Search
Now showing items 121-140 of 382
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.
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 ...
Standards of Performance for Secondary School Music Festivals
(1965-08-03)
This is a position paper delineating the need for a thesaurus of performance standards in the secondary school music festivals. It will not be possible in this limited presentation to cover all the facets of this complex ...
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 ...
Ein Deutsches Requiem: An Examination of an Arch and Foundation Theme
(1992)
Ein Deutsches Requiem, a German Requiem, is unique in the repertoire of large choral works. Brahms's Requiem utters "words of consolation designed to reconcile the living with the idea of suffering and death." Brahms employs ...
Some Speculations on the Spanish Organs of the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
(1960-05)
The intent of this paper is to try to assemble some idea of what is presently known or can be deduced about the Spanish organs of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries ... Because so very little is presently available on ...
The Use of Wind Instruments with Choral Music for the Church
(1969)
This paper gives a history of the use of wind and string instruments as coupled with the voice in the Christian church. Focus is given to the Venetian style as typified by Giovanni Gabrieli. Included is a bibliography of ...
Concerto VI in B♭ for Clarinet and Orchestra by Jean Xavier Lefèvre
(1969)
This transcription of Jean-Xavier Lefèvre's clarinet concerto includes interpretation suggestions.
The Piano Concerti of Johannes Brahms
(1966)
This paper gives a brief overview of musical style in the 19th century and details the piano concerti of Johannes Brahms.
Use of Class Time and Student Attentiveness in Seventh Grade Exploratory Middle School Music Class
(1990)
This study investigated seventh grade exploratory middle school music rehearsals with respect to use of class time by teachers and attentiveness of students. Off-task behavior was compared in team teaching and non-team ...
A Cross-Cultural Examination of Women in the Orchestras of West Germany and the United States: An Attitudinal and Statistical Analysis
(1988-06-20)
This project examines the current status of women in the professional orchestras of the United States and Federal Republic of Germany. Letters requesting a listing of the number of men and women within each instrument ...
A Manuscript Illustrating the Adapting of the Jazz Instrumental Idiom to the Gospel Song
(1960)
Jazz instrumental arrangement of Forgiveness Divine
The Life and Work of Theodore Thomas
(1949-07-01)
To try to tell the story of the long and busy life of Theodore Thomas is to attempt a complex task. One of those rare individuals gifted with the ability to carry on several absorbing works simultaneously, his accomplishments ...
The Sources of Hymn Tunes Based on J. S. Bach Found in the Christian Science Hymnal
(1965)
The writer's objectives in this study are two: (1) to correct errors in the "Hymnal Notes" regarding hymn tunes drawn from the works of J. S. Bach and used in the "Christian Science Hymnal;" (2) to give fuller information ...
The Pianistic Legacy of the Nineteenth Century
(1986)
The nineteenth century was undoubtedly the most significant
era in the development of the pianoforte—the literature,
the artists, and the instrument itself. The piano was used
extensively by amateur as well as by ...
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, ...
French Horn Literature in Print
(1966)
Bibliography of music for French horn available in print in 1966.
"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 ...
Organ Music of the Spanish Baroque
(1964-05)
With the exception of certain works of Juan Cabanilles (1644–1722), little attention has so far been given to the organ music of the Spanish Baroque period. Much information about this music is still lacking, as the large ...