Music Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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A Performance Guide for Óscar Navarro’s Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, or Wind Band: Use of Flamenco Structure within a Classical Form
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of this document is to provide clarinetists with a performance guide for Óscar Navarro’s Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, or Wind Band. A biography of the composer, as well as an annotated bibliography ... -
Voyager
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)NASA’s Voyager mission is an inspiring story of both scientific discovery and humanitarianism. Launched in 1977, the twin spacecraft made observations which revolutionized our understanding of our cosmic neighborhood and ... -
"Are You Listening?": Vocal Polyphony in the Christian Rock Music of Emery
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)To many, the inception of Christian rock threatened the moral and religious stability of America due to its ties to rock and roll. Preachers and religious leaders spoke out against this combination of the “music of the ... -
Truth Seeker Jazz Suite for Big Band
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This analysis and discussion of Truth Seeker Jazz Suite should aid the listener in understanding its intent and construction. Truth Seeker Jazz Suite could be considered simply as a musical war protest that transmits a ... -
Music Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Involvement in the Implementation Processes of Individualized Education Programs
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of the study was to report on music educators’ perceptions of their involvement in the implementation processes of Individualized Education Programs. This included information about and participation in the IEP ... -
A STUDY OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY’S SUITE BERGAMASQUE: PRELUDE, MENUET, CLAIR DE LUNE AND PASSEPIED
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Abstract Suite Bergamasque is one of the best-loved piano compositions by Claude Debussy. It is performed often in recitals and continues to gain popularity in the classical and popular realms. The focus of this research ... -
Pre-Service Music Educators' Preferences in School Setting for Student Teaching
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of this study was to explore how influential social and professional factors, as well as preconceived perceptions of students and schools in urban, suburban, and rural settings contributed to pre-service music ... -
Pictorial and Literary Evocations in the Programmatic Music of Liszt and Debussy
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Abstract Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was extraordinary both as a virtuoso performer and an innovative composer of works in a variety of genres. As a modernist icon bridging the turn of the century, Claude Debussy (1862–1918) ... -
The Italian Canzona and Its Migration North
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)ABSTRACT The birth of the Italian canzona occurred at about the same time as Petrucci’s first printing of music by moveable type at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Initially the canzona involved the intabulation ... -
Reclaiming a Golden Past: Musical Institutions and Czech Identity in Nineteenth-Century Prague
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)This dissertation explores the relationship between nineteenth-century musical activity in the Czech lands and Czech identity. The objectives of this study are to examine the history of significant musical institutions and ... -
The Influence of the American Orchestral Organ on Selected Works of Leo Sowerby
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), one of America’s most prolific twentieth-century composers, wrote many organ compositions for the American orchestral organ, the instrument on which he played. Following a biographical sketch of ... -
Decision Factors Contributing to Music Therapy Students Selecting an Internship in the Hospice Setting
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the general factors that contribute to the decision-making process when choosing a music therapy internship and ascertain targeted factors that might impact an individual ... -
Mountain Sound: Norway's Jazz Identity
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Jazz musicians in Norway have cultivated a distinctive sound, driven by timbral markers and visual album aesthetics that are associated with the cold mountain valleys and fjords of their home country. This jazz dialect was ... -
A Mixed Methods Investigation Into Single-Sex Choral Ensembles at the Middle-Level
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of this study was to comprehensively examine the frequency of single-sex choirs in middle school music programs, motivations for offering these ensembles, and both strategies for the implementation of and ... -
A constructivist approach to elementary school music learning experiences with reference to the ideas of John Dewey
(University of Kansas, 2000-08-31)The term "constructivism" has become increasingly prominent in the field of education. The purpose of this· investigation was to examine some fundamental concepts associated with constructivism in order to determine how ... -
David Maslanka’s Liberation: A Conductor’s Analysis
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Abstract For more than forty years, David Maslanka (1943–2017) was a prolific composer for every musical medium. With significant contributions to chamber music, solo literature, vocal settings, and symphony orchestras, ... -
Pipes of the Past: Registration Practices of Selected Composers for the American Centennial Era Organ
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)American organ music prior to the twentieth century is a somewhat neglected area of organ study due to biases of early-twentieth-century academia. This lecture seeks to better familiarize the audience with a small section ... -
PIERRE COCHEREAU: A LEGACY OF IMPROVISATION AT NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Pierre Cochereau (1924–84) was the organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and an improviser of organ music in both concert and liturgical settings. He transformed the already established practices of improvising in the ... -
The Effect of Instruction Differentiation in Preventive Classroom Management Strategies on Early Childhood and Elementary Preservice Teachers' Selected Behaviors in a Music Integration Course
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of instruction differentiation in preventive classroom management strategies on early childhood and elementary preservice teachers’ selected behaviors during assigned ... -
Snow Angel
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Abstract Snow Angel is a song cycle for two singers and instrumental sextet that presents the rediscovery and reclamation of personal identity and agency following trauma through the words of Kansas poet Wyatt Townley. ...