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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, ...
Teaching concepts and techniques utilized by three American trombone professors
(1996)
Three trombone educators were chosen according to predetermined criteria of teaching position, longevity, activity, studio output, availability, and geographical location: Edwin D. “Buddy” Baker, Vem L. Kagarice, and Irvin ...
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 ...
Teacher or performer: Role identification among piano majors.
(1998)
The study contains seven chapters and several appendices. Chapter one defines the problem and provides a brief introduction to symbolic interaction theory. Chapter two contains a survey of related literature in the following ...
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 ...
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 ...
Multiple percussion performance problems as illustrated in five different works composed by Stockhausen, Smith Brindle, Colgrass, Dahl, and Kraft between 1959 and 1967 /
(1983)
This document concerns itself with the identification and cross-relationship of three categories of performance problems related to multiple percussion performance: (1) notation; (2) instrument placement; (3) movement. ...