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tion ofmy dissertation titled: A Historical and Pedagogical Guide ro Alan Shulman's Therm and Variations (1940) for Viola and Piano with an lnrroduction to Variations (1984) for Viola, Strings, and Harp." Bibliography Borowski, Fdix. "American Composers Fcuurcd by ymphony." Ch~eago Sun, 17 D«emlxr 1943. Campbdl, Margam. "Affinicy for rrin~. • Smu/ xnx( ovember 1988), 891-5. ----· • hulman, Alan." Tlx Nrw Grow Duno,utry ofMus1c ami Musicians (Accessed I 0 D«emlxr 2006), hnp://www.grovcmusic.com. de Pasq!We, Josq>h. lmervicw by author, 20 January 2007, Philaddphia. PA Tape Recording. Dinger, Gregory. "AI31l hulman: Fifty Years in the Music Prof~ion." Woodstock 7ima. 31 October 1985, 38-39. Durgin, Cyrus. "Music: lkrger. hulman Pi~ Played by infonieua." &ston GloiN. II Novemlxr 1954. Elie, Rudolph. "Music Zimbler infonietta." TM &ston Hm~/d. II ovember 1954. Ewan, David. • hulman, Alan." Ammcan Composn"J: A BiOf"rlpiJiCJ1/ Diaionary. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Meyer, Donald Carl. Tlx NBC SJmpbMJ Orrhmm. Ph.D diss., Universicy of California Davis, 1994. Modi, Sorab. "Black, Frank 0.)." Tbt Nnu Grow D1t11o71ary ofAmmcan Music, Vol. I. Edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley adie. New York: Macmillan Pr~. 1986. Prevc:s, Milton. Personallcner to Alan hulman, 6 March 1943, Glenview, IL Manuscript. Richburg. Lynne. Interview by author, 7 Fd>ruary 2007, Sacramento, CA Tape Recording. "Rhythm's New Friends." 7imt XXXV, No. 24 (10 June 1940), 45-46. hulman, Alan. "Writing for Viola, Not Against lr." joumal oftbt Ammcn" Viola Somty 4 no. I (1988), 7-1 I. Jay hulman. Interview by author, 12 December 2006, Claverack, NY. Tape Recording. ----· Interview by author, II January 2007, San Franctseo, CA Tape Recording. Vardi, Emanud. Interview by author, 4 Fd>ruary 2007, Pon Townsend, WA Tape Recording.

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- PaulA Krupiczewicz is a candida~ for th~ Doctor of MusicalArts degre~ in V'w!A Pnformanc~ at th~ Univmity of Southan Mississippi in Hattmburg, MS. Sh~ holds a Master of Music .from tk University of Akron anda Bach~lor of Music .from Wtstern Michigan Univmity. PaulA has bem a long standing mnnbu of tl1~ Amnican V'w!A Sociay, Ammcan Fedoation of Musicians - Local56, and is a ~bu of th~ Th~ta Chi Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda NationalMusic Ho1wr Sociay. "I would like to publicly thank Or. Hsiaopei Lee, Dr. Christopher Goertzen, and Or. Edward Hafer for their guidance and assistance in preparing this article and for their suppon, and everyone else that has helped me, in the comple

Schotten, Masao Kawasaki, and Catharine Carroll are passing down this work co the next gen erations of violists. With irs three versions available to the performer, the Tlum~ and Variations can be performed suc cessfully in a solo recital or on the concert stage. It is through this research that the society of violists can learn more about Alan Shulman as a composer and his work the Th~m~ and Variations in its three orchestra tions. The Th~m~ and Variations is a particularly successful exam ple of his compositional output that accomplishes his goal for pleasing the audience and nor just for critical acclaim.

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