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Falsetto: Learning to Sing the Full Upper Register Through Development of the Falsetto
(1977-10)
This project has been undertaken to show that it is possible to build the full upper register through development of the falsetto. The process is quite slow, in that it takes time and concerted effort to start with a small ...
Improved Teaching Through Audio-Visual Aids
(1971)
Industry and education have felt the need since World
War II to use many techniques or educational devices used
by the military in speeding up and enhancing the learning
process. Since World War II, first industry and ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Composer Control and Performer Freedom in Selected Solo Piano Music Composed Since World War II
(1979)
This paper will deal with the composer's control of
the performance as demonstrated in selected post World War II
compositions for solo piano. The mainstream group of compositions
in which no change of relationship can ...
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 ...
Vocal Techniques Used by the Bel Canto Masters Traced Through Their Treatises, Successful Students and Historical Accounts
(1974)
It is the purpose of this paper to trace various treatises of the most outstanding voice teachers and musicians of the bel canto period and compile those results directly concerned with the production of the voice. Also, ...
"The Problem:" A Study of the Changing Voice, Its Causes and Methods of Dealing With It
(1974)
In this study, the sound producing organs and the effect body growth has on them will be discussed. An investigation of the theories concerned with the recognition of approaching change and a study of two of the major ...
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 ...
A Compilation of Specific Technical and Musical Examples Within the Violin Etudes of Peirre Rode, Jacon Dont, and Pierre Gaviniés
(1972)
The advanced violinist of today needs to study more than just scales and concerti to develop and maintain a high degree of proficiency in his art. The compilation of etudes or studies fulfills the technical and musical ...
An Analysis of the Melodic Characteristics of Selected German Art Songs of the Nineteenth Century
(1970)
The purpose of this research project was to examine the melodic characteristics evident in selected songs of six German composers who represent the Romantic tradition in Lieder: Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes ...
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.