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1 Composing with vocal physiology: extended vocal technique categories and Berio's Sequenza IIILuciano Berio' s Sequenza III for solo voice is a graphically notated piece of music with very few exact pitches and rhythms, and instead a variety of unconventional vocal gestures. Existing published analyses of Sequenza III have focused on extramusical aspects instead of its compositional structur...communication and the arts; alburnum; extended techniques; luciano berio; overtones; sequenza; vocal physiology; vocal techniques2011
2 Whitney, AnnetteContemporary American art song: John Alden Carpenter, Charles Edward Ives, Aaron Copland and Ned RoremBefore the songs of these four composers can properly be discussed and their musical ideas understood, there are a few things about the general trends of music composition in America and the American musical culture itself that ought to be understood. Before World War I America imported her art from...1966-08
3 Thomas, Brian DavidDiffused paradigms: musical depictions of biodegradation, refraction of sound, and memory deterioration in Sorensen's Sterbende GartenIn Sterbende Gärten (Decaying or Dying Gardens) Bent Sørensen employs specific compositional methods in order to depict biodegradation of plants, refraction of sound, and memory deterioration in each of the three movements of the work, respectively. He obscures the formal design of the first movem...Bent; Gärten; Music; Sørensen; Spectral; Sterbende2011-05
4 Thompson, James W.The effects of conducting-gesture instruction on high school string orchestra students' recognition of and playing response to common musical conducting emblemsThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of conducting-gesture instruction on high school string orchestra students' recognition of and playing response to common musical conducting emblems. Musical conducting emblems were defined as nonverbal movements or gestures used by conductors...Conducting-gestures; Conducting instruction; High school music; Nonverbal communication; Orchestra students; Performance response; Music; Music education2012-08
5 Electronics to accompany the Feild and Its KnowerSupplementary audio files for Glassett dissertation "Composing with vocal physiology: Extended technique categories and Berio's Sequenza III".Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003. Sequenza III; Extend techniques; Overtones; Vocal physiology2011-03-10
6 Jones, Pamela PalmerThe Fitzwilliam virginal book: historical background and performance practice issuesDuring the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in England in the late sixteenth-early seventeenth centuries, very repressive anti-Catholic laws were enacted by Parliament. Catholicism then became the illegal underground religion of the gentry, sustained primarily by a web of intricate family alliances. The a...Fitzwilliam virginal book; Harpsichord; English; Baroque2009-05
7 Bickmore, Isaac LamontFunctions of popular music in the lives of adolescentsThis study determines that a specified group of adolescents' favorite songs fulfill Frith's functions of popular music; (a) to create a type of self-definition; (b) to provide a way of managing the relationship between one's private and public emotional lives; (c) to shape popular memory, organiz...Music and youth; Group identity2010-02-10
8 Landvatter, Scott AlanGustav Holst's Savitri Elucidated by Hindu thoughtGustav Holst, throughout his life manifesting a rather mystic penchant, was, in his early career, quite taken with Hindu writings? it was as a result of his studies in Sanskrit that his chamber opera Savitri , Opus 25, emerged in 1908. Based on a story in the Mahabha - rata, the one act opera tells ...Opera; Hindu writings; Music1984-12
9 Madsen, Allen AndrewHollywood film music in the secondary performing ensemble: Utah music educators' attitudes and teaching practicesThe purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Hollywood film music on the secondary instrumental music educator in Utah. Ensemble directors must take many factors into account before selecting the pieces they will perform with their students each year. One genre of music that is increasin...Motion picture music2010
10 Bidwell, Benjamin RobertThe magician's follyA music score of a ballet for orchestra based on C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.Ballet; orchestral music2010
11 Kise, LyudmilaPart I: Sofia Gubaidulina's approach to pitch centricity in Two Paths: music for two violas and orchestra a dedication to Mary and Martha (1999) Part II: concerto for clarinet and orchestraThis theoretical study is devoted to the analysis of pitch centricity in Sofia Gubaidulina's post-tonal composition Two Paths: Music for Two Violas and Orchestra (1999). A detailed examination of Gubaidulina's approach to the exploration of axes of symmetry and sonic organization as a whole, inclu...Concerto; Pitch centricity; Sofia Gubaidulina; Two paths2011-12
12 Iachimciuc, IgorPart I: Sound color in the music of Gyorgy Kurtag, Part II: Leopard's path, thirteen visions for chamber ensembleThe dissertation is in two parts, a theoretical study and a musical composition. In Part I the music of György Kurtág is analyzed from the point of view of sound color. A brief description of what is understood by the term sound color, and various ways of achieving specific coloristic effects, are...Gyorgy Kurtag; Music; Sonorism; Sound color; Timbre; Tone color2010
13 Daily, Nels DrueSpheresSpheres in three movements. Convex, Core, Concave by Nels Drue Daily 2008. For 2 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos, B-flat Clarinet and Bass Trombone.2009-05
14 Ballinger, Danielle MarieStudent attitudes toward the use of learning centers in the elementary general music classroomThis study investigated the attitudes of elementary-school students toward the use of learning centers as a tool of instruction in the elementary general music classroom. Participants (N=24) were members of two third-grade classes in a small K-12 independent school in Colorado. Participants experie...Centers; Differentiation; Elementary; General; Learning; Music2011-12
15 Hurtado, Jared PaulStudy of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white music teachers' influenceThe purpose of this study was to report: (a) the enrollment of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music students under the direction of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music teachers (N=\3), (b) any practically significant differences between the enrollment of Hispanic and non-Hispanic White music st...Music teachers, United States, Influence; Music students, Hispanic American; musicians, Education2008-08
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