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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 ...
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 ...
Songs of Pierre Phalese Transcribed for Guitar from Lute Tablature
(1971)
Compositions written by Pierre Phalèse have been examined
and are the content of this paper. Forty-five of his pieces,
which were written in French lute tablature, have been transcribed
for guitar.
A Study of Selected Nineteenth-Century Brass Solo Literature
(1973)
The purpose of this study has been to locate and become acquainted with
solo literature which would be useful as teaching material for high school
and college level brass students. The nineteenth century was selected ...
The Development of the Orchestra from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
(1971)
It has long been the interest of the author to investigate
the development of the orchestra from a historical
viewpoint in order to determine, as accurately as possible
when each instrument became a permanent member. ...
The History and Development of Music and Worship of the Stone Church 1873-1976
(1976)
This paper chronicles the history of the Stone Church Congregation of the (now) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It focuses on the musical activities of the church through time.
The B Minor Sonata of Franz Liszt
(1979)
When Liszt began writing the B minor sonata in 1852, his motive was
to break up the classic sonata form and prepare a new direction for the
development of piano music. This one-movement sonata is an extreme example
of ...
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 ...
Vienna - 1890-1910
(1979)
The political and musical elements in Vienna from 1890 to 1910 are the focal points of this paper. An attempt has not been made to follow all of the government proceedings, nor to list all of the music performances. Instead, ...
A Statistical Analysis and Comparison of Sixteen Accompanied Art Songs From 1800-1950
(1973)
Analytical techniques are as varied and prolific as the number of compositions that are analyzed, yet each one, if approached in a logical and coherent way, can prove to be meritable and add additional information to the ...
Structural Aspects of the Development Sections of Selected Keyboard Sonatas by Franz Joseph Haydn
(1979-07)
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 ...
Innovative Performances of American Song
(1978-12-10)
This
paper
is
intended
to
permit
examination
of
innovative
performances
of
a
selected
group
of
songs
by
American
composers.
Because
of
the
specialized
character
of
such
a
project,
nine
works
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Harmonic Development in the Piano Sonatas of Alexander Skryabin
(1973)
In this paper, the harmonic development, or lack of it, in selected piano sonatas from the three periods of Skryabin's career will be discussed. Harmonic development, not in the sense of chord progressions or voice leading, ...
On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
(1973)
This paper looks at some of the hymn tunes which accompany Samuel Stennett's "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand." Many versions of hymn tunes and settings are compared.
Melodic Analysis of Lieder of Selected German Composers
(1976)
The purpose of this analysis is to reveal, as far as possible through observation of intervals or patterns of notes, any stylistic distinctions or similarities from a historical perspective within the limits of selections ...
A Study of the Fugue From a Teaching Aspect Through the Examination of Selected Examples From Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
(1978)
Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier provides
many excellent examples for a beginning study of the
fugue. Simple explanations may be made by the teacher,
based on the examples in the work. Then, as the ...
The Mid-Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: A Study of Performance Practices in Two Exemplary Works for the Flute
(1973)
It is the intention of this study to provide some information concerning performance practices encountered intwo compositions which include the transverse flute in their instrumentation. These works are the Sonata 1 op. ...
Selected Twentieth Century American Child Prodigy Pianists
(1978)
This paper deals with six American pianists who had started successful performing careers before they reached the age of ten: Ruth Slenczynski, Philippa Schuyler, Laura Dubman, Marion Cavanaugh, Hephzibah Menuhin, and Leon ...
Philosophies of Music Education in the United States 1861-1970: Including an Historical Survey of the Philosophies of Music in Western Civilization
(1970)
The purpose of this study was to investigate pertinent
philosophies of music education from 1861 to the present.
Included was an historical overview of several significant
philosophies of music which have influenced ...
The Evolution of Pedal Tone Systems for Trumpet and Their Relationship to the Increased Trumpet Range in Big Bands From 1940 to 1970
(1976-07)
The music of the twentieth century has placed tremendous
physical and technical demands upon the musician. The trumpet, in particular, has been exploited
to its ultimate just in the past twenty-five years; so much so
that ...