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Music as idea and image in English Romantic poetry

Description: This study is an investigation of the relationships between music and the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Particularly it focuses on the nature of their musical subject matter and musical imagery in order to determine the extent to which they were influenced by aesthetic and philosophical musical theory, generally termed speculative music.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Coffman, Sue E.
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The Student use of English Examination at North Texas State University, 1944-1976

Description: This study is concerned with the history of the Student Use of English examination at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. Conceived in 1944 and implemented in 1946, the examination serves as a measure to insure that marginal English students demonstrate a minimal proficiency in composition evidenced by a three and a half page essay written in topics related to their major fields.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Duncan, William Neil
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The influence of Stoicism on the Jacobean drama

Description: The purpose of this dissertation is to identify the Stoic influences in the Jacobean drama. Although the Stoic figure and references to Stoicism appear frequently in this drama, there has never been a comprehensive study of the Stoic element in the drama of this period. This study will fill this scholastic gap.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Wilson, Rodney Earl
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Reforming the Church of England, 1895-1919

Description: This study deals with the events after 1895 which led to a major reshaping of the Church of England's policy and organization in 1919. Those events, which included debates in Parliament, a Royal Commission, Prayer Book revision, special Church committees, and Private negotiations by Church leaders, finally resulted in the British Parliament passing the Enabling act of 1919. Significant persons and powerful influences were at work during these years to prevent, as well as promote change in the … more
Date: May 1976
Creator: Zimmerman, John D.
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Freshman composition instruction in Texas: the state of the art

Description: The purposes of this study were to determine freshman composition requirements, to describe organization of writing programs, to describe staffing of writing programs, to identify common textbooks and syllabi requirements, to describe course content and pedagogy, and to describe common goals and philosophies of Texas writing programs.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Yeilding, Donnie Cook
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The emergence and development of Browning's auditor

Description: By presenting the auditor as a unifying principle that links Browning's earliest works to his dramatic monologues, this dissertation enhances the importance of the ever-ignored experimental works in developing the dramatic monologue technique. An exploration of the emergence and development of the auditor has an additional, but never ancillary, effect of proclaiming the originality and inventiveness of Browning's dramatic technique.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Cho-Tak, Byong Eun
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Predictors of success in a community college basic skills program

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if certain student demographics and measures of previous high school academic achievement could differentiate between students who are successful in remedial and college level English and algebra courses and students who are unsuccessful in those courses.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Burke, Sherry Ann
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Relationship between background knowledge and reading comprehension of teachers-college students in Thailand

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of background knowledge on Thai teachers-college students' reading comprehension in relation to topic familiarity, reading ability in English as a Foreign Language, and the amount of time required for reading familiar and unfamiliar passages.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Angthong, Nattakarn
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Simfonyah Hakodesh

Description: This five movement cantata is scored for large SATB chorus, bass and soprano soloists, piano, organ, and percussion (2 players). The text, sung in Hebrew, comprises selections from the Psalms, Isaiah, and the Jewish daily prayer book. A transliteration into the Roman alphabet and an English translation (not for singing) are provided.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Griffith, Bobby G. (Bobby Glenn)
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Seven String Instrument Treatises of Michel Corrette: Translation with Commentary

Description: This study is concerned with Michael Corrette (1709-1795) and his contribution to music pedagogy through seven of his extant string instrument treatises. Besides the translations from French into English, the dissertation includes an extensive commentary corroborating his information with ideas of other noteworthy, predominantly-French string writers of the period.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Farrar, Carol Reglin
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Symphony for Band

Description: Symphony for Band is a composition in three movements following a fast, slow, fast tempo scheme; the work is approximately sixteen minutes in duration. The standard band instrumentation is augmented by the addition of C trumpets, flugelhorns, an English horn, and a piano. The timbre of these instruments is explored both in a soloistic manner and in varying instrumental sombinations.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Osentowski, Francis
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A Psalm Fantasy

Description: A Psalm Fantasy is a cantata in three movements for mezzo-soprano or baritone soloist, chorus of mixed voices and orchestra. The orchestra comprises two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in B-flat, three trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, xylophone, harp and strings.
Date: January 1963
Creator: McCain, Eula Louise
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Sinfonia Concertante

Description: The composition, in three movements, is scored for flute, doubling piccolo;oboe, doubling English horn; B-flat clarinet, doubling bass clarinet; bassoon; horn; trumpet; trombone; violin; viola; cello; contrabass; piano; and percussion. The title Sinfonia Concertante is used for its specificality: a symphony of several solo instruments with traits of the classical style. The music is mock-serious and satirical at times, making light of a certain post-1945 musical gravity. The duration of the wor… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Sellars, James, 1943-
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Music of Winds, 1976

Description: The composition is in two movements played continuously, and requires approximately eleven minutes for performance. The two movements offer different treatment of similar thematic material. Unifying devices are used in each movement. Instrumentation includes the following: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two Bb clarinets, F English horn, Bb bass clarinet, two bassoons, two Eb alto saxophones, Bb tenor saxophone, Eb baritone saxophone, two bb trumpets, three F French horns, two trombones, euphon… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Elbert, Henry Roland
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Uto

Description: The composition is in seven major sections with a coda at the end. The work requires approximately fifteen minutes for performance. The discussion and analysis includes a description of the play and an explanation of the treatment of the elements of music. The work requires the following instrumentation: two flutes, two piccolos, two alto flutes, two oboes, two English horns, one bassoon, one contra-bassoon, one French horn, one trumpet, one flugelhorn, one melodion, one piano, one vibraphone, … more
Date: August 1973
Creator: Sapp, Gary J.
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The Overtures of Samuel Wesley

Description: Born into one of the most distinguished families in eighteenth-century England, Samuel Wesley (1766-1837) distinguished himself as a child prodigy, an ardent devotee of the music of J. S. Bach, and as a composer, performer and music lecturer. His four extant overtures, written from the year 1778 to 1824, offer an insight into his development as a composer. This edition, drawn from the Wesley manuscripts housed in the British Library, is preceded by a commentary dealing with Wesley's life, the h… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Walker, Jeremy
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The Eumenides

Description: The Eumenides is a single-movement composition for orchestra, chorus, and prepared electronic tape. It is based on the Orestoian trilogy, The Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides, by the classical Greek dramatist, Aeschylus. The text of the composition was formed by the extraction and amalgamation of certain ideas, key-words, and phrases from English translations of the plays made by Buckley, Hadas, Vellacott, and Lattimore, and also from the modern drama, Les Mouches, by the Fren… more
Date: December 1971
Creator: Wheat, Margaret Anne, 1922-
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Matthew Dubourg: Corelli with a Flourish : a Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works

Description: The lecture recital, presented on November 27, 1978, explored the method of "gracing" employed in the performance of solo violin sonatas in the first quarter of the eighteenth century as exemplified by an unpublished manuscript of the embellished version of Corelli's Sonata in E Major, Op. V, No. 11, by the English violinist Matthew Dubourg. A general comparison was made with other contemporary examples, including in particular Geminiani's "graced" version of Corelli's Sonata in A Major, Op. V,… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Pliler, Richard A.
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She Had No Peer: A Chamber Opera

Description: The work is a chamber opera in five movements. The vocal forces include soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone solos and a small mixed chorus. The instrumental forces include flute, oboe, alto and tenor saxophone, bassoon, cello and percussion. The opera is a character study of Eve and the Virgin Mary that compares and contrasts their evolving emotions. Recurring motives and texts are used to help the characters portray their emotions . The English texts were chosen from poetry ranging primarily f… more
Date: August 1987
Creator: Whiteman, Lauren A. (Lauren Ann)
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Twin oaks: A Comic Opera in One Act

Description: Twin Oaks: A Comic Opera in One Act is a chamber opera approximately 60 minutes in length. Its accompanying ensemble is scored for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling English horn), B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet (in C and B-flat), F horn, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass. It is a Number Opera with 10 numbers. There is a single case in which there is music played under the dialogue. The text is based off the W.S. Gilbert Play: Eyes and No E… more
Date: August 1995
Creator: Kuniyasu, Kurt Kazuo, 1958-
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Mass

Description: This thesis is a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. It is scored for a soprano soloist, a four-part chorus (SATB), percussion requiring one player (orchestral bells, vibraphone, and chimes), piano, and pipe organ. The text is taken from the traditional Latin and its English translation, the Greek (in the case of "Kyrie eleison") and verse taken from scripture--John 1:1, John 1:5, and Revelation 1:17-18--as translated in the … more
Date: May 1987
Creator: Boyce, Cary, 1955-
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Variations Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Description: Variations Concerto is a work for large orchestra and solo trumpet of approximately sixteen minutes duration. The work is scored for piccolo, flute, two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in B-flat, two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, the solo trumpet in C, and strings. The large percussion battery includes glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes, vibraphone, four graduated wood b… more
Date: August 1983
Creator: Brown, Jonathan Bruce
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Symbolism in the Davidsbündler dances of Robert Schumann (lecture-recital), together with three recitals of selected works by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, J.S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Bloch, Scarlatti, Ben Weber, Beethoven, Prokofieff and Liszt

Description: The first three recitals contained solely performances of piano music. The first of these consisted of a Fantasy and a set of variations by Mozart, the Fantaisie in F minor by Chopin, and the Sonata in C minor by Schubert. The second recital contained an English Suite by J. S. Bach, two Etudes-Tableaux and two Preludes by Rachmaninoff, and the Piano Sonata of Ernest Bloch. The third recital consisted of four Sonatas by Scarlatti, a Fantasia (Variations) by the American composer, Ben Weber, a So… more
Date: December 1979
Creator: Padgett, Olive D.
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The utility of an ethnic Spanish translation of the Iowa test of basic skills with second grade Mexican-American children

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of an ethnic Spanish translation of portions of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Level 7, Form 5, with second-grade Mexican-American children to measure growth in the fundamental skills of listening, vocabulary, word analysis, reading, and mathematics.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Granado, Joe F.
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