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Music, School of: Recent submissions
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EFFECT OF TWO PRACTICE SCENARIOS ON SONG MEMORIZATION ACCURACY
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)This study examined song memorization sequences using memorization accuracy scores. Vocal performers (N=42) were split into two groups. The participants in Group A were first asked to memorize only the text of a song in ... -
The Effects of Lyric Analysis and Songwriting Music Therapy Techniques on Self-Esteem and Coping Skills Among Homeless Adolescents
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Homelessness is a troubling epidemic affecting a wide range of individuals, including youth and adolescents. The reasons for homelessness as well as manifestations of the condition are perpetuated by a cycle of abuse, ... -
The Use of Singing and Playing Wind Instruments to Enhance Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Although Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the most fatal and devastating lung diseases in the world, treatments to enhance lung capacity and Quality of Life (QOL) are still in their infancy. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Scenes From Gabrilim
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)Scenes from Gabrilim is an orchestral tone poem inspired by my friend Emily Cohen's novel, working title Gabrilim. The story is set in a fantasy world with strong ancient-Hebraic influences. It follows the courses of several ... -
Haydn Piano Sonatas: An Examination of Style and Performance
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)ABSTRACT Haydn's major keyboard works are sonatas, and these generally represent Haydn's growth as a composer from his early years until 1794, the date of his final three sonatas. The early sonatas are often set in the ... -
A Necessary or Integral Part: The Choral Ordinary and Proper in the Roman Catholic Mass after the Second Vatican Council
(University of Kansas, 2012-12-31)The ritual texts of the Roman Catholic Mass have inspired many of the choral masterworks of Western music. For many composers, one of the central considerations in setting these texts has been to determine the proper ... -
Motivational Factors Contributing to Continued Participation in High School Band Programs
(University of Kansas, 1992)This study examined the motivational reasons students stay in band. A number of studies address why students drop out of band. Many have found a "lack of interest" among dropouts. Few, however, gathered data on student's ... -
GRAPHIC NOTATION AS MEANS OF MUSICAL GESTURE: EXAMINING PERCUSSION WORKS BY JOHN CAGE, MORTON FELDMAN, AND VINKO GLOBOKAR
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)This research explores the concept of musical gesture as it relates to graphic notation, in three 20th-century, solo percussion works: Composed Improvisation for snare drum alone by John Cage (1987), The King of Denmark ... -
A Study of the Process of Commissioning New Music for the Concert Band
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This study examined the process of commissioning a new composition for the concert band. Composer Brian Balmages was commissioned to write a piece for concert band that had standard band instrumentation and was of Grade ... -
The effects of three singer gestures on acoustic and perceptual measures of singing in solo and choral contexts
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-12)The purpose of this two-part investigation was to assess the potential effects of three singer gestures (low, circular arm gesture; arched hand gesture; and pointing gesture) on performances of choral singers (N = 31; ... -
Iowa Stubborn: Meredith Willson's Musical Characterization of his Fellow Iowans
(Intellect Ltd., 2009)The song “Iowa Stubborn” from The Music Man provides a key to understanding the development and musical content of the work. Willson’s “Iowa Stubborn” insistence on the organic development of songs from the narrative led ... -
The Effect of Interactive Music Therapy on Joint Attention Skills in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(University of Kansas, 2011--5-31)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of interactive music sessions on joint attention behaviors in preschool children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Joint attention, the ability to share attention ... -
The Major Tritone Progression in Recent Hollywood Science Fiction Films
(Society for Music Theory, 2006-05)In the 2002 film Treasure Planet, composer James Newton Howard accompanies the primary shot of the titular orb with an undulation between two major triads a tritone apart. I offer three approaches to understanding the ... -
Considering Network Recursion and Bartok's "Fourths"
(Society for Music Theory, 2007-09)Notions of network recursion, as they have been designated in music analyses, may be organized into five categories that range from exact self-similarity to self-dissimilarity. This perspective reveals that Michael Buchler’s ... -
A Model of Melodic Expectation for Some Neo-Romantic Music of Penderecki
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On Metre in the Rondo of Brahms's Op. 25
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2007)The rondo from Brahms's Piano Quartet Op. 25 projects a number of different metres which may be organised into various metric spaces modelled on those of David Lewin and Richard Cohn. Although this organisation does not ... -
Metric Cubes in Some Music of Brahms
(Duke University Press, 2009)The metric cube is a kind of graph of meters proposed as a complement to the types of metric spaces that have already been put forth in music-theoretic scholarship, particularly by Richard Cohn. Whereas Cohn's most recent ... -
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A Composite Approach to Ives' "Cage"
(Cambridge University Press, 2008-09)In his book "A Union of Diversities," Larry Starr's analysis of Charles Ives' "The Cage" contrasts with most readings of the song in that he focuses on how the points of congruence between the highly dissimilar vocal and ...