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Practical Paternalism: G. Gunby Jordan's Quest For A Vocational School System In Columbus, Georgia, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw
Practical Paternalism: G. Gunby Jordan's Quest For A Vocational School System In Columbus, Georgia, Lauren Yarnell Bradshaw
Middle and Secondary Education Dissertations
G. Gunby Jordan, a southern industrialist, banker, and philanthropist, became one of the forefathers of modern vocational educational practices in the United States. Exercising his influence in various economic endeavors as well as most educational experiments in Columbus, GA, he developed a “practical” educational system that began to resemble the stratified and paternalistic textile mill towns that dominated Columbus, GA in the early twentieth century. The purpose of this research is to document the influence that Jordan’s policies, ideals, and friends had on the development of vocational education in Columbus, GA. Racial and class conflicts impacted the success of educational …
Hans Gál: An Introduction To The Composer's Compositional Style And Music For The Violoncello, Daniel Michael Strawser
Hans Gál: An Introduction To The Composer's Compositional Style And Music For The Violoncello, Daniel Michael Strawser
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation discusses the life and music of the Austrian composer Hans Gál (1890–1987). A biography is assembled from a number of sources, but primarily from the writing of his daughter, Eva Fox-Gál, and the composer’s wartime diary. A summation of Gál’s philosophy of life and music is assembled from the composer’s own writings—primarily those about past composers who had a great deal of influence on Gál. Gál’s Suite for Violoncello Solo is then extensively analyzed for form, harmony, melody, and other musical aspects to evaluate Gál as a composer for the cello, and to better understand his contribution to …
Jay Fox: The Life And Times Of An American Radical, David J. Collins
Jay Fox: The Life And Times Of An American Radical, David J. Collins
EWU Masters Thesis Collection
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