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The Utility Of Music-Based Interventions In Dementia Care, Adriana C. Doerr

Dissertations

While research has investigated the impact of music-based interventions on management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), there is limited discussion of which music-based interventions are most effective for various levels of dementia severity, or of how to determine which music-based interventions are both accessible and feasible for caregivers and nursing staff. This review sought to identify the benefits of music-based interventions in dementia care within various domains of functioning and determine whether music-based interventions are effective for various levels of dementia severity. Peer-reviewed articles and studies that evaluated the effectiveness of various music interventions or demonstrated music's …

Audiating And Vocalizing Voice-Leading In Seventh Chords: Harmonic Recognition In Freshman Ear-Training Courses, Caroline E. Dunmire

Masters Theses

Harmonic dictation is one of the most challenging topics in the aural skills curriculum. Consequently, researchers have identified sub-skills associated with success in ear-training. Among these are development of audiation skills, understanding of functional harmonic progression, and scale degree resolution. The PASS Method teaches chord quality through a four-step process of playing, audiating, singing, and solving the voice-leading paths in common tonal resolutions. This method was examined in a quantitative study of 52 freshman ear-training students in which a control group studied seventh chords through the traditional, Arpeggiated Method and an experimental group used the PASS Method. The experimental group …

Influential Women In The History Of American Music Education, Christina Genae Mathis

Masters Theses

Early American music education is rooted not only in the work of Lowell Mason and other male music education pioneers, but also in the lives of a number of women whose work in the field was largely unnoticed until the twentieth century and the evolution of women’s rights in America. This project researched the lives and contributions of five of these women: Frances Elliott Clark, one of the first educators to take advantage of the technology available at the time, who incorporated the use of phonographs in the music classroom; Julia Ettie Crane, whose legacy lives on through the Crane …

Asian And European Musical Images Of Water: Exploring The Stylistic Evolution And Development Of Musical Language By Comparing Selected Water-Themed Piano Works From The Nineteenth Century To The Present, Chubing Wang

Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, Student Creative Work, and Performances

This document aims to explore the stylistic evolution and development of musical language by comparing water-themed piano works selected from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The study first examines how water-related pieces were developed through the nineteenth to the twentieth century demonstrating the growth of compositional language on this particular theme. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the document focuses on the similarities and differences between Asian and European water pieces by Karen Tanaka and Andrea Granitzio. The goal of the study is to discuss how the previous generations influenced later composers’ works and how the current generation …

The Boundaries Of Modern Jazz Composition: Interaction Between Tango And Jazz Music, Evgeniya Kozhevnikova

Masters Theses

The history of jazz music is not very long in comparison to the history of music in general – from the end of the 19th century until present. This period, however, is very dense in terms of musical influences and became especially denser recently because of globalization.

Several researchers explored the jazz influences in the music of Astor Piazzolla, whom renovated traditional tango. While Piazzolla is considered a tango composer, some jazz bands use Piazzolla’s music as jazz standards and create compositions with traditional elements of jazz, such as improvisation. There are also composers influenced by tango music who write …

Pantomime: The History And Metamorphosis Of A Theatrical Ideology, Karl E. Toepfer

Open Educational Resources

This book offers perhaps the most comprehensive history of pantomime ever written. No other book so thoroughly examines the varieties of pantomimic performance from the early Roman Empire, when the term “pantomime” came into use, until the present. After thoroughly examining the complexities and startlingly imaginative performance strategies of Roman pantomime, the author identifies the peculiar political circumstances that revived and shaped pantomime in France and Austria in the eighteenth century, leading to the Pierrot obsession in the nineteenth century. Modernist aesthetics awakened a huge, highly diverse fascination with pantomime. The book explores an extraordinary variety of modernist and postmodern …

Footprints Of Resilience: Tracking The Career Development Steps Of African American Male Musicians, Patrice Tiffany Leshay Bax

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

For African American (AA) male musicians, the road toward career advancement in the entertainment industry is particularly arduous. Despite many difficulties on the journey to career success, the history of gospel, R&B, jazz, and funk music is evidence that many AA male musicians find their way to develop and advance their careers. Many AA male musicians find career development and advancement opportunities through religious and sacred institutions. However, the journey to become a professional musician for AA males is fluid and not formalized causing ambiguity in the steps taken to enter this career field and sustain growth in a rapidly …

The Gin Shop, Philanthrophic Society

Broadside Ballads: England

Anti-alcohol, mainly gin, poem

The Monkey Who Has Seen The World, A New Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Song concerning the travel and cultural education of Mr. Pug, the monkey.

Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Nationalistic piece concerning the might of Britain

An Address To Great Britain, On Behalf Of Her Majesty The Queen, John Scott

Broadside Ballads: England

Poem of honor and love towards the Queen

Lover's Leap, And Co., Joseph Bates

Broadside Ballads: England

Travel poem concerning Ashwood Dale, Buxton

The Valliant Sailor, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Allegorical song concerning Anglo-German relations

The Constant Maid, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Daughter discussing her love and seeking acceptance.

The Honour Of A London 'Prentice : Being An Account Of His Matchess Manhood And Brave Adventures Done In Turkey, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Young man fighting for the virtue of England

Cupid's Revenge, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A King marries a poor woman with respectability

Bateman's Tragedy, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A woman haunted by her rejection of her promised love.

Patient Grissel, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the folklore story of Griselda

St. George And The Dragon, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Details Saint George's battle with the dragon as superior to other legends

The Cruel Step Mother, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Jealous and greedy stepmother battles an innocent boy