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Meeting the Needs of At-Risk Youths: Teaching Choral Music in At-Risk Schools
(1988)
Music teachers currently working in at-risk schools find themselves questioning the appropriateness of lessons they've been prepared to teach. The needs of at-risk students are great. It is sometimes difficult for music ...
The Effect of Musical Training, Gender, and Music Curriculum on Music Aptitude Test Results of Eighth and Ninth Grade Choral Students
(1994)
The purpose of this study was to examine the results of a survey, including a music aptitude test administered to eighth and ninth grade choral music students (N = 262). The survey also collected information regarding ...
Women Violinists
(1971)
This paper gives a brief biography of 144 women violinists.
Operatic and Instrumental Classical Music in America in the Late 20th Century
(1995)
Classical music still exists in American life in the late 20th
century, yet its existence is the topic of much debate. Should
classical music be funded in part by the government? Are music
educators frustrated and failed ...
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 Discussion of the Pedal From Early and Late Nineteenth Century Pianoforte Methods
(1980)
The art of pedaling is an element of pianoforte playing
that, when executed correctly, enhances the music, and, when
executed incorrectly, detracts from the music. Careful instructions
for pedaling were included in many ...
The Founding of an American School of Composition 1900–1930
(1980)
This paper is intended to acquaint the reader with a general view of the American composers who pioneered and established an American school of composition. The selections of the composers discussed were made on the basis ...
Two Settings of the Eighty-Fourth Psalm by Claude Goudimel Edited for Modern Performance
(1982)
The sacred music of the French during the middle-to-late sixteenth century was not of the same high quality as that of the Italian masters. Although this seems to be an argument in favor of programming Italian works over ...
Registration, Breathing and Health, Related to Singing
(1984)
This paper will concentrate on three areas of importance in vocal pedagogy. They are registration, breathing, and health problems.
There are generally three theories in registration: one register, two registers, and three ...
The History of the Trumpet in the Orchestra
(1985)
An examination
will be made of the types of trumpets that have been
used in orchestras. An attempt will be made to follow the
trumpet from its natural to its chromatic-valved state and
to show how both the composer and ...
Choral Sound Related to the Physical Arrangement of Choirs
(1960)
In too many cases, rehearsals and performances
are impaired by the poor acoustics of the spaces where a
group must perform. Concerts are given every day in auditoriums,
theaters, Churches, cafetoriums, concert ...
Pre-1900 Selected Protestant Hynmody Development
(1976-04-28)
This paper discusses a brief history of early hynmody, its origins, and evolution.
The Identification and Comparison of Learning Styles of Vocal Music Educators at Varying Levels
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the
learning styles of vocal music educators at varying levels,
(i.e. elementary, middle school/junior high, senior high) to
determine if there might be any correlation ...
The Utilis et Compendiaria Introductio of Hans Judenkunig: An Examination
(1985)
The content of this paper is based on a microfilm
copy of the Utilis et Compendiaria Inroductio of Hans Judenkunig in the Lute Society of America Microfilm
Library in Rochester, Michigan. The Utilis,
probably the first ...
Bartók's Harmonic Techniques in the Mikrokosmos
(1961)
The purpose of this paper is two-fold, in that
it seeks to clarify, relate, and systematize Bartok's
harmonic technique as exemplified in his Mikrokosmos
and ultimately, through this understanding, to enable
the performer ...
The Basics of Teaching Keyboard Ornamentation
(1985)
A concise commentary on general practices of ornamentation and how to go about teaching them is needed for every
instructor of music. Included in this study are general
practices of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic ...
Programmed Instruction as Applied to Music Theory Fundamentals in Seven Selected Texts
(1969)
The purpose of this paper is not to discuss the history of
programmed learning and teaching machines, nor is it to debate the advantages
and disadvantages of programming as an instructional technique. Teaching machines ...
Johann Sebastian Bach's Chorale Collections A Comparative Study With His Earlier Versions
(1981)
This paper gives an overview of the history of the German chorale and then compares the last manuscript edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's eighteen chorales to earlier versions of the same works. Each work is placed within ...
French Twentieth Century French Horn Solo Literature
(1966-05-13)
This research project is a result of an exhaustive survey
of French French horn solos with piano or orchestra accompaniment
published since 1900. The solos were studied with the horn
student in mind. An outline of the ...
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 ...