Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Saltzstein, Jennifer"
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Accessible Bach Cantatas for Church Choirs Comprised of Amateur Singers and BWV 133 as Demonstration
Yoo, Sujeung (2020-05-08)Johann Sebastian Bach composed five annual sets of sacred cantatas based on the Lutheran liturgical calendar. Bach carefully constructed cantatas with his exceptional musical ability and deep theological understanding to ... -
THE ART OF MELD: PITCH ORGANIZATION AND MOTIVIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN JOAN TOWER’S MUSIC FOR CLARINET
Keogh, Cassie (2015-12)Joan Tower is an award-winning American composer, best known for her orchestral and chamber music. Her music is widely performed and is well liked by performers and audiences alike. Her three solo works for clarinet—Wings ... -
Assyrian - Syriac chants from the liturgy of the Church of the East
Sada, Eve (2021-12-17)The Assyrian or Syriac Chants of the Church of the East existed from the first centuries of Christianity in Mesopotamia; however, the earliest survived chants are by Mar Aprem from the fourth century. Therefore, the current ... -
Betty Johnson, Midwest Pioneer of the Bassoon: Her Life and Legacy
Resnick, Anna (2015)Betty Johnson’s career in bassoon performance and education spanned six decades. She was an early pioneer and prominent teacher of the bassoon in the Midwest. She began her tenure as a charter member of the Oklahoma Symphony ... -
A Compositional and Performer’s Analysis of Dinu Lipatti’s Fugue, Romantic Sonata, and Nocturnes
Milan, Daniel (2019-12-13)The purpose of this document is to provide a reference for the single movement solo piano compositions by Dinu Lipatti that explores their overlooked significance to the piano repertoire through a compositional and performer’s ... -
Curriculum Development for an Undergraduate Piano Major Functional Piano Skills Course
Murphy, John Patrick (2020-07)In an effort to prepare undergraduate piano majors for a diverse career in music, some undergraduate institutions elect to provide coursework for piano majors dedicated to the development of functional piano skills. Research ... -
Music Educators' Uses of the Kodály-Approach in U.S. Elementary School Music Learning Environments.
Taylor, Kathleen M. (2018-12-14)In this study, I examined how and why Kodály-trained music educators used pure and blended forms of Kodály-Approach instruction in their music class learning environments. I sent a nationwide music educator survey (N = ... -
Nation and Compilation in England, 1270-1500
Ainsworth, Breeman (2016-05-13)Scholarship has frequently explored how people in medieval England engaged the concept of nation. Scholarship has also investigated the manners in which book production participated in and enacted cultural phenomena. ... -
Performance, Analysis, and Interpretation in the Solo Double Bass Works of Johanna Magdalena Beyer and Vivian Fine
Craddock, Mary Christine (2015-05-08)Though musical works worthy of study and performance, Johanna Magdalena Beyer’s 1936 Movement for Double Bass and Piano and Vivian Fine’s 1964 Melos for solo double bass have been neglected by both performers and scholars. ... -
Primary Rhetoric and the Structure of a Passacaglia
Backman, Samuel (2020-05)The art of the musician is much like that of the orator. Both are charged with the delivery of a sonic medium over the unfolding course of time. Furthermore, both the orator and musician must be attentive to disposition ... -
Richard Strauss as composer and conductor (1881–1885): Hans von Bülow, the Meiningen Court Orchestra, and the Serenade in Eb Major (Op.7) and Suite in Bb Major (Op.4)
Linn, Donald (2020-05-08)Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is celebrated today as a composer of operas and tone poems. Strauss was also a conductor of great significance, having directed ensembles such as the Meiningen Court Orchestra, Munich Court ... -
A Stylistic and Performance Analysis of Symphonia Elegiaca, op. 83 by Camil Van Hulse
Wurst, Stephen (2023-12-15)This document provides an analysis of the second organ symphony of Camil Van Hulse: Symphonia Elegiaca, op. 83. This analysis provides a historical overview, an examination of programmatic content, and a compositional ... -
Towards a More Inclusive Flute Pedagogy: Analysis and Pedagogical Strategies for the Teacher to Facilitate Student Learning of Odd-Year Oklahoma Honor Band Flute Audition Etudes
Wolfrey, Elizabeth (2023-05-12)The purpose of this study is to provide a pedagogical guide for students preparing the odd-year honor band flute audition etudes in Oklahoma. This document expands access to specialized flute instruction and is a resource ...