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A design for the development and implementation of a beginning group piano curriculum for leisure age adults.
(1982)
The course was designed for students with little or no musical training and was divided into eight weekly classes lasting ninety minutes. The class was taught in a piano laboratory setting with electronic pianos for the ...
Identification of percussion performance techniques in the standard orchestral percussion repertoire /
(1983)
Chapters III through IX provided a brief discussion of the various orchestral percussion instruments' history and physical characteristics as well as a summary of their basic performance techniques. Various passages from ...
An investigation and analysis of music programs in the public community colleges of Tennessee and other public community colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools with recommendations for continued growth and development.
(1982)
A chapter presents an overview of the historical and philosophical development of the community-junior college movement in the United States and in Tennessee, along with the parallel development of music programs within ...
Patterns of accentuation in the classical style as supported by primary sources and as illustrated in the late Masses of Franz Joseph Haydn.
(The University of Oklahoma., 1984)
This document concerns itself with aspects of late eighteenth-century performance practice, most notably, accentuation. The aspect of eighteenth-century style that is often neglected in twentieth-century performances is ...
George Crumb's Makrokosmos Volumes I and II :
(1981)
Background information includes a discussion of musical influences on Crumb. Among these are sounds influenced by electronic music, Debussy's interest in timbre and handling of the damper pedal, Webern's condensation of ...
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstuck XI :
(1984)
The analysis of the matrix system of serial polyphony resulted from the author's unaided study of Stockhausen's sketches. The duration proportion method of translating rhythm into pitch, however, was transmitted verbally ...
The identification and use of the Ave Maria Cantus firmus in sixteenth century motets /
(1984)
The purpose of this study was to search for and identify a specific Ave Maria cantus firmus that could serve as a core for possible use in Ave Maria motets throughout the sixteeenth century. The premise of the study was ...
Netherlands organ music from 1960 through 1977 :
(1980)
Chapter Three contains a presentation of twenty organ compositions which were selected for inclusion in the study. The first part of each presentation covers information concerning the difficulty level, performance time, ...
The effects of playing the melody by rote during the prestudy procedure upon sight reading skill development of beginning class piano students /
(1983)
In addition, subjects in the experimental groups were asked to play the melody one line at a time while watching an illuminated keyboard visualizer, which displayed lighted piano keys as they were played. The students heard ...