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Music, School of: Recent submissions
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Variations on a Tradition: The Chorale "Partitas" of Johann Sebastian Bach
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)The chorale variation sets by Johann Sebastian Bach represent the culmination of a long tradition, which is itself a merger of two older traditions—the organ chorale, specifically the ornamented chorale, and the secular ... -
Traditional Learning, Cooperative Learning, and Recorder
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine whether cooperative learning strategies or traditional direct instruction would more positively affect the performance achievement of fourth- and fifth-grade recorder ... -
Missa cum populo: a Liturgical and Musical Innovation
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)This lecture-recital document presents a study of the missa cum populo, a new genre of Catholic liturgical music developed during the twentieth century in response to the desire for more active participation of laity in ... -
SELECTING FINGERING FOR PERFORMING MOZART’S PIANO MUSIC
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)The purpose of finger selection for composers and musicians has changed since the 18th century due to many factors. In order to understand how fingering selection can serve a composer’s musical intention, this paper ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MUSIC THERAPY AND TALK THERAPY ON INTIMACY IN A FAMILY-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AT THE END-OF-LIFE
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)The purpose of the study was to examine differences between music therapy and talk therapy on intimacy in a family-patient relationship at the end-of-life. To determine differences between music therapy and talk therapy, ... -
THE EFFECTS OF ACTUAL RECITAL HALL AND FOUR DIGITALLY-PRODUCED VARIABLE PRACTICE ROOM ENVIRONMENTS ON PHONATORY, ACOUSTICAL, AND PERCEPTUAL MEASURES OF VOCAL PERFORMANCES BY EXPERIENCED FEMALE SINGERS
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Virtual acoustics practice rooms have been marketed as a means to simulate acoustics of larger performance venues, thus potentially allowing users to practice as if they were in a given performance venue. No study to date ... -
Petrus Joannellus and the motets in Volume V of his Novus Thesaurus Musicus, 1568
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A Brief History of Live Cinema and Rehearsal Considerations for Metropolis Triptych by Nathan Jones
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Since the late 1970s, there has been a renewed interest in the music that accompany films from the Silent Film Era (1895–1930), sparking both the revival of original scores and the composition of new scores for silent ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-REPORTED FATIGUE, FATIGABILITY, AND SLEEP QUALITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The average lifetime cost of care for people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) in the United States is approximately $2.2 million per person affected, and up to 80% of PwMS are unemployed within 10 years of disease onset. ... -
Physical Activity, Aerobic Fitness, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in Individuals with Acute Stroke
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Studies show that individuals with subacute and chronic stroke in inpatient rehabilitation facilities and living in the community engage in very little physical activity. Furthermore, people post-stroke have been shown to ... -
THE IMPACT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS ON SYMPTOM PRESENTATION AND RESPONSE TO TREATMENT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Diabetic complications, such as retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy, have been studied extensively and are known to impair balance and increase fall risk. However, the effect of diabetes on the vestibular system is not ... -
Theory-guided Therapeutic Function of Music to facilitate emotion regulation development in preschool-aged children
(Frontiers Media, 2015-10-14)Emotion regulation (ER) is an umbrella term to describe interactive, goal-dependent explicit, and implicit processes that are intended to help an individual manage and shift an emotional experience. The primary window for ... -
Construct optimal experience for the hospitalized newborn through neuro-based music therapy
(Frontiers Media, 2015-09-03)Music-based intervention for hospitalized newborn infants has traditionally been based in a biomedical model, with physiological stability as the prime objective. More recent applications are grounded in other theories, ... -
Suite for Big Band
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Suite for Big Band is a series of original compositions for a traditional 17-piece large jazz ensemble. The three-movement collection lasts approximately 18-19 minutes in its entirety. The goal of the suite is to present ... -
The Effect of Providing Band Students with a Simplified Score on their Performance Quality and Perceptions of their Experience
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of providing band students with a simplified score on their performance quality and perceptions of their experience. Subjects were students (N = 38) enrolled in two ... -
Artists' Trilogy
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)While Artists’ Trilogy was written as one large work with three movements, each movement is intended to stand on its own as well. Ensembles should feel free to program any single movement, a pair of movements, or the entire ... -
THE BARITONE VOICE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES: A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND ITS USE IN HANDEL’S MESSIAH
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Musicians who want to perform Handel’s oratorios in the twenty-first century are faced with several choices. One such choice is whether or not to use the baritone voice, and in what way is best to use him. In order to best ... -
Buxtehude and the Meantone Organ: Developing an Analytical Approach to Music's Relationship to Temperament
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Inspired by Hans Davidsson’s 2007 recording of the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) in quarter-comma meantone temperament, this document attempts to develop an analytical system that can illuminate various ... -
The Effect of Using a Recording of Students' Performance Paired with Specific Feedback on the Self-Evaluation Accuracy of Novice Performers
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using a recording of students’ performance paired with specific feedback on the ability of middle school performers to accurately assess their own performance. ... -
The Effect of Music Therapy on Joint Attention Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore further whether children with Autism Spectrum Disorder displayed more joint attention behaviors—interacting and requesting joint attention—during music therapy, cooperative ...