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Item Music theory pedagogy: melding Dalcroze Eurhythmics with Brain Gym®(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008) Miller, Phaedra A. (Phaedra Arlene), 1968-; Fieldman, Hali AnnetteDalcroze Eurhythmies was developed early in the twentieth century as a pedagogical model to teach well-rounded musicians. Ongoing research to further develop this teaching technique was Dalcroze's passion until his death in 1950. Eurhythmies was designed to be a flexible model to be enhanced as more understanding of the learning process became available. Paul Dennison developed a method initially intended for teaching general academic skills to children with learning disabilities. Dennison's pedagogical approach was actualized during the 1970s and referred to as "Brain Gym®." This tool has since been found beneficial for people of all ages to help focus attention and increase learning potential. Brain function research indicates learning is optimized when the entire brain is engaged and movement is incorporated. Therefore melding Eurhythmies and Brain Gym® will cultivate a richer learning environment and facilitate improved aural and visual skills of college music students.Item The Education of a Staff Officer: The Life and Career of Samuel Cooper, 1798-1852(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 1989) Veatch, Matthew Brian; Hattaway, HermanSamuel Cooper was an officer in the United States Army from 1815-1861, and a Confederate States Army officer from 1861-1865. Cooper's long career as a staff officer in the U.S. Army culminated in his appointment to the post of adjutant general in 1852. With the onset of the sectional crisis in 1861, Cooper elected to resign from the U.S. Army. He accepted an assignment as the adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate Army, and he eventually became the highest ranking general of that army. This thesis concentrates upon Cooper's pre-1852 career in the U.S. Army. Cooper's experiences as an officer in the antebellum U.S. Army, although representative in many respects, were not entirely typical. He endured the low pay, slow promotion, and monotonous duty at remote outposts that accompanied nineteenth century army life. Yet Cooper, using a combination of natural ability, personal and political connections, and patience, was able to avoid many of the disadvantages of the antebellum army. More than most officers, he found ways to supplement his income, to circumvent the barriers to promotion, and to secure assignments in desirable locations. Thus, Cooper's career demonstrates both the difficulties nineteenth century army officers faced and the manner in which resourceful officers overcame them. Cooper's pre-1852 career left him uniquely qualified to assume the duties of adjutant general when the opportunity finally arose. Stationed in Washington, D.C. as a staff officer for twenty-seven of the thirty-seven between 1815 and 1852, Cooper had experience in the Adjutant General's Office, the Headquarters of the Army, and the War Department. His service as an artillery officer in garrison, a field staff officer, and an inspection officer enhanced his qualifications to be adjutant general. By 1852, Samuel Cooper possessed the administrative expertise required to perform the duties of adjutant general of the United States Army.Item Jessie Bonstelle: A Biography(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 1988) Triplett, Lori L.; Londré, Felicia Hardison, 1941-This thesis is a study of an oft-forgotten trailblazer in the theatre, Jessie Bonstelle, nee Laura Justine Bonesteele-Stuart. Through this paper I hope to bring her back into prominence among theatre historians as she richly deserves. Her widely varied accomplishments included: 1) a career as a successful stock actress, manager, director, and producer, 2) the implementation of the first municipal theatre in the United States, 3) the formation of the first civic theatre in the United States, 4) leadership in community concerns, 5) a legacy of ideas, not always fulfilled in her lifetime, but imbedded in the minds of the next generation of actors, directors, writers, designers, and even audiences. The basic organization of this thesis is chronological. Chapter One deals with her childhood and her early work as an actress/director/producer. This was a formative time for Jessie Bonstelle and the knowledge that was gathered would be used later in life. Chapter Two shows how she began to move into national fame. Jessie Bonstelle was a successful producer, working with some of the greats, such as William A. Brady and the Shuberts, with her production of Little Women in 1912. Also that year she started one of the first community oriented theatres in the United States, The Northampton Municipal Theatre. With the outbreak of World War I, Jessie Bonstelle became interested in community affairs; she was active in The Stage Women's Executive Committee and The Suffragists Organization as well as others. The final Chapter deals with the culmination of all her years of work in drama, when she opened the Bonstelle Playhouse. Later The Playhouse would become America's first Civic Theatre, located in Detroit. During this period the legacy she created would become apparent. My study resulted n my discovery of a woman who surpassed peers and overcame problems. Jessie Bonstelle blazed many trails, cared greatly for people, and never forgot her own mortality. Her mortality is what drove her to promote the starting actor/actress over herself, knowing that as an actress she would die and be forgotten. Her love for her theatre created her own golden rule: theatre first, Jessie second.Item Jacques Hotteterre's L'Art de Preluder, A Translation and Commentary(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 1979) Boyer, Margareth Anne; Revitt, Paul J.Jacques Hotteterre (c.1680-1761) is probably best known today for his Principes de la Flute Traversiere, ou Flute d'Allemagne, De la Flute a Bec ou Flute Douce, et du Haut-bois (Paris, 1707), but he was also the author of a Methode pour la musette (Paris, 1737) and of L'Art de Preluder Sur la Flute Traversiere, Sur la Flute-a-Bec, Sur le Haubois, et autres Instrumens de Dessus, Avec des Preludes tous fait sur tous les Tons dans differˢ mouvemˢ et differens caracteres, accompagnes de leurs agremˢ et de plusʳˢ difficultees propres a exercer et a fortifier. Ensemble des Principes de modulation et de transposition; En outre une Dissertation instructive sur toutes les differentes especes de Medures, &c. (Paries, 1719), the subject of the present work. This thesis presents a translation of the L'Art de Preluder together with an introduction discussing preludes for wind instruments in the early eighteenth century, and commentary in the form of footnotes to the text. Of particular interest are nearly 70 examples from the works of major composers with Hotteterre used to illustrate his discussion of meter, tempo, and rhythmic alteration and which have been identified by the translator. The translation includes a transcription of the preludes and traits given by Hotteterre in his book. Other preludes by Hotteterre (from his Methode pour la musette) are given as an appendix. A photocopy of the entire L'Art de Preluder is also given to facilitate study.Item A Specialization on the Remote Database Access(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 1991) Choi, Young BaeThe RDA (Remote Database Access) standards support the interworking between an application program in one open system and a DBMS in a remote open system. The Generic RDA standard defines the common aspects of a class of RDA applications, and a Specialization standard describes a specialization for a particular type of DB in the class. The RDA model describes RDA via clienVserver relationship. The services of RDA are grouped into five categories: Dialogue Management, Transaction Management, Control, Resource Handling, Database Language. The server execution rules are defined for each service. The Basic Application Context and TP Application Contexts are used to perform the necessary set of RDA services. RDA Specialization defines any required constraints on the permissible parameter values for each service. Also, it defines additional entities and their attributes on the Dialogue State Model. For each server operation, additional constraints are defined. As the basic step of constructing prototype RDA for a subset of database languages, two RDA service user interfaces were designed and necessary functions and parameters were defined. First, to fill the gap of functionalities between the RDA client and the RDA Communications Service, one RDA Client Interface model was designed. Second, an RDA Server Interface model which contains necessary library functions and parameters to send an RDA indication and receive the response for it was designed to fill the gap of functionalities between the RDA server and the RDA Communications Service. Also, a set of Generic Object Management Library functions for the RDA server as one possible implementation model was defined and the functions for the RDA server to interface with SOL Server Interface for the RDA specialization were refined and added. The internal execution of RDA operation according to the RDA server rules were explained by using the functions of Generic Object Management Library for the RDA server. All the functions were designed by the object-oriented concept. So, this model can be modified conveniently and implemented easily to accommodate other types of database languages by the object-oriented languages because of functional modularities of library functions.