Search
Now showing items 31-40 of 75
A survey of undergraduate piano pedagogy core course content.
(2002)
The purpose of this study was to identify the content of undergraduate piano pedagogy core courses at four-year, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)-accredited colleges and universities. Data were collected ...
Riding "The Winds of Destiny": An oral history of George Crumb's fourth song cycle in the "American Songbook Collection".
(2007)
The methodology employed in the gathering of data for this study will include personal interviews with Crumb, selected ensemble and family members, and a review of any publicly available materials (published books, journal ...
The percussion music of Puerto Rican composer William Ortiz.
(2006)
The percussion music of Latin American composers is still widely unavailable'. The purpose of this document is to introduce the percussion music of Latin American composer William Ortiz to a larger number of performers, ...
Jazz in Oklahoma music teacher education.
(2005)
Oklahoma music teacher education institutions should integrate the preceding aspects of jazz study into current music education curricula. With these efforts, the role of jazz in Oklahoma music teacher education can fulfill ...
University students' views on piano practicing: A survey of piano majors at the University of Oklahoma.
(2001)
The data reveal that the participants are very well aware of the nature of practice and their learning styles and that they utilize varied practice strategies in their practice. However, some students need more information ...
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 ...
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 ...