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Music, School of: Recent submissions
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Listening Lesson Practices in the Elementary General Music Classroom: A Mixed Method Approach
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The purpose of the study was to examine elementary general music teachers’ listening lesson practices in kindergarten through sixth grade using a mixed-method research design. The listening lesson practices were investigated ... -
The Anne Landa Preludes of Carl Vine: musical characteristics and practical performance guidelines
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)ABSTRACT Australian composer Carl Vine wrote The Anne Landa Preludes in 2006. Pianist Michael Kieran Harvey was the first performer to record this set in the same year. This collection of twelve small pieces is the successor ... -
FORWARD THINKING, WITH AN EAR TO THE PAST: A PERFORMANCE GUIDE TO DALLAPICCOLA’S QUADERNO MUSICALE DI ANNALIBERA
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Abstract The purpose of this document is to provide a stylistic performance guide to Dallapiccola's Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera. It is my hope that this document constitutes a resource comprising information that can ... -
A Pedagogical Analysis and Performance of Selected Compositions for Piano by Vincent Persichetti
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Vincent Persichetti composed in a wide range of contemporary musical idioms. He incorporated twentieth-century harmonies into traditional forms and into classical piano writing. This paper seeks to emphasize the advantages ... -
Survey Results for the Current State of Censorship in Adult Psychiatric Music Therapy Sessions
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate current censorship practices and beliefs of music therapists working in adult mental health settings. The research questions are: (a) What music, or elements of music, do music ... -
Early Music Reimagined For Clarinet Consorts
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Early music for instrumental consorts dates back to the 16th century. Clarinet choirs have existed only since the last decade of the 19th century. About three hundred years worth of consort music remains untouched by ... -
Metropolis Triptych
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)"Metropolis" is a German silent film directed by Fritz Lang, which premiered on January 10, 1927, in Berlin, during Germany’s Weimar Period. The film is one of the finest examples of German Expressionism and tells the ... -
A Systematic Review of Attachment-Based Interventions for Caregivers and Young Children Living in Poverty
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Almost half of the 11 million children under the age of three in the United States live in low-income families. Early childhood may be the developmental period most sensitive to the conditions affected by income and living ... -
THE IMPACT OF MUSIC- VS. ATHLETICS-BASED SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING ON ADULT- AND SELF-RATINGS OF SOCIAL COMPETENCE AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF AT-RISK YOUTH
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a music therapy-based social skills training program compared to an athletics-based social skills training program for children with social skills deficits and ... -
The influence of music-assisted coping strategies on dyspnea, anxiety, and self-efficacy for patients in home care occupational therapy: A feasibility study
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Abstract Review of Literature: Current dyspnea research shows a need for more investigation of non-pharmacologic interventions that promote self-efficacy, address multiple dimensions of dyspnea, and help disrupt dyspnea-anxiety ... -
Exploring the Impact of Service Learning on Interprofessional Collaborative Practices of Occupational Therapists
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Previous research has demonstrated that students in healthcare related disciplines, who experience service learning, gain professional skills necessary for their career (Flinn, Kloos, Teaford, Clark, & Szucs, 2009; Holsapple, ... -
Music Therapy Internship Directors' Perspectives on the Importance of Emotional Intelligence
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Emotional Intelligence is one’s ability to perceive and use emotional information in oneself and in others, and to make decisions based on this information. It is made up of emotional competencies, which encompass perceptions ... -
Antonín Dvořák, the Piano Duet and Nationalism
(University of Kansas, 2015-12-31)Abstract In this document, I will focus on two main topics: the piano duet and nationalism as shown in Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances Op.46. I will describe stylistic features of writing in them with discussions of the ... -
Scoring Loss in Some Recent Popular Film and Television
(Oxford University Press, 2014-09-24)A certain tonally- and temporally oriented progression of two triads, dwelt upon usually through undulation, accompanies scenes depicting the contemplation of a considerable sorrowful loss in many popular films and throughout ... -
A Comparative Study of Select Choral Conductors’ Approaches to Unification of Choral Sound, Rehearsal, Conducting, and Leadership: Frieder Bernius, Tõnu Kaljuste, Stephen Cleobury, John Eliot Gardiner, Weston Noble, and Robert Shaw
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)The methods of six highly-successful conductors from around the world—Frieder Bernius (Germany), Tõnu Kaljuste (Estonia), Stephen Cleobury, John Eliot Gardiner (U.K.), Weston Noble, and Robert Shaw (U.S.)—are comparatively ... -
Ransom
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)Ransom is an opera in two acts based on the short story The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. A gang of robbers plot their final heist before retiring. During the job, they are discovered and attempt to make a hasty retreat. ... -
SONGS OF FAITH AND LOVE: A STUDY OF OLIVIER MESSIAEN’S POÈMES POUR MI
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)It is my determination that Oliver Messiaen’s first song cycle, Poèmes pour Mi (1936), exhibits nearly all of the representative musical and literary devices of the composer’s arsenal: musical and poetic symbols and symmetry, ... -
STRAVINSKY’S NEO-CLASSICISM AND HIS WRITING FOR THE VIOLIN IN SUITE ITALIENNE AND DUO CONCERTANT
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This document is about Stravinsky and his violin writing during his neoclassical period, 1920-1951. Stravinsky is one of the most important neo-classical composers of the twentieth century. The purpose of this document is ... -
An Introduction to Tenor Trombone Solos by Korean Composers
(University of Kansas, 2016-05-31)This paper examines selected Korean composers and their unpublished works for tenor trombone. Their music blends unique Korean components such as folk melodies, scales, modes, rhythms, and unexpected formal structures with ... -
The Interaction of Cello and Chinese Traditional Music
(University of Kansas, 2016-08-31)This document concerns the interaction of the cello and Chinese traditional music with an emphasis on three major areas. An historical introduction to western music in China includes descriptions of its early appearances ...