The purpose of this paper is to present the development of the timpani and the notation of the timpani roll as used by Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Frederic Handel. I have compiled researched facts of the kettledrums ...

The purpose of this paper is to present some of the new concepts and practices relating to vocal music since the turn of the century. The presentation is from the viewpoint of the performer. The greater part of the paper ...

This manuscript was conceived while working as an anesthesia assistant for an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for nine years while performing part-time as a vocalist and pursuing graduate study in music education. The ...

This paper chronicles the author's injury, search for remedy, and use of Alexander Technique to correct the issues caused by an injury. Background information on the Alexander Technique is also given.

The purpose of this investigation was to discover the differences and similarities between teaching music in a one-roo school prior to 1960 and current teaching practices (in a one-room school). From the information gathered ...

Amy Beach's talent and originality are brought into focus in her fifteen piano solo pieces. These compositions span the years from 1889 to 1936. Beach's aptitude for music was evident at approximately one year of age when ...

This paper discusses use of chant in Jewish services and the importance of a specific chant to Jewish mysticism. A broad overview of Jewish mystical traditions is given so that the reader may understand how the use of chant ...

This paper surveys the literature on research relating to motor responses and/or physical effects of listening to music. The various response parameters discussed include heart rate, respiration, galvanic skin resistance ...

Many books and articles have been written about the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Some pay strict attention to every detail of his personal life; others give an exhaustive treatment of his music; ...

The purpose of this study is to observe the effect of the St. Cecilia legend on music. It will be shown that even though Cecilia is a saint from the 3rd century AD, she was not specifically associated with music until the ...

The Broadway musical has been a relatively new addition to the curriculum of the high school choral music classes. There has been much discussion by choral directors and administrators as to its educational value. With ...

Ministers of music may be required by their job description to make hospital calls, and they are admonished by scripture to do so. However, they are receiving no formal training on how to make a hospital call. Research ...

It is the purpose of this paper to discuss and compare three requiems and to investigate briefly the situations encompassing the lives of the composers during the times of composition. My reasons for selecting these three ...

This project has been undertaken to show that it is possible to build the full upper register through development of the falsetto. The process is quite slow, in that it takes time and concerted effort to start with a small ...

Industry and education have felt the need since World War II to use many techniques or educational devices used by the military in speeding up and enhancing the learning process. Since World War II, first industry and ...

A considerable amount of research has been done concerning sexual harassment in the business work place, health care professions, and in higher education. The occurrence of student-initiated sexual advances toward secondary ...

An analysis of public school music curricula is provided from the results of a survey of 20 countries. The questionnaire was developed to determine the existence of music curricula in educational systems of various ...

Contemporary music theory texts, in describing the late eighteenth-century sonata-allegro structure exemplified by Mozart and Haydn, devote relatively little space to the middle section, the so-called development. This ...

During its earliest history, the term sonata could mean merely an instrumental "sound-piece" (or a piece to be sounded by instruments as contrasted to a cantata, or a piece to be sung), for it was only the embryo of ...

This paper was prepared to help fourth grade teachers, either the classroom teacher or special music teacher, to relate their music and social studies. Using the MacMillen Social Studies Books and the music series that ...