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Amat's "Guitarra Española" and its Influence on Music Theory
(2019-05-22)The guitar was one of the most popular instruments of the 17th century and played a large role in the way that theorists and musicians thought about music during the 16th and 17th centuries. A new style of guitar playing ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUZUKI METHOD AS IT PERTAINS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MUSIC USING THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH; THE COMPARISON OF THE SUZUKI METHOD TO TRADITIONAL METHODS; AND HOW THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH AIDS IN TEACHING MUSIC TO STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA
(2021-04-30)The Suzuki Method, also known as the Mother Tongue Method or Talent Education, is a method of teaching music to children using a similar process to that of native language acquisition. The method uses musical immersion, ... -
An Investigation of the Texas All-State Process, Texas Honor Orchestra Process with Regard to Title I and Students in Urban School Districts from 2010-2020, and the Effect on the Social Emotional Learning of These Students
(2022-05-12)The Texas Music Educators Association annually recognizes the outstanding student musicians and selected school ensembles in the state through the All-State and Honor Orchestra processes. Students selected for the All-State ... -
Charles Griffes's Piano Sonata as Emblematic of Mature Style
(2022-07-11)Composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes has had many labels placed upon him as an early figure of 20th century music in America, most of which place much weight on his American nationality within the context of musical trends ... -
A Comparison Of The Violin Pedagogy Of Auer, Flesch, And Galamian: Improving Accessibility And Use Through Characterization And Indexing
(Music, 2007-08-23)The development of the index and characterization tools allows pedagogical texts to be used as resource texts. The common index allows any researcher to access applicable and significant information of a text quickly ... -
SCHUBERT AND HIS ILLUSTRIOUS REPETITIVE NATURE
(2021-08-16)Schubert’s music is renowned for its repetitive nature; many critics like Dr. Joshua Drake think this is a negative trait of his compositions. When speaking on Schubert’s strengths and weaknesses, Dr. Drake states, “Haydn's ... -
“Shame! Fury! Grief!”: Mozart’s “Hysterical” Arias
(2019-05-13)Many music scholars have used the term “hysterical” to describe opera characters and arias. However, there are significant inconsistencies among the ways in which researchers deploy the term. In this thesis, the term ... -
SHOSTAKOVICH’S STRING QUARTET NO.15 IN E-FLAT MINOR, OP.144: HOW AN IC1 THREAD CONNECTS THE NARRATIVE TO THE MUSIC
(2021-05-07)There has been ample increase in music-theoretical analysis in Shostakovich’s late works, yet there has been one composition that has comparatively evaded this attention. String Quartet no.15 in E-flat minor, op.144 has ... -
“STYLE WITHIN STYLE”: CHOPIN’S USE OF SMALLER-FORM STYLES USED IN HIS SONATA-FORM WORKS
(2021-05-09)Frédéric Chopin is widely renowned for his standalone piano works, namely his nocturnes, mazurkas, and polonaises. Many contend Chopin was better suited for salon music and should not have attempted sonata-form pieces for ... -
TCHAIKOVSKY: SONATA-FORM STYLE AND TENDENCIES
(2020-12-07)William Caplin’s Formal-Function Theory and James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy’s Sonata Theory were designed to analyze the tendencies of sonata forms written during the eighteenth century, particularly in the works of Haydn, ... -
The Journey of a Hero: Musical Evocations of the Hero’s Experience in The Legend of Zelda
(2019-05-17)The research in this study explores concepts in the music from select games in The Legend of Zelda franchise. The paper utilizes topic theory and Schenkerian analysis to form connections between concepts such as adventure ... -
The Metaphorical Inevitability of Death as Seen in Three Settings of Goethe's Der Erlkönig
(2023-05-10)Goethe’s Der Erlkönig, published in 1791, laid the foundation for many musical settings of its text. The three that will be discussed in this thesis are by Franz Schubert (1815), Carl Loewe (1824), and Emilie Mayer (1870). ...