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The Bob Marley Effect: More Than Just Words, Juleen S. Burke

Dissertations and Theses

This study explores the legacy of Robert Nesta Marley through a comparison of his influence in Jamaica and the United States. The recognition that Bob Marley received, both during his life and after his death, is comparatively different between the two countries. As iconic as Marley is, why is his message and legacy different in the United States and most of his recognition not received till after his death? The researcher explores how Marley’s message was received in the two countries and whether his audience understood his philosophy and message in the same way. Results indicate that the communication ...

Sound Exploration: Text To Music, Raisa Park, Annalisa Swank

The STEAM Journal

This sound exploration repurposes the familiar – written text – and literally translates it into music giving text a new form.

Musings From A Year Of Ste[A]M...How It Looks Walking Down The Path, Ruth Catchen

The STEAM Journal

This is a follow up article to one in the inaugural issue which describes the beginnings of implementing a STE[a]M curriculum in a school with a high at-risk student population. This article discusses the outcomes and the future after a year of STE[a]M.

Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1892-1981 (Sc 1291), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1291. Copyright registration certificates, contract assigning copyright in songs, and sheet music of lyricist Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Warren County, Kentucky.

Moates, Lassie (Taylor), 1893-1981 (Sc 1292), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collectoin 1292. Gospel hymn lyrics written by Lassie (Taylor) Moates, Warren County, Kentucky. Some items are lyrics only; others are included in sheet music; and others are copies of published songs. Includes Moates’s obituary.

Rodeo, Music Department

Concerts

Rodeo by Aaron Copland & Concerto in D minor by CPE Bach. Performed by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Robert Rossi. Featuring special guest artist Rebecca Johnson, Flute.

Songs Of Love, Music Department

Concerts

Performed by the EIU Choral Ensembles & EIU Symphonic Honor Choir. Conducted by Richard Robert Rossi and April Lee.

Functional Transformations And Octatonality In Selected Works By George Crumb, Peter Lea

University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The music of George Crumb has been analyzed using a variety of analytic methods including pitch-class set theory, transformational theory, intertextual analyses, and various tonal and Schenkerian approaches. The results of these types of analyses invariably identify certain consistencies in Crumb’s compositional style within a single work or volume of similar works, but often are unable to relate or compare procedures between different works.

In the present study, I propose a transformational model that accounts for characteristic gestures in numerous works by Crumb. Unlike many transformational models of twentieth-century music, the proposed model does not require significant alterations for ...

An Introduction To Fourier Analysis With Applications To Music, Nathan Lenssen, Deanna Needell

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

In our modern world, we are often faced with problems in which a traditionally analog signal is discretized to enable computer analysis. A fundamental tool used by mathematicians, engineers, and scientists in this context is the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), which allows us to analyze individual frequency components of digital signals. In this paper we develop the discrete Fourier transform from basic calculus, providing the reader with the setup to understand how the DFT can be used to analyze a musical signal for chord structure. By investigating the DFT alongside an application in music processing, we gain an appreciation for ...

A Comparative Analysis Of Neoliberal Education Reform And Music Education In England And Ontario, Canada, Stephanie Horsley

University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

This study provides an account and comparison of the ways in which neoliberal education reform and resulting music education policy, implementation, and provision were enacted in and responsive to social, historical, and institutional influences in England under Margaret Thatcher’s and John Major’s Conservative governments (1979-1997) and in Ontario, Canada under Mike Harris’ Progressive Conservative government (1995-2003). It traces how global neoliberal economic policy has influenced state education reforms that restructure schooling to produce knowledge workers in response to the global knowledge economy. A conceptual map of neoliberal education is employed to examine the ways in which the governments ...

Crandall, Jean Degrace (Sc 1253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1253. Research materials collected by WKU student intern Jean Degrace Crandall in connection with a proposed Kentucky Museum exhibit on multiculturalism and popular music in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The One And The Many: Hohodene Ancestors And Sorcery, Robin M. Wright

Robin M Wright

No abstract provided.

Adding To Blake Set To Music: A Bibliography, Ashanka Kumari

Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research: Department of English

William Blake, like other Romantic-era poets, was inspired by and wrote about the world around him. The hundreds of poems he wrote later inspired other genres such as music. In 1990 the University of California Press published Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake written by Donald Fitch. This bibliography lists 1,412 pieces up to 1988. The following bibliography consists of pieces of music written after Fitch’s bibliography was published or, in a few cases, a composition written before Fitch’s bibliography was published, but not mentioned in ...

Eleven From The Japanese, Randall Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth

Randall Snyder Compositions

notes

In addition to the complete performance, a selection of individual songs may be assembled in any order, with the exception of #8, which must follow #7.

Passages marked “Free”, and “ad lib”, are to be sung individually without section synchronization creating a sound mass effect.. A single-numeral time signature indicates the approximate number of seconds in the measure.

Japanese is pronounced similar to Italian.

It is suggested the English translation be recited directly before each song.

written in 1987 for James Hejduk and the University of Nebraska Singers revised 2014

duration: c. 16 minutes

The Role Of Laryngeal Function In Breathing For Singing, Ellen V. Graham

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Poor breath management is problematic for singing. Voice students and singing teachers typically attribute breath management issues to abdominal-diaphragmatic breathing technique. The present study seeks to determine whether glottal insufficiency may also contribute to singer’s breath management problems. Studies have revealed a relationship between incomplete vocal fold closure and inefficiency in the speaking voice. However, the effect of incomplete vocal fold closure on vocal efficiency in singers has yet to be determined. Since the larynx cannot be observed without the assistance of clinical instrumentation, not readily available in the voice studio, issues at the glottal level may be underappreciated ...

Hip-Hop, Medellín And Social Change, Veronica Henao Posada

Master Theses

This study explores the ways in which the Hip-hop movement is producing social change in Medellín, Colombia. Looking specifically at a Hip-hop school called Cuatro Elementos Skuela, which exists autonomously and with very little state support in the Medellín neighborhood of Aranjuez, I argue that young people are contributing to the reconstruction of the city’s social, cultural and economic fabric. I start by explaining the historical context of Medellín, describing the different sets of conflicts that unleashed high levels of violence and caused the fragmentation of the social, cultural and economic fabric. Moreover, I review the role of the ...

Artie Shaw's Concerto For Clarinet: A Lecture Recital, Allyson Sanders

Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The ultimate goal of my project will be a performance of Artie Shaw’s Concerto for Clarinet, accompanied by a brief lecture centered around attitudes toward jazz, Shaw himself, and the Concerto. I aim to draw conclusions about how Shaw’s experiences and reactions to the perception of jazz may have influenced his composition. Also, I will provide a musical analysis of the Concerto for Clarinet and will compare its form with that of a traditional concerto from the Classical period. During the performance and presentation, I will play excerpts and explain different techniques found throughout the piece, focusing on ...

The Orpheus Figure: The Voice In Writing, Music And Media, Jason R. D'Aoust

University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

This study traces a historical trajectory of the voice as it encounters the Orpheus figure in writing, music, and other media. Following a critical discussion of Auerbach’s literary figuration, the author questions certain aspects of phonocentrism in relation to opera and texts using the voice for authoritative or rhetorical purposes. Grounded in the prefiguration of opera’s earlier displacement of the singing voice, the understanding of mass media and digital media then developed is critical of theories of immersion in media. The analyses of the series of works and figures (Orpheus, Ossian, and Tristan) in this study lead the ...

Haile, Hascal B., 1907?-1986 (Sc 1275), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1275. Incoming business letters and checks, visitor’s log and address book, and photos of furniture and guitar made by Hascal Haile, Tompkinsville, Kentucky. Haile made guitars for several well-known country music artists.

Holiday Concert, Music Department

Concerts

Magnificat in G minor by Antonio Vivaldi & Overture on French Carols by Philip Lane featuring the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, the EIU Choral Ensembles, and Charleston High School Advanced Chorus.