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Transcriptions and Choral Arrangements of Five Wichita Melodies
(2015-08)
Preservation of Native American music is a timely and necessary endeavor. In the hopes of preserving the music of one Southern Plains tribe, this document examines five melodies and four choral arrangements of the Wichita ...
The piano music of Percy Grainger: An analysis of ten original works.
(2004)
The purpose of this document is to introduce readers to the wide range of Grainger's expression for the piano. The ten works introduced and analyzed demonstrate Grainger's penchant for transcribing ensemble pieces; most ...
Preparing choral voices for historically guided vocalism in the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary styles.
(2005)
The purpose of this study is to propose a historically guided approach to timbre, volume, vibrato, and pitch in the performance of choral repertoire. This is accomplished in part by documenting primary sources that suggest ...
Undergraduate Conductors’ and Conducting Teachers’ Perceptions of Basic Conducting Efficacy
(2014)
The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduate conductors’ and conducting
teachers’ perceptions about basic conducting efficacy. At the beginning and end of the semester, undergraduate students (N = 19) enrolled ...
The emergence and development of mallet ensemble literature in the United States: 1894--2001, with analyses of selected works.
(2003)
The study's objective was to supplement the available information regarding the development of mallet ensemble literature in the United States. Methods employed relied on historical inquiry through both quantitative and ...
Canadian pedagogical piano repertoire since 1970: A survey of contemporary compositional styles and techniques.
(2005)
During the decade between 1940 and 1950, the composers in Canada began to express themselves through contemporary and avant-garde idioms. The concepts learned abroad and from composers who immigrated to Canada created a ...
Symphony No. 1.
(2007)
This document contains the musical score of a single-movement symphony for orchestra. The presentation of the score is preceded with commentary about the placement of this symphony in a historical context, as well as a ...
A pedagogical guide to the 25 Etudes melodiques Opus 45 of Stephen Heller.
(2001)
This document consists of an introductory chapter followed by four chapters. The Introduction, Purpose of the Study, and Need for the Study in Chapter I provide a brief overview of Stephen Heller's life and the importance ...
Carlos Guastavino's song cycles "Las Nubes" and "Cuatro Sonetos de Quevedo": The relationship of text and music.
(2000)
Chapter Two is a biographical sketch of Carlos Guastavino; topics include his early years and musical influences, his professional training and musical influences and ideas. Chapter Three is an analytical study of the text ...
Irish music in central Oklahoma: An ethnographic study.
(2006)
Based mainly on fieldwork conducted in the Oklahoma City and Norman areas over a three-and-a-half year span (2002--2006), the research material for this dissertation has been gathered primarily through the author's ...