for increased robustness and
reliability. The aim of the present work is to extend the current state-of-the-art in HSI
by applying ideas and principles from the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI),
which has proven to be very useful for people with motor disabilities. At first, a
preliminary investigation about the connection of brain activity and the observation
of swarm collective behaviors is conducted. After showing that such a connection
may exist, a hybrid BCI system is presented for the control of a swarm of quadrotors.
The system is based on the combination of motor imagery and the input from a game
controller, while its feasibility is proven through an extensive experimental process.
Finally, speech imagery is proposed as an alternative mental task for BCI applications.
This is done through a series of rigorous experiments and appropriate data analysis.
This work suggests that the integration of BCI principles in HSI applications can be
successful and it can potentially lead to systems that are more intuitive for the users
than the current state-of-the-art. At the same time, it motivates further research in
the area and sets the stepping stones for the potential development of the field of
Brain-Swarm Interfaces (BSI).
robots with limited sensing and/or actuating capabilities that cooperate (explicitly
or implicitly) based on local communications and sensing in order to complete a
mission. Its inherent redundancy provides flexibility and robustness to failures and
environmental disturbances which guarantee the proper completion of the required
task. At the same time, human intuition and cognition can prove very useful in
extreme situations where a fast and reliable solution is needed. This idea led to the
creation of the field of Human-Swarm Interfaces (HSI) which attempts to incorporate
the human element into the control of robotic swarms for increased robustness and
reliability. The aim of the present work is to extend the current state-of-the-art in HSI
by applying ideas and principles from the field of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI),
which has proven to be very useful for people with motor disabilities. At first, a
preliminary investigation about the connection of brain activity and the observation
of swarm collective behaviors is conducted. After showing that such a connection
may exist, a hybrid BCI system is presented for the control of a swarm of quadrotors.
The system is based on the combination of motor imagery and the input from a game
controller, while its feasibility is proven through an extensive experimental process.
Finally, speech imagery is proposed as an alternative mental task for BCI applications.
This is done through a series of rigorous experiments and appropriate data analysis.
This work suggests that the integration of BCI principles in HSI applications can be
successful and it can potentially lead to systems that are more intuitive for the users
than the current state-of-the-art. At the same time, it motivates further research in
the area and sets the stepping stones for the potential development of the field of
Brain-Swarm Interfaces (BSI).
ContributorsKaravas, Georgios Konstantinos (Author) / Artemiadis, Panagiotis (Thesis advisor) / Berman, Spring M. (Committee member) / Lee, Hyunglae (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017