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Music Theory Pedagogy For The Violin: Cognitive Philosophy And Three Model Curricula, Morganne J. Mcintyre

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Violin playing promotes a connection between mind and body that allows the performer to internalize, or embody, tactile features of the instrument, such as the distance between strings, the feeling of the fingertips on the fingerboard, the interval size between notes, and many other aspects. This thesis designs a pedagogy that employs the violin’s physical attributes to provide the beginning through advanced player with a deeper understanding of music theory. The thesis suggests pairing of physical learning and musical theory at each stage of a violinist’s musical education. Chapter 1 surveys embodied cognition and cognitive artifacts. Chapter 2 applies these …

An Exploration Of Smetana’S Z Domoviny (From My Homeland), Two Pieces For Violin And Piano, Jb 1:118, Yeseul Kim

Theses and Dissertations--Music

Z domoviny (From My Homeland), by Bedřich Smetana (1824-84), is among the most colorful and effective works for violin and piano of the 19^th century, and yet it is not as well-known, nor as often performed, as many other works by Antonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms, Pablo de Sarasate, Henryk Wieniawski and their contemporaries. This document will attempt to balance the work’s place in the repertoire and provide a performer’s guide. It consists of an historical background of the composition, including a biography of Smetana; a discussion of his compositional technique and style, along with an exploration of his nationalistic …

A Comparative History And The Importance Of Chamber Music, Aaron M. Sacks

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This capstone presentation focuses on the role of chamber music in both social and academic contexts. Using examples from the past five centuries and including local examples, parallels and divergences are drawn to points of most import. The spotlight is upon three areas: a) what the role of chamber music was in the past, compared to today; b) why it is an important genre, to both musicians, as well as non-musicians, and c) in what ways more exposure to the form can be built. Much of the focus is on composers and their influence, but the impact of and upon …

Volume 69, Number 08 (August 1951), John Briggs

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Young Man with an Idea

Forgotten Songs of Robert Burns

Musicians in the Woods

Let's Teach the Child How to Practice

Musician's Working Capital

Music Weaves Patterns

Bruckner and the St. Florian Organ

Decline of the Art of Singing: If Bel Canto is a Lost Art, It May be the Fault of Composers Rather than of Singers

Master Lesson on Schumann's Novellette, Op. 99, No. 90

Sing as You Speak

Capturing Interest in Music

Studio Rogues' Gallery

Story of the Baton

Volume 18, Number 01 (January 1900), Winton J. Baltzell

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What is Classical Music?

Parable

Parental Indulgence

Schumann's Early Loves

Originality in Teaching

Schumann: A Vanishing Star

Tone

Teaching Tonality

True Story: A Tale of a Music Student

Last Work

Studio Comfort

What is the Scale of this Passage?: Practical Hints for a Prompt Reply to this Common and Often Perplexing Questions

Musical Impurity

Methods

Relation of the Music Department to the College

Musical Heredity

Indiscriminate Advice and Its Evils

Anitra's Dance

Teacher of Music: His Character and His Training (A Symposium)

Russian School of Music

Illustration in Teaching: Some Practice Examples

Pieces, Exercises or Etudes—Which?

Dignity of our Profession …