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in creator/contributor: "Bain, Wilfred C. Wilfred Conwell, 1908-1997"

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Sonata form in Haydn's Piano Sonatas

The problem undertaken in this paper is a study of sonata form in regard to the number, types, and key schemes of movements in the pre-Haydn sonatas and a comparison of these with the sonata form as Haydn established it. Finally, a detailed analysis of the Haydn E-Flat Major sonata is presented showing typical formal characteristics. The history of the sonata form does not begin simultaneously with the advent of the sonata itself, for the sonata as we know it today is the result of many stages … more

Date: August 1947

Creator: Grear, Shirley Anne

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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An Evaluation of Present Practice in the Education of School Music Teachers in Texas

For a long time there has been a growing conviction among the music graduates from colleges in Texas that the training of music teachers has been limited both from the standpoint of the number of hours offered in music for a degree and of the adequacy of the training received. The trends in music teacher education in Texas need to be evaluated in order to determine whether or not teacher training in this state is adequate. In comparing the adequacy of the school curriculum as far as the number … more

Date: August 1940

Creator: Bevill, Anna Mary

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Some Modern Theories of Tonality

The traditional major-minor tonality and the means for its establishment have been developed and used for the last four centuries, until all the possibilities of musical ideas within the given frame of tonal coherence seem now to be exhausted. Today we see a violent change, affecting the basic vocabulary of music as well as musical grammar and syntax. The possibilities of the major-minor tonality seem to be overgrown and appear to be no longer sufficiently flexible to serve the creative spirit … more

Date: January 1946

Creator: Robert, Dorothy

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Problem of the Arrangement for two Pianos of Sedlak by Jindr. Jindrich and Prelude, op. 34, no. 5, by Dmitri Shostakovich

This study was prompted by the writer's interest and experience in the field of two-piano performance. At the beginning of this writer's two-piano work the available material was scarce, and much of it was inadequate in quality from the standpoint of both composition and arrangement. It seems strange that this particular form of chamber music, so delightful to play and so enjoyable to listen to, did not completely take popular fancy until the twentieth century. During the past ten years however… more

Date: August 1947

Creator: Entriken, Rebecca Love

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Analysis of Verdi's Choral Style as Found in the Manzoni Requiem

This study of Verdi's choral style in the Manzoni Requiem includes an investigation of the bibliography pertaining to the subject, and a detailed study of the score to determine and verify the characteristics of each stylistic component, tabulating statistical material and listing examples demonstrating the various characteristics.

Date: August 1946

Creator: Bevill, Ruby Lee

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Study of the Personality of Music Students as Compared with other Students on the Basis of Nine Traits

This study was undertaken to try to determine of objective measurement of certain personality traits would indicate that music students are characterized by marked differences in personality make-up. In carrying out this investigation, a group of 100 music students and a control group of the same size were used. The type of measurement used was of such objective nature that evaluations could be made by other persons on identically the same trait indicators as were used in securing information f… more

Date: August 1946

Creator: Rodgers, John I.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Stylistic and Structural Analysis of the Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor

This problem has been limited to a study of the largest form among Grieg's piano compositions, the Piano Concert in A Minor. References are made to his smaller piano pieces, for the concerto has proved representative of his style of composition and, being one of his earlier works, it reflects a vigor and enthusiasm not present in his later work. Rhythm is discussed with relationship to the harmony and melody in the sections devoted to these two elements. The present study does not include consi… more

Date: August 1943

Creator: Gurnee, Nell Frances

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Advanced Method for the Slide Trombone

This advanced method for trombone is designed to meet the needs of the advanced high school trombonist and to prepare him for later participation in college, civic, and professional musical organizations of higher artistic standards. The student should not be satisfied with a thorough study of this method, but should seek improvement of his musical skill in other methods. Some very worthy studies for trombone have been written by La Fosse, Vobaron, Muller, Blume and others which should prove of… more

Date: August 1941

Creator: Seale, Tommy F. (Tommy Fred)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Comparison of the Canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger

It is the purpose of this thesis to discuss and compare the canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger and to show something of their influences on their successors.

Date: September 1942

Creator: Baber, Nettie Maxine

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Proposed Plan to Teach College Students How to Tune Pianos

It is the belief of many tuners that the best education for the young tuner is to do apprentice work in a piano factory where he must learn all the construction of the piano from the frame work of the case to the final setting of the tuning pins. It appears that most tuners are men now in the late forties to late fifties and were either factory-trained or apprentice-trained by an experienced tuner. The situation has changed and the apprenticeship method of training professional men such as lawy… more

Date: August 1945

Creator: Truax, Glenn A.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Study to Determine the Extent to Which Music Students Have Well-Adjusted Personality

To determine what type of young men and women are entering the profession of music today as compared with those entering other fields is the purpose of the present investigation. It undertakes a study of ninety advanced music students divided into two groups of forty-five each, those who prefer to do solo work and those who prefer to perform in an ensemble. A control group of fifty advanced students is taken from other fields of study in order to form a basis for judgment of the music students.… more

Date: August 1940

Creator: Lawhon, John E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Critical Evaluation of Two-Piano Music Available in American Publication

Th study of two-piano music was prompted by an active interest in that field and a recognized need for a knowledge of its literature on the part of the writer, who, for the past five years, has devoted most of her time to two-piano work. After careful investigation it becomes apparent that no other study similar to this has yet been made, and it is hoped that it may be helpful to others with interests in common. Much remains to be done and further study would prove profitable. More information … more

Date: August 1945

Creator: Bridenthal, Dorothy

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Critical and Analytical Evaluation of Experimental Data Currently Available Concerning the Therapeutic Use of Music

The problem which is reported in these pages represents an attempt to bring into one work a critical and analytical survey of the material currently available in the field of music therapy. There is such a wealth of new material, especially since the termination of the war, that the necessity for a new and up-to-date compilation of material is evident. The objective of this thesis is to collect general information as to the theory and practices of music therapy, rather than to secure for purpos… more

Date: August 1946

Creator: Perry, Mary Aileen

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Comparative Critical Analysis of Beginning Piano Methods

It has been the purpose of this study to examine representative beginning piano methods, as found available in published form, and to compare and evaluate them according to musical, psychological, physical, and educational standards.

Date: August 1942

Creator: Hollis, Mabel Gertrude

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Stylistic Analysis of the Twenty-Four Piano Preludes by Dmitri Shostakovich

The study of the twenty-four preludes of Shostakovitch [sic] has a three-fold significance. First, it deals with a body of music literature representing important aspects of twentieth-century music. Secondly, it is an original study since no detailed analysis of these preludes has been made. Very little has been written about this collection of short pieces, and no material is available along the line of a technical, scientific analysis. Thirdly, our subject deals with a collection of compositi… more

Date: August 1945

Creator: Provence, Ethelston

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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To What Extent are the Personality Needs of the Music Students of the Denton Senior High School Being Met through Music?

The problem which is reported in these pages represents an attempt on the part of the writer to discover whether the music curriculum of the Denton Senior High School is meeting the personality needs of the students of the school. In order to discover a starting-point from which to attack this problem, the writer administered standardized personality and music tests to the students enrolled in her music classes. The results of these tests form the primary basis of the investigation and of this … more

Date: August 1941

Creator: Nichols, Martha (Martha Arnette)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Critical Appraisal of English Madrigals Currently Available in American Publication

The findings of this study should prove to be a boon to all those who enjoy performing madrigals, for through the cooperation of the leading music publishing houses in this country, a complete authoritative list of fine madrigals has been gathered. Many of these will be new both to the performers and the public.

Date: August 1942

Creator: Friesen, William C. (William Cornelius)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Contemporary Women Poets of Texas

As a teacher of American literature in high school, I have become conscious of the importance of teaching students of that age level the lore and poetry of their native state. Poems of nature or local color in their own country will hold their interest when material from more distant points seems dull and uninteresting. Through my teaching I have become interested in the poetry of the Southwest and have enjoyed reading the poetry and knowing the poets through personal interview or correspondenc… more

Date: August 1942

Creator: Heatly, Katherine Stafford

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Comparative First Year College Music Theory

The problem of this study is to set forth some principles of teaching beginning music theory in Texas colleges; to survey and evaluate critically a sampling of standard theory textbooks basing the evaluation on the principles outlined; and to recommend a methodology for teaching beginning college theory.

Date: August 1945

Creator: Wheat, Margaret Anne, 1922-

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Critical Analysis of the Choral Works of Roy Harris

Roy Harris is an American composer who has contributed and is still contributing to the field of modern music. This study is concerned with his choral music and the substantiation of the fact that his contributions in this field are outstanding and are expressive of a living Americanism. It is also the purpose of the study to examine and analyze the choral works of this notable Oklahoma composer and teacher in an effort to determine what Harris has to say musically and his method of expressing … more

Date: August 1942

Creator: Crawford, Katharine E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Study of Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel' s "Tombeau de Couperin," a suite for piano, was published in 1918 by Durand. Its first performance was in the Salle Gaveau in Paris in April, 1919. Shortly afterwards Ravel scored four of the six movements of the piano suite for small orchestra, composed of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns in pairs, English horn, trumpet, harp, and strings, The new version was introduced in America in 1920. The four orchestrated movements, Prelude, Forlane, Menuet, and Rigaudon, have no prog… more

Date: July 1947

Creator: Henderson, Ruth

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Typical Elements of Brahms's Choral Style as Found in the German Requiem

An unusual opportunity to hear and perform this work has been afforded at North Texas State Teachers College by the presentation of the German Requiem in the summer of 1941. Furthermore, a Brahms Festival, including another presentation of the Requiem along with outstanding compositions of Brahms in other media, is to be given during commencement week of June, 1942. Not only does this type of emphasis promote interest among students and faculty, but it also serves as a stimulus to detailed stud… more

Date: June 1942

Creator: Clemons, Ouida

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Critical Analysis of Schubert's Song Cycle "The Maid of the Mill"

The significance of a complete analysis of Schubert's orchestral larger works is self-evident to musicians and scholars. In the literature today one may find adequate analysis of many of the larger choral and orchestral works of the various masters, but rarely is it possible for one to secure a scholarly and intelligent analysis and interpretation of the smaller forms, especially the vocal works. Perhaps the reason for this state is the lack of interest in many of the aspects and phases of song… more

Date: August 1941

Creator: Carr, Ruth, 1917-

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Latin American Music: A Compendium of Bibliographical Aids for Teachers

In this bibliography an attempt has been made to furnish references to teachers that may assist them to develop in the students: (1) an attitude of friendly interest which will help to link the Americas in mutual respect and to promote a better understanding of problems to be met; (2) to gain an understanding and appreciation of the background of South American culture of today; (3) to become familiar with the folk music as well as the concert, both vocal and instrumental.

Date: May 1944

Creator: Kee, Lillian Sullivan, 1893-

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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