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[portrait of Ellis]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. The Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater is named after him.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ellis looking towards camera]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" built at UNT. He is wearing a tweed suit and looking to something off camera.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ellis wearing a suit]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" built at UNT. He is wearing a tweed suit and looking to something off camera.
Date: February 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill Ellis smiling in photo]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" built at UNT. He is wearing a tweed suit and looking to directly at the camera while smiling.
Date: February 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill Ellis with glasses]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department. He is wearing a tan suit and glasses while staring directly at the camera. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" ever created built at UNT. He taught composition and music theory during his tenure at the university.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill faculty portrait]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department. He is wearing a tan suit and stares directly at the camera. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" ever created built at UNT. He taught composition and music theory during his tenure at the university.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill Ellis in suit]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department. He is wearing a tan suit and smiles directly at the camera. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" ever created built at UNT. He taught composition and music theory during his tenure at the university.
Date: February 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill in suit and tie]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department. He is wearing a tan suit and stares directly at the camera. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" ever created built at UNT. He taught composition and music theory during his tenure at the university.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Merrill in suit]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He is wearing a suit and smiling towards the camera. The Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater is named after him.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[portrait of music professor Ellis]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member of the music department who taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He is wearing a suit and smiling towards the camera. The Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater is named after him.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[portrait of Merrill Ellis]

Description: Portrait of Merrill Ellis, a faculty member within the Department of Music. He taught music theory and composition during his tenure at the university. He pioneered getting the second "Moog" ever made built for North Texas. The Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater is named after him.
Date: 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Significant Influences in the Composition of Hendrik Hofmeyr's Song Cycle, Alleenstryd

Description: The poet of this cycle, Sydney Vernon Petersen, was a man who faced great adversity during Apartheid. The title of this cycle, Alleenstryd, is an Afrikaans term for 'a struggle alone.' Petersen was of mixed heritage or "Coloured" and born in South Africa in 1914. He died in 1987. His most important works in Afrikaans poetry were published between 1948 and 1965. This cycle specifically focuses on the relationship between the poet and his community, the isolation he endured within that community,… more
Date: August 2009
Creator: Cupido, Conroy Alan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Composition Program for Accelerated High School Students

Description: Since so many aids are available to help the teacher in the actual process of writing, this study will concentrate on the various ways in which other benefits, such as heightened awareness, educated imagination, increased self-esteem, and improved critical judgment, can be integrated into a composition class for accelerated students.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Reynolds, Grover A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Teaching the College Freshman to Write

Description: This thesis will deal with five points of emphasis--content, logic, organization, demon errors, and style. Not a complete manual for teaching freshman composition, this thesis will serve as a simplified guide. This thesis is written for the inexperienced teacher of freshman English who may need guidance, but it should also be of interest to the experienced teacher who wants to confirm his own practices or to find new approaches for teaching the college freshman how to write.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Harris, Pamela Matheidas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Instruction in Composition through Small-Group Activities for Secondary Students

Description: It is the purpose of this thesis to describe various small-group activities which could be used in classes of secondary English to help to "teach-Johnny-to-write." These activities are divided into four areas of study--developing and practicing specific skills related to writing, developing a topic, planning a theme, and evaluating student writing.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Jensen, Ann L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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JAC Audio Interview: Mary Belenky

Description: JAC interview with Mary Belenky discussing collaboration, composition, and women's ways of knowing in relation to writing, philosophy, and rhetoric.
Date: 1990
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: Ashton-Jones, Evelyn; Thomas, Dene Kay & Belenky, Mary Field
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Critical Discussion of Pleroma: A Digital Drama and Its Relevance to Tragic Form in Music

Description: Pleroma is a digital drama: a work composed of digital animation combined with electroacoustic music, presenting an original dramatic narrative. Pleroma's dramatic elements evoke both the classical form of tragedy and the concept of perceptual paradox. A structural overview of the drama and its characters and a plot synopsis are given to provide context for the critical discussion. Analytical descriptions of Beethoven's Coriolan Overture Op.62 and Mahler's Symphony No. 9 are provided to give ba… more
Date: December 2010
Creator: Lucas, Stephen, 1985-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Relent: a Composition for Alto Saxophone, Double Bass, Two Percussion, and Interactive Electronics

Description: relent is a sacred work within the genre of interactive electronic music. the 20-minute composition is a multi-movement piece for four instrumentalists (saxophone, double bass, and two percussion) and computer that is inspired by the gospel message. relent is specifically about the gospel message that Christ died for man’s sins, rose from the dead, and through faith in him man can be reconciled to God. This project was an experiment in creating a work with a programmatic extramusical structure.… more
Date: May 2012
Creator: Johansen, Benjamin David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Fractures for Clarinet and Computer

Description: Fractures for Clarinet and Computer is a piece for live interactive performance using custom software designed in Max/MSP. the work explores musical borrowing and transformation of music from works such as Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and several fragments from synthesizer recordings of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. the dissertation focuses on both the musical aesthetics that informed the creation of the work and the software programming that enables live sa… more
Date: May 2012
Creator: Dixon, Gregory Hart
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Written Composition in the Intermediate Grades

Description: The problem with which this study is concerned is the development of a program for teaching composition skills to children in the intermediate grades. The study is based on a survey of research, reports, books, and articles in the field, and on the teaching experience of the author. The organization of the study follows the actual steps in initiating a program for composition teaching in the intermediate grades.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Coody, Alice L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Fidget, Sway, and Swerve: Three Works Inspired By Movement From the Intricate Maneuvers Series

Description: Intricate Maneuvers is a series of musical works that were composed using movement as a model for compositional processes and forms. This essay presents in-depth analyses of three works from the series; Fidget, Sway: The Mildest Form of Falling, and Swerve for Chamber Ensemble. The analysis of each work highlights correlations between the musical characteristics of that work and the temporal, spatial, contextual, and psychological implications of the motion after which it was modeled. The third… more
Date: December 2012
Creator: Summar, Sarah Page
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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