Music, School of: Recent submissions
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Guitar Chord Handbook: An Introduction to Commonly Used Chords For Music Therapy and Music Education Students
(University of Kansas Libraries, 2019)This work is one part of a three-part Open Educational Resource (OER) that teaches students how to play the guitar as an accompaniment instrument, facilitating technical, theoretical, and ear skill development that can ... -
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. ... -
Perception of Administrative Support and How it Relates to Professional Growth and Job Satisfaction of Elementary Music Teachers
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of administrative support, at the school and district levels, in order to identify how it related to professional growth and job satisfaction of elementary music ... -
“A Stylistic Comparison of French Agréments in the Works of Marin Marais, Michel de La Barre, and Jacques Hotteterre”
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)ABSTRACT The lecture-recital included selections from the following works: Trio in C from the Pièces en trio pour les flûtes, violon, et dessus de viole by Marin Marais (1656-1728), Suite No. 2 from the Premier livre de ... -
Christopher Small's concept of musicking: Toward a theory of choral singing pedagogy in prison contexts.
(University of Kansas, 2007-08-31)The purpose of this investigation was to raise and examine questions relevant to building a theory of choral singing pedagogy for prison-based choirs with reference to Christopher Small's (1927- ) concept of "musicking." ... -
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Music Therapy Clinical Supervision Process
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)The aim of this Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study was to explore the process of clinical supervision for music therapy practicum from the perspective of the supervisor. Supervised clinical training in ... -
Music in Motion: A Study of How the Knowledge of Dance Movements Affects the Interpretation of Music.
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)This paper will discuss research on how knowledge of actual dance movements affects the interpretation of music. The essence of rhythmic elements can be easily misunderstood, despite performers’ efforts to study the context ... -
Secret Messages in Schumann’s Music: A Study of the Influence of German Literature and Cipher on the Music of Robert Schumann
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)As with romanticism’s metaphysical nature, the genres of art in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century were an amalgamation of different art forms and a tapestry of figures and thoughts from music, philosophy, poetic ... -
A Study of the Trumpet Concerto by Jong Uek Woo: The Elements of Korean Traditional Music.
(University of Kansas, 2018-12-31)Composers often incorporate traditional and nationalistic music elements into their works. Historically, they have explored what traditional elements are markers of culture and have tried to incorporate these elements into ... -
A Performance Guide to Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)Abstract Many of Franz Liszt’s piano works are popular and played frequently in concerts and competitions. Liszt’s 12 transcendental Etudes are among his most famous and representative piano creations, which greatly challenge ... -
A MENTAL MODEL OF MUSIC FAMILIARITY AND MUSIC PREFERENCE FOR MUSIC THERAPY PRACTICE
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)The purpose of this study was to review the researcher’s initial mental model of music familiarity and preference in music therapy and propose a revised mental model for the use of preferred and familiar music based on ... -
Stylistic Influences, Developments, and Pedagogical Considerations of Nikolai Kapustin’s Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)The Eight Concert Etudes for Piano, Op. 40 (1984), are considered representative of Kapustin’s mature style. The work displays Kapustin’s synthesis of classical tradition and jazz styles. Kapustin applied the brilliant ... -
Playing the Piper: A Narratological Interpretation of John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy (1982)
(University of Kansas, 2018-08-31)John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy is a rather unusual concerto in the flute world. Written for and premiered by James Galway in 1982, the piece tells the familiar tale of the Pied Piper in Hamelin. In addition to being ... -
Beneath a Canvas of Green: A Conductor's Analysis and Comprehensive Survey of Related Works for Percussion Ensemble and Winds
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)This document functions as an examination of Aaron Perrine’s (1979) Beneath a Canvas of Green (2018), a work for percussion ensemble and wind band. Included in this paper are sections outlining the composer’s background, ... -
A Combination of Japanese Traditional Aesthetics and Western Music: Toru Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch and Rain Tree Sketch II
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)The music of Toru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996) is often described as an integration of Japanese traditions and Western music. He learned the works of various composers from the West, such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, ...