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1 | Thompson, James W. | The effects of conducting-gesture instruction on high school string orchestra students' recognition of and playing response to common musical conducting emblems | The 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 education | 2012-08 | |
2 | Jones, Pamela Palmer | The Fitzwilliam virginal book: historical background and performance practice issues | During 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; Baroque | 2009-05 | |
3 | Russell, Jessica | From the Old testament to the Paris Opera: Saint-Saëns's Samson Et Dalila and nineteenth-century french orientalism | Despite its successful premiere in Weimar in 1877, Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila met resistance as the composer attempted to stage the biblical story in France. When the work finally premiered in Paris in 1890, the opera directors exclaimed, "If we only knew!" In this thesis, I explore the aspec... | Gender; Nineteenth-century opera; Orientalism; Saint-Saëns; Samson et Dalila | 2017 |