Charles Griffes - Dissertations and Theses

Arlton, Dean Luther.  American Piano Sonatas of the Twentieth Century: 
Selective Analysis and Annotated Index.  EdD Dissertation, Columbia 
University, 1968.

Barrett, Constance Elizabeth.  Towards Development of a Critical Edition 
of the String Quartets of Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  DMA Dissertation, 
Ohio State University, 1994.

Birkhead, Jane.  A Study of the Solo Songs of Charles T. Griffes. MA 
Thesis, University of Missouri, 1941.

Boda, Daniel.  The Music of Charles T. Griffes.  PhD Dissertation, 
Florida State University, 1962.

Boyd, Linda M.  Early twentieth-century Art Song: A Recital Program of 
Selected Works of Griffes, Ives, Ravel, and Schoenberg.  MS Thesis, 
Moorhead State University, 1988.

Conrey, George Arnold.  The Published Songs of Charles Tomlinson Griffes: 
A Stylistic Examination.  Dissertation, Chicago Musical College, 1955.

Davies, Katherine Currie.  Charles Tomlinson Griffes and His Music.  
MM Thesis, University of Rochester, 1937.

Fabbro, Renta Sergio.  The Stylistic Traits of Charles Griffes' Piano 
Music: Roman Sketches, Op. 7 and Piano Sonata (1917-1918).  DMA Dissertation, 
Rice University, 2001.

Flinn, Wesley C.  Analysis of the Published Songs of Charles T. Griffes. MA 
Thesis, San Diego State College, 1962.

Forde, Ann Marie.  Four Character Pieces from the Romantic Era: A Performer's 
Exploration of Compositions as Influenced by Biographical Events and 
Compositional Environment in Preparation for Performance: Frederic Chopin, 
Scherzo in B flat Minor; Charles Griffes, "Scherzo;" Franz Liszt, Etude in 
D flat major.  MM Thesis, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1997.

Frkovich, William Michael.  The Published Songs of Charles T. Griffes.  MM 
Thesis, Arizona State University, 1976.

Harris, Joseph Wharton.  A Graduate Flute Recital: Five Pieces Studied.  MM 
Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1993.

Harvey, Marion Bradley.  The Songs of Charles T. Griffes.  MA Dissertation, 
University of Pennsylvania, 1973.

Henry, Earl Luther.  Impressionism in the Arts and Its Influence on Selected 
Works by Charles Martin Loeffler, and Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  PhD 
Dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 1988.

Herrmann, Sarah.  Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Stylistic Development as Seen 
in Four Roman Sketches and Piano Sonata.  MM Thesis, Bowling Green State 
University, 1985.

Hoberg, John Louis.  A Study of the Four Roman Sketches of Charles T. 
Griffes.  MM Thesis, College of the Pacific, Stockton, CA: J. L. Hoberg, 
1955.

Holstad, Albert John.  The Ballades of Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, and Grieg; A 
Study of the Major Variations of Beethoven's Second Creative Period; The 
Piano Sonatas of Charles T. Griffes and Ernest Bloch.  DMA Dissertation, 
Northwestern University, 1973.

Hornibrook, James Andrew.  Graphic Analysis of Charles Griffes' Piano 
Sonata.  MA Thesis, San Francisco State University, 1995.

Horrocks, Peggy A.  The Solo Vocal Repertoire of Marion Bauer With 
Selected Stylistic Analyses.  DMA Dissertation, University of Nebraska, 
1994.

Hoyt, Bonnie N.  The Song Styles of Charles Tomlinson Griffes as Seen 
in Four Impressions and Three Poems By Fiona MacLeod.  DMA Dissertation, 
University of South Carolina, 1995.

Hsu, Ti-Fei.  Chinese Influence in Four Twentieth Century Song Cycles by 
Roussel, Carpenter, Griffes, and Britten.  DMA Dissertation, American 
Conservatory of Music, 1988.

Johnson, Richard Oscar.  The Songs of Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  DMA 
Dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.

Kawano, Akemi.  The Piano Sonata of Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  DMA 
Dissertation, Manhattan School of Music, 1999.

Keyton, Robert.  Griffes: Two Coloristic Works.  MM Thesis, University 
of Rochester, 1952.

Kies, Christopher.  A Discussion of the Harmonic Organization in the First 
Movement of Elliott Carter's Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in Light of 
Certain Developments in 19th and Early 20th-century Music.  PhD Dissertation, 
Brandeis University, 1984.

Kwak, Eun-Joo.  The Musical Style of Charles T. Griffes as an Impressionist: 
A Comparison of the Roman Sketches, op. 7 with Selected Preludes of Claude 
Debussy.  DMA Dissertation, Northwestern University, 1993.

Lawson, Elizabeth Carey.  An Analysis of Selected Vocal Music of Charles 
Tomlinson Griffes and John Harbison.  MA Thesis, University of Portland, 
1996.

Livingston, Carolyn Lambeth.  The Songs of Charles T. Griffes: A Style-
Critical Study.  MA Thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 
1947.

Mann, Carol F.  The Search for Style: A Study of Selected Songs of 
Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  MM Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1982.

McCann, June.  The Solo Songs of Charles Griffes and Samuel Barber.  
MM Thesis, Kent State University, 1960.

McDonald, Charlene Harb.  Trends in Selected Piano Sonatas of the First 
Quarter of the Twentieth Century: Formal Processes and Pianism.  DMA 
Dissertation, Indiana University, 1978.

Morrison, Donald N.  Influences of Impressionist Tonality on Selected 
Works of Delius, Griffes, Falla, and Respighi Based on the Concept 
Developed by Robert Mueller.  PhD Dissertation, Indiana University, 
1960.

Moss, Gary William.  Summary of Dissertation Recitals: Three Programs of 
Vocal Performance.  DMA Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2001.

Nash, Nancy Lee.  Syllogistic Form as a Heuristic Principle in Musical 
Analysis - Based on the Music of Charles Griffes.  MM Dissertation, 
Florida State University, 1972.

Patterson, Donald Lee.  Charles Tomlinson Griffes' Three Preludes (1919) 
an Sonata for Piano (1918): A Lecture, Recital, Together with Three 
Recitals of Selected Works.  Dissertation, North Texas State University, 
1978.

Philippi, Jean.  Evidences of Impressionism in the Music of Charles 
Tomlinson Griffes.  MA Thesis, University of Washington, 1941.

Pratt, Hoon Mo Kim.  The Complete Works of Charles T. Griffes.  DMA 
Dissertation, Boston University, 1977.

Reeves, David M.  Selected Songs of Charles T. Griffes: An Examination 
of the Relationship Between Words and Music.  PhD Dissertation, New York 
University, 1989.

Robinson, Chris.  Research and Analysis of Works Presented on the Master 
Recital.  MA Thesis, University of Portland, 1983.

Sahr, Hadassah Gallup.  Performance and Analytic Study of Selected Piano 
Music By American Composers.  EdD Dissertation, Columbia University, 1969.

Sanders, George Paul.  A Comprehensive Performance Project in Piano 
Literature with an Essay on the Piano Compositions of Charles T. 
Griffes.  DMA Dissertation, University of Iowa, 1979.

Sheremetyeva, Natalya E.  Three American Piano Sonatas (Edward MacDowell, 
Charles Griffes, Louise Talma).  MA Thesis, University of Nevada-Reno, 
1998.

Sperry, Linda Kay.  Analysis for Performance of and Interpretation of 
Selected Songs of Debussy, Griffes, and Barber.  MM Thesis, Eastern 
Illinois University, 1966.

Stoll, Robert James.  The Piano Music of Charles T. Griffes.  MM Thesis, 
University of Wisconsin, 1985.

Suter, Kristina Jean.  The Four Unpublished Piano Sonatas of Charles T. 
Griffes: A Performance Edition with Editorial Notes, and a Recording of 
the Five Piano Sonatas.  PhD Dissertation, University of Maryland, 1987.

Thomas, Gerald G.  The Songs of Charles T. Griffes.  MA Thesis, Eastern 
Washington State College, 1972.

Torgerson, John Kevin.  Program Notes for the Brandenburg Concerto Number 
Four by Johann Sebastian Bach and the Poem for Flute and Orchestra by 
Charles Tomlinson Griffes.  MM Thesis, Bowling Green State University, 
1978.

Walker, Melva Terrell.  Charles T. Griffes' Roman Sketches for Piano Solo: 
History, Analysis, and Performance.   MM Thesis, Northwestern State 
University of Louisiana, 1987.

Walton, Peggy Marie.  The Music of Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Harbinger of 
American Art Music's Transition Into the Modern Age.  MM Thesis, Rice 
University, 1988.

Weaver, Robert Edward.  The Piano Works of Charles T. Griffes.  MM Thesis, 
University of Texas at Austin, 1956.

Wilson, Doris Jean.  Mary Cassatt and Charles Griffes: American 
Impressionists in an Era of Change.  MA Thesis, Northeast Missouri State 
University, 1980.

Wolf, Henry Samuel.  The Twentieth Century Piano Sonata.  PhD Dissertation, 
Boston University, 1957.

Woods, Benjamin.  The North American Piano Sonata in Transition from Tonal 
to Atonal Styles.  DMA Dissertation, University of South Carolina, 1991.

Wynn, Virginia S.  Charles Griffes: His Life, Songs, and Piano Works.  MA 
Thesis, Central Missouri State College, 1965.

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