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A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century American Clarinetists is designed as a resource to provide information on the lives and careers of American clarinetists and pedagogues of note, active primarily between the years 1900 and...
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of pre-service music education majors regarding participation in competitive concert and marching band events. Participants (N = 168) were undergraduate pre-service music education...
The purpose of this treatise will be to explore Verdi's development of the title role of his opera Rigoletto. The historical timeline will be followed from Verdi's first documented interest in Victor Hugo's Le roi s'amuse as a libretto...
The Effect of Music Therapy Interventions to Increase the Psychosocial Well-Being of Older Adults Living in Independent and Assisted Living Communities
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of group music therapy sessions on the psychosocial well-being of older adults living in assisted and independent living communities. Pre-and posttest was used in two different...
Thirty-six students, twenty-six females and ten male subjects, volunteered from The Florida State University College Of Music to participate in a study to determine the effect of music volume on simulated driving skills. All subjects met...
This thesis is about musicians in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, and how they pursue professional careers through the performance of a diverse range of musics in a wide range of settings. The subjects of this research are mostly...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of music assisted systematic desensitization (MASD) on guitar competency, observed anxiety, and self-perception of anxiety during guitar performance with music therapy and...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of singing paired with signing on second language acquisition of university music students under active and passive learning conditions. In addition, emotional states of the subjects...
The purpose of this content analysis was to ascertain specific practices, demographics, and research formats used to teach or improve social skills in music therapy practice. A history of interdisciplinary research on social skills is...
This treatise seeks to examine the history and performance trends of the percussion section of The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own." As no formal research has been done about the percussion section as a whole and the band is approaching...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of choral singing on the blood pressure and oxygen saturation of individuals with Parkinson's disease. The study followed a pre-post test ABA1B reversal design across 4 days, in which...
This dissertation investigates Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström's Five Pictures from the Bible, set for six-part unaccompanied chorus and baritone solo, by examining the historical antecedents of the work's creation, and analyzing...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of music therapy interventions on selected social skills of young adults with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Six dyads were formed with one young adult with AS (mean age ...
The following treatise is based on information that relates to the bow construction and its influence on the bowing technique of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This period is especially important because major changes happened...
L'Écoulement (Flow) is a one-movement work for orchestra based upon a three-note idée fixe which expands, grows, and develops over the course of the piece. As the title suggests, this work presents a continuous flow of motivic...
Although the United States had a rich musical culture prior to the 19th century, the first permanent symphony orchestras were not formed until the mid-1800's when an influx of German immigrants prompted the establishment of ensembles and...
The first appearance of the term "bagatelle" is in the beginning of the eighteenth-century, with most of the early works traced back to simple dances. Later, Ludwig Van Beethoven elevated his bagatelles, expanding them in many ways, ...
This treatise examines the importance of the Manual de Vioara, written by Romanian violinists and professors Ionel Geanta and George Manoliu, and its influence for the Romanian violins school during Communist rule. A particular challenge...
Zymancer is an approximately 13 minute work for what is essentially a chamber orchestra, but with just one player to a part. Though it is written and performed as a single movement, there are three main formal sections of the piece that...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of music on non-responsive patients in a hospice setting. Non-responsive was defined as those patients who were comatose or whose terminal illness had progressed to the point that the...
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine the different musical, social, and pedagogical factors that affected how piano repertoire is selected and programmed for the undergraduate degree recital. Additionally, this study...
Something To Be Happy About: Concerto for C Tenor Pan and Orchestra is the first concerto for orchestra and steel drum to be composed in American. Divided into three movements, this 18 minute work is scored to capitalize upon the nuances...
This thesis is based upon information from a variety of sources dealing with the soundtrack for the film Liquid Sky. One of these sources is the movie itself, which can be aurally and visually confusing without peripheral sources of...
This piece is composed for the Florida State University Electric Chamber Orchestra (EChO). Being an entirely electronic ensemble, it is an area very few composers are accustomed to. EChO is comprised of entirely electric instruments with...
The Oregon Bach Festival completed its thirty-fifth season of performances in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday, July 11, 2004. Beginning as a summer school program organized by Royce Saltzman in 1970 at the University of Oregon, the Festival's...
The music of Argentinian tango composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) is currently enjoying greater worldwide popularity than ever before among musicians and audiences alike. Yet for much of his lifetime Piazzolla had to struggle for...
Over the course of his career Theodore Thomas became one of the most influential figures in the development of nineteenth-century American musical culture. He is best known today for his role in the foundation of the Chicago Symphony...
A Preliminary Investigation into the Effects of a Brief Mindfulness Induction on Perceptions of Attention, Aesthetic Response, and Flow during Music Listening
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a brief mindfulness induction technique on subjective reports of attention, aesthetic response, and flow during music listening as measured by Continuous Response Digital...
One of the heritages of Romanticism is the concept of song as Lied, a song in which voice and piano have equal responsibility in conveying the deepest meaning of a poem. Brazilian classical composers have a particular attraction for this...
The aim of this study is to determine whether there is a significant difference between self-reported scores of anxiety, mood state, and pain levels and the physiological comparison of vital signs when patients are allowed to listen to...
An Annotated Survey of Douze Chants d'Anatolie of Cemal Reùit Rey: A Practical Performance Companion to Understanding the Origin and Context of Turkish Art Song in the Twentieth Century
This dissertation examines Douze chants d'Anatolie (Twelve Anatolian Songs), a complete art song set and one of the first mature works of Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey. The songs of Douze chants d'Anatolie are some of the first...
This study explores a selection of solo piano works by the well-known French composer, Claude Debussy, and two contemporary Chinese composers, Huang Ruo and Liang Lei. The selected works demonstrate inspiration and impressions from...
The Procedures and Considerations for Creating Performance Editions of J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin for the Tenor, Bass, and Alto Trombones
J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006) are considered some of the most important solos for violin in the repertoire. Bach overcame compositional and technical feats with his solos, writing complex, polyphonic...
This study examines both the personal life and professional career of James Edwin Croft, Director of Bands, Emeritus, The Florida State University. Croft established himself as a distinguished conductor and a champion of wind band music...
Skies & Horizons is a collection of pieces for wind ensemble connected through figurative and literal concepts pertaining to the ground, earth, sea, sky, and stars. The work is divided into ten pieces, totaling twenty-three minutes in...
Charles Koechlin composed the Silhouettes de Comédie for bassoon and orchestra in 1943. It is a monumental work for bassoon due to its length, scope, orchestration, and magnitude of difficulty. Because of these elements, the Silhouettes...
The purpose of this study was to compare the percentage of male and female band directors with the percentage of male and female adjudicators being hired for Music Performance Assessments (MPA) in the state of Florida across a ten-year...
This study investigates the functional value of music in Zambia's political soundscape in the context of political rhetoric. It evaluates the meaning and influence of music in the political processes on the choices citizens make for...
Four Movements in Search of a Composer draws inspiration from the play Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. Rather than a character sketch of the six Characters in this play, this piece centers around four moments...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a lyric analysis and group discussion vs. other music therapy techniques, on values clarification and decision- making styles of adolescent delinquents. Eighteen middle school...
The purpose of this study was to compare teacher beliefs about music technology, types of teacher training in music technology, music technology resource availability, and levels of teacher use of music technology based on school...
This project investigates the explicit jazz idioms in Aaron Copland’s first orchestral composition: Grohg a Ballet in One Act. Composed between 1922-1925, and later revised in 1932, Grohg was never published in Copland’s lifetime but it...
James Quitman Mulholland, composer, is Professor of Music at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has received commissions from children's choirs, middle schools, high schools, universities, professional ensembles, national...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the rates, widths, and pitches of university double bass players' vibrato in relation to pitch height, fingers used, and tempo. Forty (N = 40) undergraduate and graduate double bass players...
Documents in the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, and Fogelman Library at the New School for Social Research demonstrate Henry Cowell's tireless efforts on behalf of dissonant counterpoint, a...
A Performance Guide to Selected Song Cycles of John Harbison: North and South (Six Poems of Elizabeth Bishop), Simple Daylight, and Flashes and Illuminations
The purpose of this treatise is to provide a performance perspective and guide to selected works of John Harbison for voice and piano. John Harbison (b. 1938) is a Pulitzer-prize winning American composer, whose music is becoming a part...
The examination of multimedia compositions by minimalist composers demands the analysis of not only the music, but also the visual and narrative domains. While there are many ways of addressing the music, there are relatively few methods...
The Pesta Paduan Suara Gerejawi (PESPARAWI), an Indonesian Christian choral festival or its predecessor the Pesta Paduan Suara Gerejani (PESPARANI), has become a nationwide celebratory event in Indonesia and has helped Indonesian...
In from the Rain is a collection of songs and interludes for mezzo-soprano, two clarinets, piano, five part female choir, three cellos, contrabass and computer. There are multiple ways the piece may be performed; with live musicians and...
The present document introduces prominent Lithuanian composer Vytautas Barkauskas and his works written for viola. The author believes that an exceptional composer such as Barkauskas deserves to be known by more musicians. Thus, the...
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