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Mildred Andrews Boggess: A Biography
(2017-05)
Mildred Morford Andrews Boggess (1915-1987) was an outstanding twentieth century organ teacher and performer. She was the highest-honored Professor of Music at the University of Oklahoma between June 1938 to June 1976. She ...
To journey into creativity.
(2005)
Every year, in schools across America, children walk past framed statements asserting that one of the primary missions of their school is to foster creativity in its students. School districts, in addition to stating their ...
An Overview of the Piano Concerto in Canada Since 1900 with Stylistic Analyses of Works Since 1967 by Eckhardt-Gramatte, Dolin, Louie, Kuzmenko, and Schmidt
(2013-12-13)
This study provides an overview of the piano concerto in Canada since 1900 with stylistic analyses of five concertos written in the five decades since 1967 by five Canadian composers: Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté, Samuel ...
A comparative study of the musical characteristics of children as observed in the spontaneous chant of Native American and Anglo American children.
(2003)
During the past fifty years, researchers and scholars have studied the musical development of young children, identifying not only the musical characteristics of young children, but also the developmental stages of their ...
A study of Brazilian nationalism in Camargo Guarnieri's "Dansa brasileira" and concert overtures: "Abertura concertante" and "Abertura festiva".
(2007)
The purpose of this study is to discuss the use of Brazilian nationalistic elements in select orchestral literature of Camargo Guarnieri, the only Brazilian composer to establish a nationalist composition school in Brazil. ...
An investigation of the relationship between wind and percussion scoring in selected twentieth-century wind ensemble literature: Interpretive options for the conductor.
(2000)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between wind and percussion scoring in selected twentieth-century wind ensemble literature and to offer interpretive possibilities for conductors. The influence ...
Teaching choral repertoire through score study and performance practice.
(2002)
The purpose of this study is to propose an alternative approach to teaching an undergraduate choral literature course that embraces a diversity of learning styles in helping students arrive at a meaningful, personalized, ...
Teachers' perception and expectation of students: Influences on teaching and student success in the applied piano lesson.
(2005)
These perceptions and the resulting expectations had a direct impact on the teacher's behavior in the lesson. Fifty-three general teaching strategies as well as 36 student-specific teaching strategies were identified. The ...
Heinrich Domnich: A Discussion of His Career, Pedagogy and Concert Works for the Horn
(2014-08)
This document explores the life, music, and writing of Heinrich Domnich, a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a horn virtuoso of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Domnich lived from 1767 to 1844 and ...
Improvised ornamentation in the opera arias of Mozart: A singer's guide.
(2001)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, along with other composers of the late eighteenth century, often left melodic phrases of opera arias with simplified endings at cadenza points. This practice allowed particular care to be given to ...