Survey Course: Musical Metaphors and Semiotics

Dissertation
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Migrant Chinese Composers in the 20th and 21st Century

Xiao Youmei
Huang Zi
Xiao Shuxian
Xian Xinghai
​Chiang Wen-yeh
Chou Wen-chung
Liu Zhuang
Chen Yi
Du Yun

​References of distant/unfamiliar cultures in late 19th to early 20th symphonic works

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
​Alban Berg: Der Wein
Dmitri Shostakovich: Six Romances on texts by Japanese Poets
Sofia Gubaidulina: ​Nacht in Memphis