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The Impact Of Power On Reliance On Feelings Versus Reasons In Decision Making, Yunhui Huang, Jiewen Hong, Chang, Hannah H. Jun 2015

The Impact Of Power On Reliance On Feelings Versus Reasons In Decision Making, Yunhui Huang, Jiewen Hong, Chang, Hannah H.

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

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Ecomusicology: Back To The Roots Of Sound/Music And Environmental Sustainability, Tiffany Challe May 2015

Ecomusicology: Back To The Roots Of Sound/Music And Environmental Sustainability, Tiffany Challe

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

We are currently living in the midst of a global warming crisis, and running against the clock to counter the rapid depletion of natural resources in an increasingly technology-run world. The first step toward sustainability is to care for our world that is full of vibrant ecosystems and that we must work together to preserve. While the visual arts have served as a cogent platform for the environmental movement, this paper will argue that sound and music have been vastly overlooked in sustainability topics. Place-making music can capture a place's unique spirit and connect listeners with their local ecologies. Therein …

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Mental Discipline And Musical Meaning, Alice Harriet Jones May 2015

Mental Discipline And Musical Meaning, Alice Harriet Jones

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Musical meaning, or what a musical experience communicates to a listener, is predicated on a shared habitus of listening between the musical creator (i.e., composer, performer, or improviser) and the listener. The meaning a listener takes away from a musical experience is partly dependent on the vessel transmitting it (i.e., who is performing, the quality of performance, or the visual aspects of performance), and a musical creator's actions are the result of his or her training, past experiences, enculturation, attentional focus, and bodily control in the heightened mental state in which creativity occurs. Even in traditions that consider the musician …

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Educational Psychology In Undergraduate Music Education Degree Programs In Nasm-Accredited Institutions: Topics Covered And The Emphases Of Those Topics In Music Methods Courses, Ben E. Light May 2015

Educational Psychology In Undergraduate Music Education Degree Programs In Nasm-Accredited Institutions: Topics Covered And The Emphases Of Those Topics In Music Methods Courses, Ben E. Light

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to (1) describe educational psychology course offerings within undergraduate music teacher training programs at National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accredited institutions and (2) to examine the emphasis of common educational psychology topics in music methods courses. The study was guided by three research questions: (1) How are educational psychology courses situated (i.e. credit weight, course level) in the undergraduate music education degree program; (2) What are the demographics for the institutions and the music methods instructors sampled; and (3) How do music methods instructors emphasize educational psychology topics commonly cited in the …

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Three Folk Music Suites From Romania And "Hora Furtuna" By Grigoras Dinicu, Arranged For String Quartet, Vasilica Ionut Cosarca May 2015

Three Folk Music Suites From Romania And "Hora Furtuna" By Grigoras Dinicu, Arranged For String Quartet, Vasilica Ionut Cosarca

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Folk music represents an important part of the national heritages of most cultures around the world. Today the typical folk ensemble includes a combination of traditional and modern instruments, and performances are given to accompany important life events (birth, marriage, death) or at music festivals dedicated to the genre. However, traditional music is very rarely performed in the concert hall, mostly because of the lack of literature. This compilation comes as a response to the string quartets who may wish to explore new possibilities and add authentically sounding pieces to their repertoire.The selections in this book are designed to challenge …

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Who Wrote The *Piano Concerto Of Siam*? Or Authorship, Authority, And The Library Catalog, Stephen Luttmann May 2015

Who Wrote The *Piano Concerto Of Siam*? Or Authorship, Authority, And The Library Catalog, Stephen Luttmann

University Libraries Publications

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'More Divine Than Human': Early Tudor Plainchant And Polyphony Of The Lenten Compline Office In The Use Of Salisbury, 1485-1558, Mark Wayland Ardrey-Graves May 2015

'More Divine Than Human': Early Tudor Plainchant And Polyphony Of The Lenten Compline Office In The Use Of Salisbury, 1485-1558, Mark Wayland Ardrey-Graves

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Codified at Salisbury Cathedral in southern England during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Use of Salisbury, or Sarum Use, was an influential model of church structure and liturgy across England until the middle of the sixteenth century. Within this model, certain distinctive features are observable, including patterns of ritual observance in such liturgies as the Office of Compline, prayed at the end of the day. This study examines the structure of the Sarum Compline Office, and the phenomenon of polyphonic music created for its observance, during the forty-day penitential season of Lent. This thesis specifically explores ways in which …

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (May 4, 2015), Center For Southeast Asian Studies May 2015

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (May 4, 2015), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Kaze No Daichi Taiko: Convergent Thoughts Colliding Sounds, William Gruber May 2015

Kaze No Daichi Taiko: Convergent Thoughts Colliding Sounds, William Gruber

Honors Projects

By composing original works for kumi daiko, a Japanese group drumming musical style, I answer questions about authenticity and appropriation as an outsider playing this world music.

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Celebration Schedule 2015 (Saturday), Provost's Office May 2015

Celebration Schedule 2015 (Saturday), Provost's Office

Celebration

Full presentation schedule for Celebration, Saturday, May 2, 2015

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Mandala Spring/Summer 2015, Center For Southeast Asian Studies May 2015

Mandala Spring/Summer 2015, Center For Southeast Asian Studies

Mandala

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Traditional Cultural Properties And Casita Rincón Criollo, Virginia Denise Siegel May 2015

Traditional Cultural Properties And Casita Rincón Criollo, Virginia Denise Siegel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

According to the 1990 bulletin issued by the National Park Service, traditional cultural properties (TCPs) derive their significance from cultural practices or beliefs of living communities. This thesis centers on a case study of the nomination of Casita Rincón Criollo to the National Register of Historic Places as a TCP. The nomination is a collaborative project of Place Matters in New York City and Western Kentucky University, initiated by the American Folklore Society Working Group in Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy. Casita Rincón Criollo has several issues that make nomination to the National Register tricky. Casitas are small “houses,” typically …

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Werner Jaegerhuber’S Messe Sur Les Airs Vodouesques Or Messe Folklorique Haïtienne: A Performance Edition, Canes Nicolas May 2015

Werner Jaegerhuber’S Messe Sur Les Airs Vodouesques Or Messe Folklorique Haïtienne: A Performance Edition, Canes Nicolas

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

Originally written for solo soprano with choir and organ, Werner Jaegerhuber completed this work in 1953, and his close friend and artistic collaborator, Louis Maximilien, commissioned it for the sesquicentennial of Haiti’s independence on January 1, 1954. However, since there are no published scores or even a reliable manuscript of this piece, what has been kept in the archives of the Société de recherche et de diffusion de la musique Haïtienne in Montreal, Canada are two dissimilar scores by unknown sources. One is the choral and organ version, which was made by a professional copyist in the 1950’s (judging by …

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I Want To Be In That Number: A Song Profile Of "When The Saints Go Marching In", Gregory H. Jacks May 2015

I Want To Be In That Number: A Song Profile Of "When The Saints Go Marching In", Gregory H. Jacks

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

“When the Saints Go Marching In” has never been subject to a sustained study of its origins, disseminations, and current manifestations. A study like this, focused on a song’s perceptions via various viewpoints through time, is typically referred to as a song profile; a form of reception history specifically concentrated on a single musical composition. “When the Saints Go Marching In,” also known as “Saints” or “The Saints,” is an African-American spiritual typically listed as a traditional in most songbooks without a composer.[1] I have laid out this paper into four sections, one for each period of the song’s …

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From Paper To Podium: Exploring The Gap Between University Training And Professional Experience In Orchestral Conductors, Rachel L. Waddell May 2015

From Paper To Podium: Exploring The Gap Between University Training And Professional Experience In Orchestral Conductors, Rachel L. Waddell

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In African polyrhythmic drum circles there is a proverb that exemplifies the necessity of common vision and community in group musical performance: “I am because we are.” This simple ideal is ostensibly mirrored in the western institution of the symphonic orchestra, an ensemble of many that nevertheless must arrive at one, shared interpretation of a piece of music. The structure of the orchestra is a complicated hierarchy with section players at its base, followed by principals, the concertmaster, and finally the conductor. Although conductors are the public face of leadership in orchestras, if they alienate the musicians they will have …

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Beyond Harmony: Incorporating Rhythmic Elements Of Jazz Improvisation Through Pedagogy And Curriculum, Jonathan M. Campbell May 2015

Beyond Harmony: Incorporating Rhythmic Elements Of Jazz Improvisation Through Pedagogy And Curriculum, Jonathan M. Campbell

Dissertations

Jazz studies programs have become established within the realm of formal education systems and currently play an increasingly important role in the development of jazz education as well as providing means for jazz students to study improvisation. Among the array of college-level jazz courses such as jazz history, jazz arranging and composition, jazz theory, and jazz ensembles, jazz improvisation sequences are often the focal point within jazz programs. However, as previous researchers have pointed out, jazz improvisation pedagogy is almost exclusively focused on chord/scale systems and harmonic based elements of improvisation. This has led to a pedagogical model that neglects …

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The Creation Of Fear Through Censorship: Repression Of Artistic Freedom In The Music Of The Syrian Revolution, Rebecca Aliah Ajamoughli Apr 2015

The Creation Of Fear Through Censorship: Repression Of Artistic Freedom In The Music Of The Syrian Revolution, Rebecca Aliah Ajamoughli

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

"God, Syria, freedom, and that is all." These four words embody the goals of the Syrian Revolution. Yet, there is one key element of this chant that raises questions surrounding its meaning: freedom. For decades, the people of Syria have been subjected to restricted freedom by the Assad regime-especialIy musicalIy. The regime has artfulIy used music to legitimize its claim to the country. This utilization varies from early-learned pro-Baath chants to the monitoring of all performances held in the country. As Lisa Wedeen says in her work Ambiguities of Domination, "[this control of culture] isolates Syrians from one another, and …

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Gideon Klein's String Trio: A Study, Robyn Clair Savitzky Apr 2015

Gideon Klein's String Trio: A Study, Robyn Clair Savitzky

Open Access Dissertations

This essay explores Gideon Klein’s identity through a study of the String Trio he composed at Terezín, a Nazi concentration camp outside of Prague. How did labels placed on this work influence his identity and music? How do modern classifications affect the music today? Works composed in concentration camps are often labeled “Holocaust music.” Today, such works are frequently programed in memorial concerts, a framework which lends itself to an oversimplified understanding of music’s role in the Holocaust. Through examining Klein’s String Trio within a performance and musicological context, this essay aims to answer questions about identity in music and …

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A Comparison Of The Improvisational Styles Of Trombonists Conrad Herwig And Steve Davis, Andrew Hamilton Apr 2015

A Comparison Of The Improvisational Styles Of Trombonists Conrad Herwig And Steve Davis, Andrew Hamilton

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this essay is to analyze the playing styles of jazz trombonists Conrad Herwig and Steve Davis, and compare them side-by-side. Five improvised solos by each player are transcribed. The transcriptions are selected from two albums that the trombonists recorded together, Conrad Herwig’s Osteology and A Jones for Bones Tones. The melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and stylistic contents of the solos are compared, in order to determine in what ways the two subjects are similar, and in what ways they are different. Musical examples are cited throughout the analysis, and the full transcriptions are included in the appendix, as …

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Laurie Frink's Method Of Trumpet Instruction, Derek Raymond Ganong Apr 2015

Laurie Frink's Method Of Trumpet Instruction, Derek Raymond Ganong

Open Access Dissertations

Teaching out of her Upper West Side New York City apartment, Laurie Frink was known for her uncanny skill in the analysis and prescription of trumpet technique. Ms. Frink was a master teacher for nearly 25 years and fostered a battalion of students who unanimously hold her, and her method, in the highest regard. On July 13, 2013, Laurie Frink lost her battle against cancer and passed away at age 61. Her death created a vacuum of information regarding her trumpet specific method and approach to teaching the trumpet. The goal of this research is to analyze a large sample …

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“Mi Alma Cantará”: Tracing Issues In Music Education Within The Colonial And Contemporary Latin American Church, Kerry Digiacomo Apr 2015

“Mi Alma Cantará”: Tracing Issues In Music Education Within The Colonial And Contemporary Latin American Church, Kerry Digiacomo

Senior Honors Theses

Music education and institutionalized Christianity have been criticized by historians and ethnomusicologists for their role in the domination and transformation of indigenous Latin American cultures since the late 15th century. However, indigenous peoples, including Amerindians as well as more recent mestizo and Ladino people groups, have also taken an active role in transforming European musics to reflect an emic understanding of their own cultural identity. Music education within the Latin American church has provided an interface for these complex interactions between foreign and native cultural influences. This paper will explore the connections between colonial and contemporary-era music education movements in …

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Collection Development Policy, Anthropology, Rachel Mulvihill Apr 2015

Collection Development Policy, Anthropology, Rachel Mulvihill

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

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The Intersections Of Music, Love, And Worship, Jacob C. Wessel Apr 2015

The Intersections Of Music, Love, And Worship, Jacob C. Wessel

Senior Honors Theses

When a right understanding of the doctrine of love infiltrates the art of music in the event of corporate worship, an opportunity arises for a unique synergism of knowledge, emotion and relationships. These qualities are paramount in the doctrine of love and practice of corporate worship, and they are especially encouraged by the powers of music. An exploration of these three aspects of love—knowledge, emotion and relationships—is here provided with special attention to the opportunity music and worship provide for intersections between them.

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Program Notes For Graduate Recital, Season E. Cowley Apr 2015

Program Notes For Graduate Recital, Season E. Cowley

Research Papers

The purpose of this research paper is to provide scholarly program notes to accompany the Graduate Recital of Season Cowley, which took place on May 9, 2015. Program notes for John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons (1996), Eric P. Mandat’s Tricolor Capers (1980), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio (1993), and Derek Bermel’s Theme and Absurdities (1993) are included.

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Contextualization: Tanzanian Maasai Culture And The Implications For Worship And Women’S Ministry, Alexandra T. Morgan Apr 2015

Contextualization: Tanzanian Maasai Culture And The Implications For Worship And Women’S Ministry, Alexandra T. Morgan

Senior Honors Theses

Maasai religion, music, and cultural customs have a definite impact on the methodology of missions and relations with the people of their tribes, specifically in the areas of worship and women’s ministry. Maasai tribes have specific cultural needs that require ministry different from those usually employed in Western methodology. There are theological foundations of worship and women’s ministry that must be understood in order to properly execute the process of contextualization as it applies to the Christian gospel. An analysis of the history, religion, rituals, gender roles, and music of Maasai tribes in Tanzania coupled with an understanding of contextualization …

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Sailors In British Broadside Ballads, 1800-1850, Georgina Prineppi Apr 2015

Sailors In British Broadside Ballads, 1800-1850, Georgina Prineppi

Open Access Theses

The broadside ballad was an important form of popular street music that flourished from the 16th to the 19th centuries in the British Isles, Continental Europe and North America. During the Napoleonic Wars, Britain’s fighting sailor—commonly known as “Jack Tar”—became a prominent subject of the country’s broadside ballad tradition, thanks to songwriters like Charles Dibdin, who forged a new and compelling image for the sailor, depicting him as Britain’s brave, patriotic, and loyal defender. In the early years of the nineteenth century, hundreds of broadside ballads about the noble Jack Tar were written and circulated in Britain, extolling his virtues …

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Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Apr 2015

Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

April 9 event at UM library features lectures and film

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Collection Development Policy, Music, Richard H. Harrison Apr 2015

Collection Development Policy, Music, Richard H. Harrison

Libraries' Documents

No abstract provided.

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Saving All The Freaks On The Life Raft : Blending Documentation Strategy With Community Engagement To Build A Local Music Archives., Carrie Daniels, Heather Fox, Sarah-Jane Poindexter, Elizabeth Reilly Apr 2015

Saving All The Freaks On The Life Raft : Blending Documentation Strategy With Community Engagement To Build A Local Music Archives., Carrie Daniels, Heather Fox, Sarah-Jane Poindexter, Elizabeth Reilly

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Louisville, Kentucky, has a rich musical heritage, including an underground scene that influenced the sound of not only punk, indie, and hardcore, but also popular music regionally, nationally and internationally. In 2013, faced with the loss of several members of this scene over the course of twelve months, archivists in the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections launched a project to document this important slice of Louisville's musical culture. The Louisville Underground Music Archive (LUMA) Project successfully applies documentation strategy, paired with a strong community engagement component, to address the gap in the historical record related to this culture.

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Copyright And Cross-Cultural Borrowing: Indo-Western Musical Encounters, Arpan Banerjee Apr 2015

Copyright And Cross-Cultural Borrowing: Indo-Western Musical Encounters, Arpan Banerjee

IP Theory

This article traces the history of how Western rock musicians and hip-hop musicians, separated by many decades, have borrowed elements from Indian music. Conversely, the article also discusses how Indian film music composers have frequently, and rather blatantly, copied Western melodies. While cross-cultural borrowing raises complex socio-political questions, this article focuses on some practical legal questions that arise from such borrowing. The article discusses lawsuits filed by artists in India and the United States — from a much-publicized lawsuit against Dr. Dre by the Indian film music composer Bappi Lahiri, to a more recent lawsuit against another Indian film composer …

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