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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 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 ...
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 ...
Women Violinists
(1971)
This paper gives a brief biography of 144 women violinists.
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.
Cavallini, Busoni, and the Clarinet
(1979-05)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) wrote two compositions
for the clarinet, the Concertino in B flat, Op.48 of 1919
and the "Elegy" for clarinet and piano of 1921. It is not
generally known that Busoni's father, Ferdinando, ...
Selected Etudes of Muzio Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum
(1978)
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), one of the first virtuoso performers
of the pianoforte, was also the earliest significant composer
of music for that instrument. The "Gradus ad Parnassum" is one of the most famous
and thorough ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Principles of Organ Registration at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century as Illustrated by the Works of César Franck
(1971)
The purpose of this paper is to show how Franck's
compositions for the organ can be adapted to and performed
on the American instruments. In order to make any judgments,
conclusions, or suggestions concerning ...
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 ...
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
...
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, ...
An Annotated Bibliography on Notation: Selected Books and Articles Published Since 1949
(1979-06)
This work is an annotated bibliography covering the articles and resources produced between 1949-1979 on the topic of early musical notation.
Music Therapy: As Applied in Educating of Handicapped Children [sic]
(1970)
This paper will
deal only with music therapy as applied in the educating of the
handicapped children, including those emotionally disturbed,
those mentally retarded, and those physically handicapped. Emphasis will be ...
A Sound Spectra Analysis of Two Trumpet Embouchure Techniques
(1978-07-10)
The purpose of this study was to compare photographically upper and lower lip inversion of two contrasting trumpet embouchure techniques, to determine and compare air flow direction as influenced by these embouchure ...
Taped Studies in Listening-Writing for Grades 6, 7, 8
(1971-06-01)
In this paper, the researcher wanted to discover to what extent children can be taught music theory through taped lessons. Lessons involved listening and writing for testing purposes but the studies demanded sung as well ...
Miles Coverdale's "Goostly Psalmes and Spirituall Songes" and Their Sources
(1972)
It is the purpose of this paper to give some
insight into the contents and sources of the above book,
"Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes drawen out of the
holy Scripture, for the coforte and consolacyon of soch
as ...
A Manual for Organizing a Renaissance Collegium
(1977)
The purpose of this manual is to assist musicians that are forming Renaissance Collegiums, specifically on the college level. The author has formed two such ensembles, one at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the ...