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The Parameters of Eye Movement in Vocal Music Reading (sight-Reading; Saccades)
… aspects of perceptual processing of graduate music students reading melodies of varying levels of notational complexity. Six parameters of eye movement were measured using an SRI Eytracker: number of progressive and regressive fixations, progressive and regressive fixation durations, and …
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A study of a selection of Benjamin Britten's vocal music for mezzo-soprano
… into these works. The study focuses on three vocal works of varying genre: The Rape of Lucretia, A Charm of Lullabies, and Phaedra. The investigation of each work starts with the historical background, in wh ich Britten's life and career at the time of the work is discussed briefly, including …
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Comparing Hunter's ITIP With Selected Elementary Vocal Music Methods in Southwest Missouri Aaa Schools
… into Practice (ITIP) is being used in elementary vocal music classes in AAA schools in Southwest Missouri. It also investigated the usage of other lesson designs used alone, or in combination with the Madeline Hunter design. Data was obtained from a survey instrument developed by the researcher, …
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A Proposed Basic Curriculum for Elementary Vocal Music for use in Bremerton Public Schools
… (1) to state and define the philosophy of the music program in the Bremerton schools; (2) to establish the major goals of the total music program; (3) to organize and present materials with which to attain these goals.
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Decoding Musical Resistance: English Vocal Music in the Service of the King, 1625--1660
… audiences, which affected both the texts and the music. Classical knowledge and cosmopolitan themes were injected into mainstream street and tavern culture and traditional, tuneful music styles were adopted into art song, resulting in fruitful combinations. The outcome in music was a social and …
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Solo angel roles in vocal music : tracing the use of angel roles from 1600 to the present
This study traces the use of solo angel roles in vocal music from 1600 to the present, focusing specifically on one to two works from each period that contain the most prominent angel roles. Each chapter centers on a particular period of time, analyzing the angel roles and seeking to find a …
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Ornamentation of Italian Vocal Music of the Eighteenth Century According to Pietro Francesco Tosi and Giovanni Battista Mancini
<p>The acclaim and recognition attributed to the musical performers of the eighteenth century are reflected in the title Bel Canto ascribed to this period. The contemporary musical scene reveals performances attempting to perpetuate the virtuosity of the performers of this period and to recapture …
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Pedagogical Uses of the Solo Vocal Music of Nicolas Flagello in the Training of Intermediate and Advanced Voices
… of their pedagogical suitability for ongoing vocal development of intermediate and advanced voices. Interpretive aspects of the songs will be discussed in addition to demonstrating how existing research by Coffin, Vennard, Miller, and Doscher may be applied to the teaching of this repertoire.
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The Songs of David Amram: A representative analysis and review of published vocal music for accompanied and unaccompanied voice
… embrace many genres including incidental music, film scores, symphonies, concertos, sonatas, instrumental trios, quartets, cantatas and operas as well as songs. One of Amram's earliest published songs, Pull My Daisy, is from his musical score for the experimental film of the same name. The …
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Beethoven’s an die Ferne Geliebte
Beethoven has often been accused of writing vocal music which exceeds some normal limitations of the voice. Such unfortunate accusations result in many singers avoiding his vocal music. Through means of historical evidence presented in this paper, through an examination of An die ferne Geliebte and …
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Samuel Pepys' reception and perception of vocal music in seventeenth-century England : an analysis of selected diary entries from 1660 until 1669
… seventeenth-century diarist with a deep love of music, which he often compared to his love of women, as expressed in the previous quotation. Even though this quotation specifically refers to wind music, it also directly expresses Pepys' love of music as a whole. His diary stretches over a period …
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The Construction and Testing of a Forced Choice Scale for The Evaluation of Student Teachers in Vocal Music at The Junior High School Level
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… an instrument. Since the Baroque, when secular vocal music became popular, vocal music has challenged the singer with diverse styles in order to demonstrate expressivity. For instance, in the Baroque the vocalist was expected to provide ornamentation such as trills and appoggiaturas, while in …
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Vox aestheticæ : Creating a Method of Aesthetic Analysis for the Voice Performer
… ranged across all forms of art, from visual to musical; however, there are many people with little experience or knowledge of their own aesthetic judgment and how this takes place. In recent times a number of forms of aesthetic analysis have been created with the goal of making the process of …
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Vocal Music at Hull-House, 1889--1942: An Overview of Choral and Singing Class Events and a Study of the Life and Works of Eleanor Smith, Founder of the Hull -House Music School
The second portion is devoted to Eleanor Smith. This section includes her biography, analyses of selected compositions, and a list of those works that are housed in the Special Collections Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Singing knowledge: aesthetics, authority and gender in Skyrian music (Greece)
… tensions at the heart of performances of Skyrian vocal music. A small Aegean island with approximately 3,000 inhabitants, Skyros prides itself on a distinctive expressive culture that prominently features the masquerading and satirical performances of the pre-Lenten Carnival, for which the island …
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A survey of post school opportunities for participation in instrumental music organizations in central California
<p>The possibility of making music a more secure source of income for the professional musician does not seem to offer much hold for the future of music. However, the possibility of making music more a part of the life of the people through amateur participation offers a possibility for further …
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I Shall But Love Thee Better After Death: A Rediscovery of Eleanor Everest Freer’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, Op. 22 (1910)
… and effective supporter of early American vocal music and an accomplished composer. Freer not only possessed musical talent and a refined compositional craft, but also the foresight and means to preserve her work for posterity. This dissertation focuses on Freer’s magnum opus: a forty-four …
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