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Preparing the High School Piano Student for College Applied Music Study
(1974)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the piano prerequisites for entering college freshmen planning to major in piano or in organ. A survey is made of fifteen selected schools of music which offer bachelor of music ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Study of Beginning Flute Method Books
(1970-06-04)
This research project deals with a study of twenty beginning
flute method books. Included is an outline of each
book and a table concerning pertinent material of flute
method books.
The Goals of Reading Music and Singing as Related to the First and Second Grade
(1973)
The first objective of this paper is to identify the
fact that music reading as an acquired skill at the elementary
level builds a foundation that will transfer to other musical
activities, because the ability to read ...
Tonal Analysis of Six Sonatas for the Keyboard by Domenico Scarlatti
(1971)
The purpose of this paper is to speculate upon the qualities in
six representative Scarlatti sonatas which indicate that he
could have used the meantone system with an entirely different result in performance. First, a ...
Pre-1900 Selected Protestant Hynmody Development
(1976-04-28)
This paper discusses a brief history of early hynmody, its origins, and evolution.
The Development of Musicianship in Junior High Incorporating the Kodaly Philosophy
(1973)
The junior high course in general music should be a program that is both challenging and realistic. Every activity has one general purpose: the development of the student's musical intelligence so that the music he makes ...
Continuity Analysis: Exposition, First Movement Symphony no. 1, C Minor, Johannes Brahms
(1974)
Continuity analysis is a study of the relationship of events in a composition to preceding events. The subject of this analysis at any point is a recurrence either of an aspect of a single note or of a note pattern. The ...
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 ...
A Pedagogical Approach to the Suite in G Major for Violoncello Solo by J. S. Bach
(1976)
The six suites for violoncello solo by J. S. Bach stand not
only among the greatest literature for the cello but also can be
used very effectively in studio teaching. There has
been very little written on how these ...
Teaching Musical Concepts Through Baroque Music to Fifth and Sixth Grade Students
(1972)
The purpose of this paper is to provide a listing of activities suitable to fifth and sixth grade children, using materials of the Baroque period to teach musical concepts. This period is selected because of the abundance ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 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 ...
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.
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 ...