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The realm of education is steadily changing from the influence of ideas, theories, research, and technology. Revisiting theory and practices and reinvigorating them with the knowledge gained in research and the advances in technology...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether participants from varied performance-media backgrounds experience a felt emotional response through performance media different from their own. Specifically, how does this...
Musician’s hand Dystonia, or focal hand dystonia in musicians, is a devastating movement disorder that occurs in musicians after expertise had been acquired. Musician’s hand dystonia can develop in anyone but typically occurs later in...
The purpose of this study was to examine creative musical development through a multidisciplinary review of literature and college student metanarratives, which focused on first remembrances of music creativity and developmental events...
The purpose of this study was to determine if superimposed audio distractors would have an effect on the aesthetic experience of undergraduate and graduate music majors listening to an excerpt of Puccini's La Bohème. Subjects (N = 96)...
In 1950, William F. Cramer came to Tallahassee, Florida to attend the Florida State University School of Music as a doctoral student in music education. As the 1952 fall semester was to begin, he was selected to lead the teaching efforts...
This study investigated the effect of high and low amounts of teacher talk on the attitude, attentiveness, and performance of two high school women's choruses. One beginning and one advanced chorus were rehearsed for one week under two...
The purpose of this study was to determine how errors in performance affect perceptions of performance quality by musicians while listening to an excerpt of Bach's Bourrée from the Suite for Unaccompanied Cello #3. Subjects (N=129) heard...
The first purpose of this study was to provide an overview of experimental and descriptive research lines within the field of conducting. The findings of this literature search reflect the tremendous growth of inquiries and findings...
The purpose of this project was to create an original composition for high school level band, to create a set of teaching materials specific to the composition, and to provide an analytical method for the creation of literature-specific...
During the past 60 years, jazz music has slowly become recognized as a genre worthy of study in high school music programs throughout the United States. Only a few researchers have analyzed large samples of jazz-related instruction in...
Leonard B. Meyer proposed unique metaphysical constructs of the aesthetic experience in music in his 1956 book Emotion and Meaning in Music. These constructs posited a causal nexus for affective response to music based upon the absolute...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of musical training and musical complexity on focus of attention to melody or harmony. Participants (N = 192) were divided into four groups: University Jazz Majors (n = 64);...
The purpose of this study was to explore the emotional responsiveness of elementary aged children to music. Sixty students participated from three intact classes of public school fourth graders. While listening to Rhapsody on a theme of...
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