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Moanin' At Midnight: Patterns, Themes, And Imagery In Blues Songs By Howlin' Wolf, Craig Edmundson

Student Work

Blues music originated in the Deep South where it matured into a recognizable style, known as the country blues. Socioeconomic changes. in the 1920's and 1940's encouraged large numbers of blacks living in the rural South to migrate northward. Chicago, Illinois was a destination for many blacks from the Mississippi Delta region, and the country blues was similarity transplanted to an urban environment. In this new setting, the familiar music of the country began to change and a new style of blues evolved, urban blues. One way to better under5tand the links between the country and urban styles we ·Id …

Appropriate Data / Dada: A Partial Reading Of A Fragment Of Shona Mbira Dza Vadzimu Music, Martin Scherzinger

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

Summer 1993, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG program guide for Summer 1993.

Spring 1993, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Spring 1993.

The Concept Of God And Sacred Music Style : An Intercultural Exploration Of Divine Transcendence/Immanence As A Stylistic Determinant For Worship Music With Paradigmatic Implications For The Contemporary Christian Context, Wolfgang Hans Stefani

Dissertations

Problems. The conscious conservation of religious music style in most cultures contrasts with the stylistic pluralism of Western Christian worship music. This study addressed the problem of decision making within the diversity of music available for Christian worship.

Purpose of the Study. The study's purpose was to explore a core aspect of worldview concerning the nature of ultimate reality--the concept of divine transcendence/immanence--as a transcultural determinant of sacred music style. The focus was the music rather than associated lyrics.

Methodology and Sources. This interdisciplinary study followed a philosophical approach to develop a theoretical paradigm. Documentary research from the …

Winter 1992-1993, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide Winter 1992-1993

The Darius Milhaud Society Newsletter, Vol. 6, Spring/Summer 1990, Darius Milhaud Society

Darius Milhaud Society Newsletters

No abstract provided.

An Instructional Sequence In Music Education Using Vocal And Instrumental Music Of Five World Cultures., Sophronia Lois Thomas

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The music of five non-Western cultures was incorporated in an instructional sequence for elementary grades (K)1-6. Traditional music of the Australian Aborigines and the Akan and Ewe tribes of Ghana, classical music of India, the music of the Indonesian gamelan, and Gagaku music of Japan were examined for the presence of musical concepts, the way each culture handles the concepts that are present, and the interrelationships that exist among the concepts. The music is described in terms of the musical concepts of dynamics, timbre, texture, rhythm, melody, harmony, and form. All of the concepts and their related percepts are organized …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Yakutat Tlingit Musical Style., Dorothy Morrison

Music

Ninety-nine songs from Yakutat, Alaska were analyzed in an effort to determine a musical style of the Gulf Coast Tlingit. Songs were grouped into seven categories from which general trends of style were deduced. Analysis, which was based on the transcriptions of David P. McAllester, included interval distribution, range, tone systems, weighted scales, melodic contour, tempo, duration and rest values, drumming patterns, formal structure, and song length. The transcriptions and data for drumming patterns, formal structure and song length were provided by McAllester in "Under Mount Saint Elias: The History and Culture of the Yakutat Tlingit," by Frederica de Laguna, …

Brochure 1988, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Promotional brochure, 1988.

Summer 1988, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Summer 1988.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1987, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Black Music in New Orleans: A Historical Overview"/Curtis D. Jerde; "Composers Corner: Six Composers of Nineteenth-Century New Orleans"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "Black Music Collections in New Orleans"/Deborra Richardson; "Researching Black Music in New Orleans: A National Conference on Black Music Research"; "Introducing...Members of …

Summer 1987, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Summer 1987

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1986, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

BMR Newsletter is published by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "Introducing..Members of the National Advisory Board of the Center for Black Music Research"/Bruce Tucker; "An Alternative Index to Black Music in the United States"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Composers Corner/Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Music Collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/Deborra …

Winter/Spring 1986, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Winter/Spring 1986

Musical Characteristics Of Tanana Athabascan Dance Songs (Nenana, Minto, Potlatch, Alaska)., Tony Scott Pearce

Music

No abstract provided.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1984, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR Newsletter is published jointly by the Columbia College Center for Black Music Research and the Fisk University Institute for Research in Black American Music". Article: "Afro-American Folksong Scholarship"/Darius Thieme; "Composers Corner"/Lucius R. Wyatt; "A Selected List of Music for Organ Solo by Black Composers"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma and Herndon Spillman. Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Vol. 6, No. 2. 6 pages.

Summer 1984, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Summer 1984,

Fall 1983, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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WMPG Program Guide, Fall 1983.

Saka, Fane Telena, Unknown Sikaiana

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are two saka, songs composed for a secret lover (hina) in traditional Sikaiana society. I know that one was collected from Fane Telena, the other I found in my notes.

Tani Various, Sikaiana People

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are transcriptions of several tani or funeral dirges. Tani are composed after a person dies. I do not have a record of who gave me the transcriptions, most likely John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai. I do not have recordings for these songs.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1981, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "Taking the Borad View in Black Music Research"/John Storm Roberts; Fisk University Archival Collection of Recorded Black Music"/Darius Thieme; "Hazel Harrison: Premier Pianist"/Jean Cazort, Constance Hobson; "Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale"/Caldwell Titcomb. Vol. 5, No. 1. 6 pages.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Spring 1981, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. Articles: "The Blues as Dance Music"/Albert Murray; "Scott Joplin: Questions Remain"/Addison Reed; "The Music of Chautauqua and Lyceum"/Frederick Crane; "Developments in Black Gospel Performance and Scholarship"/Irene Jackson-Brown; "Retrospective: The Black Composers Series"/Calvert Bean; "Composers Corner"/Lucius R. Wyatt; Announcements; Research News. Vol 4, No. 3. 12 pages.

Mako Hatu Composed Songs, Reuben Tenai, John Kilatu Dr

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

Two traditional composed songs (mako hatu) that I found in my notes, most likely from John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1980, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "Black Concert and Recital Music"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Black Music and Musical Analysis: William Grant Still's 'Songs of Separation' as a Point of Departure"/Orin Moe; "Deford Bailey"/Jessica Janice Jones; "Old-Time Black Gospel Quartet Contests"/Doug Seroff; "Foundation News: Why Applications Fail"/the staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Announcements and Information; Questions and Answers; …

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1980, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Articles: "The Ethnomusicologist and Black Music"/Bruno Nettl; "Black concert and recital music: A glimpse of Afro-Caribbean music in the early 17th century"/Dominique-Rene de Lerma; "Rural Black String Band Music"/Charles Wolfe; "National Conference on Black Music Research-Summary"/ Lucius R. Wyatt; "The Conference Concert: A Review"/Carman Moore; Questions and Answers; Announcements and Information. Editors: Samuel A. …

Black Music Research Newsletter, Summer 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Pulcher. Vol 3, No. 1. 14 pages.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1979, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Trumpler. Vol 2, No. 3. 6 pages.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Fall 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"Black Music Research Newsletter is now the official publication of Fisk University's new Institute for Research in Black American Music. The Newsletter will retain its original purpose, format, and publication schedule." Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, Anita Trumpler. Vol 2, No. 2. 4 pages.

Black Music Research Newsletter, Winter 1978, Samuel Floyd

Center for Black Music Research Newsletter

"BMR NEWSLETTER is devoted to the encouragement and promotion of scholarship and cultural activity in black American music, and is intended to serve as a medium for the sharing of ideas and information regarding current and future research and musical activities in universities and research centers. " Editor: Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Editorial Board: Lynne Davis, John M. Eddins, Anita Trumpler. Vol. 1., No. 3. 8 pages.