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Beethoven's Contribution to the Development of the Piano Sonata
(1960)
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 ...
A Study of Relationships Between the Problems of Elementary Trumpet Students and the Mouthpieces They are Using
(1960)
The purpose or this study is to determine whether there are
relationships between the problems of elementary trumpet students
and the mouthpieces used.
The problems to be studied are problems of tone, range,
flexibility, ...
The Origin and Evolution of the Trumpet and Cornet
(1968-01)
For several years I have listened to many heated
arguments among musicians concerning the difference between
the trumpet and a cornet. The purpose of this paper will
be to explore the origin and historical development ...
Development of the Suite (Primarily, the Keyboard Suite)
(1966)
This work traces the historical development of the keyboard suite from 13th-century vocal works to the standardized suite of the Baroque era. The work also gives the origins and characteristics of the named movements found ...
A Study of Max Reger's Chorale Fantasias for the Organ Through a Stylistic Analysis of Freu' Dich Sehr, O Meine Seele, op. 30
(1968)
Of the many works based on chorales,
those which have come to be regarded as the essence of Max Reger's organ
music are the seven chorale fantasias written between 1899 and 1901.
After a preliminary discussion of the ...
Standards of Performance for Secondary School Music Festivals
(1965-08-03)
This is a position paper delineating the need for a thesaurus of performance standards in the secondary school music festivals. It will not be possible in this limited presentation to cover all the facets of this complex ...
Some Speculations on the Spanish Organs of the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
(1960-05)
The intent of this paper is to try to assemble some idea of what is presently known or can be deduced about the Spanish organs of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries ... Because so very little is presently available on ...
A Study of the Optimum Starting Time for the Beginning Band Class
(1969-05)
This study will attempt to determine (1) when most authorities start
their beginning band students, (2) why they are begun at this time, and
(3) if there is an optimum starting time. Chapter I will review literature
believed ...
Complete Survey of Trumpet Literature
(1969-08)
Bibliography of music literature for trumpet solo and in chamber ensemble. Also includes lists of publishers, agents, libraries, indexed articles, and books on brass and trumpets.
The Life of John Redford and His Keyboard Music as Found in the Mulliner Book
(1968)
It was the author's purpose in writing this paper to investigate
a particular research area that was relatively unexplored by previous
individuals. The author found that very little research has been done
regarding the ...
Pietro Raimondi
(1969-02)
Of the many nineteenth-century composers, Pietro Raimondi is probably one of the most obscure. Raimondi, the last of the Neapolitan composers, was born in 1786 in Rome and died in 1853 in Rome. Although it is not universally ...
A Survey and Evaluation of Piano Requirements for Music Education Majors at Missouri Colleges and Universities
(1966)
This study is concerned with a survey and evaluation of the nature and extent of the piano preparation of students enrolled in a Bachelor of Music program in music education in Missouri colleges and universities. The study ...
Concerning the Recorder
(1960)
This paper discusses the history, construction, modern resurgence, and performance practice concerning the recorder.
Solo Material for Clarinet Alone, with Analysis of Igor Stravinsky's Three Pieces and Henry Sutermeister's Capriccio
(1969)
A main portion of this project will be an inclusion
of an index of solo works. Within this index of published
and unpublished works are many compositions listed as required
material for university clarinet majors. The ...
Vocalizes Chosen From Selected Sacred Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
(1964)
The purpose of this paper is to provide vocalization exercises
for the studio, class teaching, or the choral rehearsal, from selected
sacred cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Heinrich Schütz
(1962-05)
"[C]lose searching" has revealed
that very little information is available to the student who
would bring to light new facts of the life and work of Heinrich
Schütz. The bibliography lists Moser's biography, which
is ...
The High School Boys' Choir Organizational Problems and Graded TTBB Materials
(1965-05)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of and the
problems connected with the boys' choir in the total high school
choral program. It is the intention of the writer to discuss its
use as a training group to ...
The Technique of Transcribing Music into Braille and Materials Available to the Blind Musician
(1967)
It is the intent of the writer to discuss the
method of transcribing music into Braille. There
are several methods of transcribing music, the method
of transcription being dependent upon the music and
the instrument ...
Pedagogy Related to the Boy's Changing Voice
(1960-06)
It was the original purpose of this paper to show how the sound and common sense practices of education could be adapted to maintaining the boy's singing voice and interest in music through the period of adolescence. ...
The Use of Wind Instruments with Choral Music for the Church
(1969)
This paper gives a history of the use of wind and string instruments as coupled with the voice in the Christian church. Focus is given to the Venetian style as typified by Giovanni Gabrieli. Included is a bibliography of ...