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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"music/arts"”.
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A Device and Method for Measuring and Classifying Activity Interests of Pupils and Teachers for the Purpose of Formulating and Administering a Club Program for Fifth and Sixth Grades
… level in a number of activities, including music, arts and crafts, government and service activities, and physical activities/sports. Ultimately, the author found that differences in age did not affect interest level in various activities, though gender differences were noted. The researcher …
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Examination of the Growth and Development of the Long Term Community Based Jazz Workshop Inc. Program
… interviews with the Director, 2) several of the music instructors, 3) the head manager of the Homewood Carnegie library branch and; 4) the principal of Westinghouse High school. Results are also reported from the focus groups of parents of the younger participants, current adult participants, and …
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An Original Composition for Brass Choir
… style with the expressed wish to further the musical thought and understanding of brass choir members.
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Vision An Oratorio
Vision is an oratorio written for mixed chorus and soli accompanied by a chamber orchestra. The text is from the book Doctrine and Covenants, section seventy-six, paragraphs one and two, as printed by the official publishing organization of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day …
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An Original Composition for Chorus Missa Brevis
… alternatives in the selection of a suitable musical style. These choices were narrowed to include (1) "traditional" or "romantic"; (2) "pop"; or "jazz"; (3) "folk-mass"; or (4) avant garde. The ultimate choice was a synthesis, consisting of devices from fourteenth century music, and elements …
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A History of the Clarinet to 1820
… origins to 1820. It is divided into three parts: 1) origins, 2) the baroque clarinet, and 3) the classical clarinet. In the first part the ancestor of the modern instrument is traces to the memet of Ancient Egypt (2700 B.C.), and evidence is reviewed for the existence of a wind instrument …
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Chamber music as a factor in public school music
<p>We have found that the more progressive music supervisors in the larger city school systems have already seen its value, as they testify, and we predict that, like all other developments in music education, it will spread to the smaller cities as they become able to take on this phase of the …
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The role of music: Coping with cancer
… gathered on the impact of listening to preferred music on the healing experiences of cancer patients, justifying the need for qualitative inquiry. Three disease-free women that survived breast cancer were invited to share their stories about how listening to preferred music assisted in decreasing …
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The place of the fine arts in a democratic education
… and to foster an appreciation for the fine arts, which will not only keep life from becoming sordid and existence sensuous, but will prove the sustenance of youth and the delight of old age.</p><p>With these ideas in mind, it is the writer’s desire to plead for more and better teaching of …
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Historical Narrative in the Music of Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
… IV</em>’s soundtrack. I argue that the music in <em>Civilization VI</em> contributes to a Eurocentric teleological progress narrative of history inherent in the structure of the game: the idea that history is a story of inevitable and positive technological and cultural advancement. I …
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12 Degrees of Alienation: A Socio-Political Exploration of Hanns Eisler's Use of the Twelve-Tone Method during Exile (1938-1948)
… However, Eisler’s contribution to modern music in both Germany and North America has been, until recently, overshadowed by political controversy. It is especially the period of Eisler’s American exile (1938-1948) that provides an area of research ripe for investigation with a fresh …
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Stefano Landi's Arie a una voce and Early Seventeenth-century Italian Guitar Music with Alfabeto Notation
… and was a pivotal precursor to our modern tonal musical understanding. The very nature of both the instrument and its characteristic dance-song accompaniment style led composers to create block harmonies in diatonic progressions long before such concepts bore any semblance to a functioning …
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The Use of Music and Art as Directorial Tools in a Production of Kevin O'Morrison's Ladyhouse Blues
Human beings make decisions every minute of the day. These decisions are based upon need, desire, impulse, mood, and knowledge. As we grow older, we learn skills in decision-making primarily through trial-and-error. The theatre artist, likewise, is constantly searching for new skills and techniques …
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The character building influences of the school music program
… can be made to show in what ways the school music program may influence the character of children, the problem must be presented and terms defined.</p><p>Since this study is not intended to be one of extended psychological research, the reader should bear in mind that the problem is that of …
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Bury me deep in isolation: A cultural examination of a peripheral music industry and scene
… have had a strong presence within the Australian music scene. Primarily, each year between 1998 and 2009, songs by indie pop/rock acts from Perth have charted within national broadcaster triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown. Many of the albums from which these songs have been taken have sold in excess …
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Music as a birthright: Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music and participatory music making in the twenty-first century
The Old Town School of Folk Music (OTSFM), founded in 1957 on Chicago’s North Side, has over the course of its history developed pedagogies and social practices to transform its urban, cosmopolitan students from music consumers to music participants. By the 2000s, it had become the largest …