The purpose of this study was to identify common protocols for music therapists who utilize interprofessional collaboration (IC) in the workplace. Participants were all Board Certified Music Therapists (N = 595). The ...

The piece is a more overt nod to my rap and rap-culture related influences. This is manifested in a number of ways, the beat-box flute throughout the mid-section of the piece, and the bass line and kick drum dancing ...

Singing empowers; music heals. This is the musical motto by which John E. Giles lives. To Giles, music expresses emotions and also puts us in touch with our own personal emotions. "Music's greatest function is to put ...

One of the main concerns of any choir director is how to secure and maintain a high level of motivation from choir members. It does not matter if the director is a seasoned veteran or a rookie, if he teaches in a rural ...

The advanced violinist of today needs to study more than just scales and concerti to develop and maintain a high degree of proficiency in his art. The compilation of etudes or studies fulfills the technical and musical ...

This work is an annotated bibliography of settings of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake." Featured composers are Samuel Barber, John Cage, Andre Hodeir, and Margaret Rogers.

A survey has been made of the Catalogs of Schools of Music through the country. An attempt has been made to limit the research to schools which would be comparable to the Conservatory of Music of the University of Kansas ...

The hope was that when this paper was completed it would be possible to summarize clear-cut solutions to some of the important issues of musica ficta or at least to be able to discuss chronological trends and changes. ...

In tracing the history of the orchestra from its earliest beginnings to modern times, very interesting uses of the trombone are seen. Trombones held a very prominent position in the production of early instrumental music. ...

Many composers have emerged from modern America. From these composers numerous schools or approaches to composition can be noted. Many labels are used to describe them and dividing lines can be drawn among their products. ...

Since marks and marking systems have been a favorite topic of educators for many years, and articles criticizing present marking policies appear with ever increasing frequency, there obviously is a widespread belief that ...

The purpose of this study is to answer the question "To what extent does literature dealing with vocal training provide for the development of the child voice?" The development of a child's voice begins with his earliest ...

Franz Tunder stands as an important figure in the North German school of organ composition; he has been spoken of as the "founder" of this school. Tunder was the first composer to combine the style of the Dutch master ...

The word "sonata" originally meant something played in contrast to "cantata" which meant something sung. In the fifteenth century, there developed two types of sonatas: the Church Sonata (Sonata da chiesa) and the Chamber ...

This paper is written in an attempt to give a factual account of the status of music education in the Negro schools of Mississippi. The number of Negro and white schools, their locations, and their administrative and ...

In this brief history, the author shall trace musical conducting from a time early in the fifteenth century to that which we consider the art of conducting as it is known today.

The purpose of this research project was to examine the melodic characteristics evident in selected songs of six German composers who represent the Romantic tradition in Lieder: Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes ...

This paper concerns the history and performance of the viola de gamba.

This paper is an attempt to use an analysis of intervals, the combination of these intervals, and their location in musical time on selected works by Hindemith to show if Hindemith "practiced what he preached." The ...

This paper gives a brief overview of musical style in the 19th century and details the piano concerti of Johannes Brahms.