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Music Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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What Sweeter Musick: A Survey of Contemporary American Anthem Literature Composed for the Episcopal Church
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)What Sweeter Musick: A Survey of Selected Contemporary American Anthem Literature Composed for the Episcopal Church Filippa Mackenzie Duke ABSTRACT This document surveys anthem literature by six living American composers ... -
Lady Macbeth, The Ill-Fated Queen: Exploring Shakespearean Themes of Ambition, Sexuality, Witchcraft, Patrilineage, and Matricide in Vocal Settings of Verdi, Shostakovich, and Pasatieri
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This exploration of three vocal portrayals of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth investigates the transference of themes associated with the character is intended as a study guide for the singer preparing these roles. The earliest ... -
The development of modern French music
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Jan Bender and his organ music
(University of Kansas, 1974) -
The development of the modern tendency in oratorio
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Organ culture in Israel and Palestine
(University of Kansas, 2004)This paper consists of the following topics: 1. A short introductory information about organ sources and the development of the organ in ancient Israel. 2. Information about selected organs built in the relatively modern ... -
Concerto Grosso #2 (Concierto Sefardico) for chamber ensemble and organ
(University of Kansas, 2004)The Concerto Grosso #2 is written for a chamber ensemble (fl., ob., cl., bsn., trp. trmb., percussion, strings) and organ, and the organ does not have a solo function, i.e., it is treated equally as the remaining instruments. ... -
EFFECT OF ORFF-BASED MUSIC INTERVENTIONS ON STATE ANXIETY OF MUSIC THERAPY STUDENTS
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Orff-based music therapy as a potential music intervention used to decrease state anxiety of music therapy students. For these students, high levels of state ... -
Sources of Job Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Among Public School Music Educators
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)The purpose of the present study was to identify the elements of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction as a means of better understanding causes of eustress and distress in public school music educators. More specifically, ... -
Preghiera in Italian Bel Canto Opera
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)This lecture explores the representation of prayer in opera during the bel canto era. During the operatic bel canto era, prayer scenes were featured with increasing frequency. The popularity of this practice was likely ... -
Oboe Music Written for the Paris Conservatoire Concours
(University of Kansas, 2014-12-31)Since its founding in 1795, the Paris Conservatoire has produced many of history's greatest French composers and performers. After studying their instruments for a number of years, students competed in the annual concours. ... -
A Proposed Technique for Investigating the Relationship Between Musical Preferences and Personality Structure
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Handel's Acis and Galatea: Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Performance Practices of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In 1718, George Frideric Handel premiered Acis and Galatea words for the Duke of Chandos. In 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's adaptation of Handel's masque debuted, and after forty years had passed, Felix Mendelssohn's ... -
Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" from a male perspective
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This document examines Samuel Barber's 1947 work for orchestra and voice, Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The piece was debuted by soprano Eleanor Steber, and it has become traditionally performed by sopranos. The purpose of ... -
The Use of Serbian Folksong in the Trumpet Music of Nikola Resanovic
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This document examines the trumpet compositions of the American composer Nikola Resanovic, and the influence of his Serbian heritage on his music. It contains a brief biography of the composer, and lends insight into the ... -
An Introduction to Interactive Music for Percussion and Computers
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)Composers began combining acoustic performers with electronically produced sounds in the early twentieth century. As computer-processing power increased the potential for significant musical communication was developed. ... -
The effects of nonverbal behaviors exhibited by multiple conductors on the timbre, intonation, and perceptions of three university choirs, and assessed relationships between time spent in selected conductor behaviors and analysis of the choirs' performances
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)This investigation examined the effects of aggregate nonverbal behaviors exhibited by 10 videotaped conductors on the choral sound and perceptions of 3 university choirs (N = 61 choristers) as they sang from memory the ... -
A Study of the Tempo Preferences of Four-Year-Old Children
(The University of Kansas, 1976-05) -
Difference Thresholds for Timbre Related to Amplitude Spectra of Complex Sounds
(University of Kansas, 1975) -
History of folk music
(University of Kansas, 1914-01-01)