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In the latter half of the thirteenth century, the convent of St. Mary's at Helfta, Saxony, represented one of the greatest literary, artistic, and spiritual centers of medieval Germany. Helfta was also the site of a flowering mystical...
The purpose of this treatise is to provide a comprehensive annotated bibliography of Gary Schocker's works for flute and piccolo. The pieces in this document include solo works for flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute, both...
Convergence for Orchestra is a symphonic work based upon the juxtaposition of two dissimilar musical ideas and their development in a series of complex formal sections. The word convergence can imply a combination of two or more elements...
This document provides a historical overview of the development of tuba-euphonium ensembles in the United States. It outlines the establishment of tradition, instrumentation, repertoire, organizations, and important historical figures in...
The purpose of this study was to examine creative musical development through a multidisciplinary review of literature and college student metanarratives, which focused on first remembrances of music creativity and developmental events...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to development a protocol incorporating music therapy behavior modification techniques with normal development of feeding skills, implement this protocol with infants and young children, and...
Trombone intonation literature addresses intonation challenges arising from multiple, simultaneous sounds. This "fixed" intonation has a corresponding body of materials devoted to helping trombonists improve aural and technical skills....
In this study, I explored possible effects of gesture height, specifically the location of the horizontal plane, on singer performance. Research questions for the study included: 1) Do singers change intonation, vibrato rate, vibrato...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in relaxation between subjects participating in music relaxation techniques (n=14) and subjects participating in their daily group sessions (n=13). Subjects consisted of 15 male...
This thesis illuminates the role and significance of the Kabaka's royal musicians of Buganda during Ssekabaka Sir Edward Frederick Muteesa II's reign (1939-1966). To provide the necessary backdrop for appreciating changes that occurred...
The Comparison of Three Selected Music/Reading Activities on Second-Grade Students' Story Comprehension, on-Task/off-Task Behaviors, and Prefrences for the Three Selected Activities.
Research suggests that music is beneficial in teaching both academic and social skills to young children. The purpose of this study was to compare three selected music/reading activities on second-grade students' story comprehension...
The overall purpose of this study is to establish the baseline for a new line of research into the effective relationship between traditional jazz musicians and swing dancers in current social dancing environments. The study is a mixed...
Strong social skills are vital for successful functioning in life. Social skills enable individuals to interact appropriately with others and impact (a) academic success, (b) peer and family relationships, (c) employment and (d) extra...
Anton Webern first attempted dodecaphonic composition in the summer of 1922 when he wrote twelve-tone sketches for the poetic text "Mein Weg geht jetzt vorueber." Although he completed the song as an atonal work, Webern continued...
Irony is an important discursive mode and literary trope. It invites a debate about meaning and significance, creates a feeling of community among perceivers (even if, on the surface, it excludes), and draws them into morally active...
Simon Bikindi was once the most famous and popular musician in Rwanda. In 1993 and 1994, the pro-genocide radio station, RTLM (Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines), incorporated his songs into a propaganda campaign used to incite...
Stories for Orchestra is a suite for large orchestra cast in three diverse movements that are entitled "Cortazar, Lovecraft, and Song of the Valar." As the title implies, the work was conceived with programmatic elements in mind and...
The application of music therapy with individuals with eating disorders and substance abuse disorders is existent, though there is a limited amount of research that exists in the current literature. Symptoms that are addressed in...
This treatise presents a study of the two solo guitar works of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Impromptus and Sonata. This study is divided into four chapters: the first chapter is an introduction, presenting a brief survey of previous...
This dissertation examines counterpoint and polyphony in John Adams's recent instrumental works, ranging from El Dorado (1990) to My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003). Since the early 1990s, Adams's music has been largely contrapuntal, as...
Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince has been connecting Turkish and American cultures throughout his composition and teaching career. His post-minimalist style involves the energy of Turkish and Balkan folk music, the mysticism of...
Toward the end of the twelfth century, moral conflict was rampant in the Catholic Church regarding the conduct of all levels of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. There was acerbic criticism of the profligate bishops and archbishops who...
Honduras Rosewood (Dalbergia Stevensonii) is a wood of high value for today's percussionist and for the percussion industry. It is used as the primary timber for the production of marimba and xylophone bars, and it is also used to build...
This dissertation explores the interaction between structure and narrative in Schumann's 1842 chamber music for strings and piano. This repertoire, while somewhat neglected in the current scholarly analytical literature, reveals Schumann...
For nearly sixty years, the Indiana University Singing Hoosiers have brought the genre of American Popular Song to audiences in Europe, Asia, Australia, Central America, the Bahamas, and all around the United States. This study documents...
The Effect of Performance Quality, Audio and Video Performances, Tempo, and Adjudicator Experience on Music Majors' Evaluations of String Orchestra Performances
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of presentation medium, adjudicators' performing experience on string instruments, music stimulus tempo, and performance quality on music majors' evaluations of string orchestra...
This treatise investigates the harmonic and contrapuntal features of Études pour piano, premier livre (1985) by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. All six etudes undergo chordal and intervallic analysis, revealing Ligeti's preference for...
This study investigates the influence of the major American radio networks on music, especially new compositions specifically written for broadcast. It focuses on two initiatives by the networks--NBC's Orchestral Awards (1932) and CBS's...
Performance opportunities for saxophonists in military bands, university bands, and community bands are widespread and ever-expanding. Studying saxophone excerpts from wind band repertoire can be a beneficial supplement to the...
Survey of Current Attitudes Regarding a Three Part Orchestral Conducting Pedagogy Model and an Adaptation of Behavioral Principles for the Orchestral Conductor
The purpose of this dissertation is two-fold: to explore currently held attitudes regarding three aspects of conducting pedagogy and to adapt behavioral principles currently in use by music educators for the orchestral conductor. To such...
The purpose of this study was to determine if superimposed audio distractors would have an effect on the aesthetic experience of undergraduate and graduate music majors listening to an excerpt of Puccini's La Bohème. Subjects (N = 96)...
With few exceptions, there is a distinct paucity of modern analytical studies regarding the association of music and drama in Baroque opera seria. Few authors even mention the works, and those who do tend to make comments about them only...
This treatise seeks to examine the similarities and differences between Rilke Songs and Neruda Songs, two sets by American composer Peter Lieberson. This will be done by comparing different elements, including text setting, harmonic...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the existing quantitative research evaluating the effect of sound stimuli on neurologic rehabilitation of upper and lower limbs. Seventeen studies were used in two separate analyses. The first one...
ABSTRACT The current study was designed to examine the question of quality as it relates to school band music composed for the performance levels of Grade III and IV. This was accomplished across two concurrent studies. The purpose of...
An Analysis of Performance Practice Trends in Recent Recordings of Tomás Luis De Victoria's O Magnum Mysterium, O Quam Gloriosum, O Vos Omnes, and Officium Defunctorum as Related to Historical and Contemporary Scholarly Literature
This dissertation investigates performance practice trends in the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria as performed on commercially available recordings. The study discusses the prevailing philosophies surrounding musicians' quest for...
The purpose of the present study was to explore the use of tactile finger placement markers (FPMs) for beginning string players. Of particular interest was finding a tool or strategy that would reduce the number of muscle memory errors...
Finding scholarly research on the choral music by significant American composers is limited. Moreover, a search for scholarly resources on the choral works by significant African-American composers is more limited. Spiritual arrangements...
Most mothers would agree that music is a tool they use to calm their baby. Many mothers even use music prenatally for bonding as well as relaxation. The purpose of this study was to discover if having had at least four years of music...
Within the archives of the Künstlerverein Malkasten (Paintbox Artists' Union) in Düsseldorf, Germany, is a vast corpus of visual art, posters, programs, and books that illuminate the musical life of this artists' club. The materials...
Sergei Prokofiev's songs for solo voice and piano hold a special place in his oeuvre both biographically and stylistically. The works were composed almost continuously throughout his entire lifetime, with only a short lapse in output...
Throughout Canada's independent history composers, visual artists, musicians, and writers have attempted to navigate the country's connection with its vast wilderness. One artist who explores this relationship to its fullest extent is...
One of the most prolific German composers of the 20th. century, Hanns Eisler was a communist who sought to blend politics, advanced musical techniques, and folk elements into compositions that would five a powerful voice to Europe's...
Between 1867 and 1900 Theodore Thomas orchestrated twenty-two pieces for inclusion in his programs. These works were integral to his popularity with American audiences, yet they are among the most overlooked factors contributing to...
Anton Webern's diaries, letters, and personal library catalogs reveal that by 1905 he had become an avid reader of Karl Kraus's works, especially the popular and controversial journal Die Fackel, and that he continued to collect the...
This thesis explores the experience of Bulgarian ritual firewalking, prihvanati, from the perspective of two individual nestinari(firewalkers), Ivailo Ayanski and Vesselina Ilieva. Building upon their personal accounts, it focuses on the...
Pneuma is a piece for small chamber symphony with a prominent flute part. It explores timbral resources of the flute in relation to the ensemble, as well as harmonic and motivic resources inherent in a central, expanding melodic idea....
Sketch Book is a collection of short movements conceptually derived from various art forms and definitions associated with the word “sketch.” Sketch In seeks to embody the artistic process of realizing a visual concept into a tangible...
Jacques Hetu is one of Canada's most respected and successful composers. His compositions have attracted interest from notable musicians, such as Glenn Gould, Charles Dutoit, Pinchas Zukerman, and Kurt Mazur, who have performed, and...
Journey to the West (2013) is a composition written for the Electronic Chamber Orchestra (EChO) at Florida State University and orchestral accompaniment. EChO is a completely electronic ensemble that consists of an electric string...
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