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Some Problems about Being and Predication in Plato's Sophist 242-249
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976)
One of the central tasks which Plato sets for himself in the Sophist is to say what being is. In doing this he makes a variety of philosophical moves. The first is to show that non-being in a very restricted sense of the ...
Dr. Charles Burney's Italian Tour
(1979)
In 1770, Dr. Charles Burney made a tour of France, Switzerland, and Italy, opening a new era with regard to the recording of music history and first-hand reporting on the present conditions of music in those countries. No ...
Continuity, Function, and Rhythmic Structure Analysis of Sonata in G Minor by G. Tartini, First Movement
(1971)
In this paper, the first movement of the sonata in G minor for violin written by G. Tartini has been analyzed according to three types of analysis: (1) continuity, (2) function, and (3) rhythmic structure. The purpose of ...
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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 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.
Application of empirical interatomic potentials to the calculation of the structure and dynamics of paraffin molecules adsorbed on graphite
(American Physical Society, 1979)
The adsorption of a single molecule of ethane, propane, and butane on a basal-plane surface of graphite is investigated using empirically derived carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon potentials. The principal motivation for ...
Intramolecular and Surface Vibratory Modes of Butane Adsorbed on Graphite Observed by Inelastic Neutron Scattering
(American Physical Society, 1977)
Inelastic and elastic neutron scattering have been used to study the dynamics and structure of butane (C4H10) adsorbed on a graphitized carbon powder at 77 K. In addition to the intramolecular vibrations found in the bulk ...
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 ...
Women Violinists
(1971)
This paper gives a brief biography of 144 women violinists.
A Survey of Method Books for the Adult Beginner in Class Piano
(1974)
This paper analyzes texts available for group adult piano study to determine appropriateness.
An Analysis of Melodic and Durational Continuity in Sonata I for Organ, I, "Mässig Schnell" by Paul Hindemith
(1970)
The following analysis concerns one architectonic level of the design of musical process continuation in pitch, rest, and duration in a portion of Paul Hindemith's Sonata I for Organ.
A Survey of the Five Beethoven Piano Concertos
(1973)
The Beethoven concertos present different problems from those connected with the symphonies. The symphonies were written throughout his life; the concertos stop short in mid-career. The first two symphonies show Beethoven ...
Aristotle on Responsibility for one's character and the possibility of character change
(Brill, 1974)
Aristotle's discussion of the voluntary and the involuntary occurs in Book III, chapters 1 through 5, of the Nicomachean Ethics. He is concerned to assess the conditions under which a) an action and b) a state of character ...