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Franz Tunder: His Place in the North German School of Organ Composition
(1975)
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 ...
Potawatomi Indian Music: A Study of the Current Trend of Transmitting American Indian Music Among the Indian People in a Local Urban Organization
(1973)
It is the purpose of this paper to preserve and present traditional Indian music and to comment on the present and future conditions of Indians in America with their attempts at keeping their culture alive. Its goal is to spawn similar research...
Karl Czerny - Nineteenth Century Pedagogue
(1979)
The Viennese pianist and teacher, Karl Czerny, inherited a tradition of pianoforte instruction that enabled him to hold the center of the pedagogical stage for the first half of the nineteenth century. Czerny was the pupil of Ludwig Beethoven (1770...
The Solo Vocal Works of Ernst Bacon
(1970)
The purpose of this project is to survey the
solo vocal works of Ernst Bacon, all of which are with piano accompaniment.
Some of the earliest works have recently gone out of print. For
this reason, in the category of ...
An Analysis of the Melodic Characteristics of Selected German Art Songs of the Nineteenth Century
(1970)
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 Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Gustav...
The Possibilities for a Common Practice in Avant-Garde Notation: A Survey of Some Contemporary Notational Techniques
(1970)
have necessitated new systems of notation which are able to efficiently reproduce music as contemporary composers conceive it. Most performers of what may be called "art music" have been required to translate into sound only the type of notation which...
Potawatomi Indian Music: A Study of the Current Trend of Transmitting American Indian Music Among the Indian People in a Local Urban Organization
(1973)
The purpose of this paper is to preserve and present
traditional Indian music and to comment on the present and future
conditions of Indians in America in relation to their attempts
at keeping their culture alive. Its ...
Vocal Techniques Used by the Bel Canto Masters Traced Through Their Treatises, Successful Students and Historical Accounts
(1974)
of the students of these renowned teachers, their rise to fame, their specific exercises, and their own teaching careers will shed some light on what techniques they had been taught and how they had been taught by the bel canto masters. Hopefully, this paper...
Piano Concerto, Opus 39—Ferruccio Busoni: A Study of the Stylistic Trends in Art and Music from 1850-1925 and Their Influence on Busoni's Compositional Techniques
(1970)
This paper details the artistic endeavors of the late Romantic and Neo-Classical periods and the influence of other composers, such as Liszt and Wagner, on Busoni. The second half of the paper is dedicated to exploring the ...
The Application of the Eighteenth Century Concept, "Good Taste" to Georg Friedrich Handel's Violin Sonata in G Minor, op. 1, no. 10
(1979)
The purpose of this paper is to show one way a baroque
violin sonata can be performed today in a style consistent
with eighteenth-century performance styles. It was a common
practice in the eighteenth century for ...
The Beginnings of College and University Music Departments in the United States
(1978)
The purpose of this paper is to research the roots and to
trace the subsequent development of music departments in
America's colleges and universities. Discussion will focus
on why and by whom the departments were founded ...
Phrasing and Articulation as Separate Entities in Determining the Interpretative Aspects of a Musical Composition
(1979)
The author has found, through his research, that the terminology
used in discussing phrasing and articulation is somewhat
inconsistent. The words phrasing and articulation are often
used interchangeably as if there were ...
Sight Reading: A Practical Method for the Beginning Secondary School Choral Ensemble Member
(1979)
The problem of a viable sight reading program has continually
plagued the secondary choral conductor. As one searches for a professionally
published method, one is aware of the various methodology.
Some are quite excellent ...
Keyboard Sight-Playing Possibilities for Improvement
(1978)
The purpose of this paper is to examine some experiments
related to keyboard sight-playing and related
articles by successful teachers in an attempt to
establish teaching techniques and procedures which will
more ...
Ludwig van Beethoven: the Influences of the Mass in D, opus 123 and the Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 on Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner, and Gustav Mahler
(1977-12-20)
The paper is a discussion of the influence in both theory and aesthetics of Ludwig van Beethoven's style for combining chorus and orchestra on following generations of Germanic composers. The research traces the development ...
The Published Songs of Charles T. Griffes
(1976-07)
, bring to the concert stage many fine songs that have in the past been sadly neglected. The songs of Charles Griffes fall into three distinct compositional styles. His creative life began in the tradition of the nineteenth-century German Romantics...
Selected Problems of Ornamentation for Harpsichord
(1974)
In this paper, selected harpsichord compositions by
J. S. Bach were studied in reference to the types of ornamentation
often neglected in performances of earlier works.
Possible solutions will be suggested but these are ...
Twentieth Century Notation for Orchestral Instruments
(1977-07)
Since numerous, non-traditional notational systems have
evolved, it is difficult to become knowledgeable with regard
to each type. This paper attempts to present an overall view
of the major systems. Included are ...
The Effects of Italian Stylistic Traits on Three Early German Protestant Composers
(1978-04)
During the first half of the seventeenth century,
Europe witnessed the development of German Protestant music.
The German Protestant style was unique as it represented a
synthesis of the old sacred polyphonic techniques ...
Engraving Trends in Music Publication
(1973)
The purpose of this paper is to present current trends in music engraving as determined by the results of a survey conducted among music publishers in the United States. For the purpose of this study, the term "music ...