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An Intermediate Clarinet Method, John Kenneth Jones

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Teaching intermediate clarinet students presents some unique problems for the instrumental director. Since the clarinetist is expected to play with much facility over a great range, the clarinet has been referred to as the "violin" of the concert band. Students of the instrument are faced with a significant challenge in the development of adequate technique and skill. Much of this is focused at the intermediate levels. The teacher must select materials which will provide for adequate growth in technique and musicianship. These materials must allow for he students' learning problems as well as the teaching situations encountered.

A Study Of The Vocal Music Preferences And Interests Of 116 Junior High School Boys In Two Semi-Rural Iowa Communities, Willa Ruth Hunter

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Vocal music activities at the junior high school level are of significant importance in the creative and personal development of the adolescent. During these junior high school years a boy quite often goes through the greatest vocal crisis of his musical life. The physical problem of his changing voice coupled with adolescent fluctuations of interests and moods has discouraged many a boy from becoming a musically interested man. In order to retain and train the adolescent voice for future personal enjoyment, the interest and participation of the junior high school boy in choral activities must be maintained. The use of …

The Four Concertos For Horn By W.A. Mozart Transcribed For Trombone, With Formal Analyses, Jon E. Hansen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study is to provide the trombonist with four pieces of excellent solo literature. Supplementary material, in the form of formal analyses, is also included in order to aid the performer in achieving a better understanding of these compositions.

A Study Of Soviet Music Education, Norman Alan Haltmeyer

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The great emphasis that the people and government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics place upon the study of music, and the encouragement that they give to musical participation on the amateur and professional levels make an investigation of Soviet music education most appropriate . This study has been made with the hope of achieving a new and better understanding of the Soviet method of educating the people and, more specifically, education as related to music . This age of tremendous unique educational advance brings the responsibility of improved instruction to every society. The future of the United States …

Thou Shalt Keep Christmas: An Operetta For Upper Elementary Grades Or Junior High School Performance, Marion Gertrude Arends

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Numerous operettas with Christmas themes, some sacred, some secular, some employing familiar carols, and some entirely original in both text and lyrics have been written for the elementary grades and junior high. There are many pageants depicting Christmas customs and using carols from many countries of the world. However, an investigation of available material has not revealed an operetta based strictly on carols and customs of just one country. The carols and customs of Old England three and four centuries ago are particularly interesting because of the fact that our founding fathers came from the shores of that country, and …

Four Compositions For Percussion And Other Instruments, James Arnold Coffin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Contemporary composers in quest of new media of expression are creating new musical dimensions through the extended use of percussion, thereby elevating percussion instruments from a secondary musical position to a height achieved before only in primitive civilizations.

A Critical Survey Of Recently Published Beginning Piano Methods, Margretta Denouden

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Pedagogy and materials greatly influence the results of all teaching. Changing cultural standards bring changing pedagogical techniques. Piano playing is no longer a luxury for the talented few, but rather a musical activity in which many participate. Today's piano teacher needs a method that achieves quick mastery because many attractive activities compete with piano practice for children's time.

A Demonstration Of The Instruments Of The Band Through The Use Of Slides, Tape Recording, Or Live Performance, Robert E. Gaston Jr.

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to develop a teaching aid for the school band director which will demonstrate the instruments of the band. This demonstration utilizes slides showing the various band instruments, a narration explaining the function of the instruments, and musical examples.

An Evaluation Of An Inventory Instrument Designed To Measure The Attitudes Of Some Iowa High School Band Students, Joseph Doering Doolittle

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study is an attempt to determine whether an attitude-inventory instrument applicable to high school band students can be developed. The purpose of this study is to gain evidence supporting these general hypotheses: That an attitude inventory can be constructed to measure the responses of high school band students in certain attitude areas. That differences can be found between the responses of high school band students having positive attitudes toward the band program, and those band students having negative attitudes toward the band program. That band directors can discriminate between high school band students having positive and negative attitudes, but …

Evaluating The Elementary Music Program: A Method Based On The Austin, Minnesota, 1959-60 Self-Survey, Leslie Eugene Dunlap

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It was the purpose of this study to outline a step by step method of evaluation for an elementary music program in which the music instruction is done by the classroom teacher under the direction of a music supervisor. This proposed method of evaluation was based on the beliefs that (1) the assessment of concurrence on all aspects of the music program between music staff, classroom teachers, principals, administrators, and parents, and the measurement of the reaction to and interest in music on the part of the students would comprise the scope of useful evaluation; and (2) for an evaluation …

The Relationship Of The High School Music Program To The Post-High School Musical Activities Of Selected Graduates Of Decorah High School, Decorah, Iowa, Classes Of 1940, 1945 And 1950, Elton Dresselhaus

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An investment of time, money, or energy is frequently followed by an evaluation of the nature and worth of the project in terms of the results obtained. This study deals with the field of music education which represents a large scale investment on the part of the American public, an investment of time, money, and energy. It is appropriate on occasion, therefore, to consider the high school music program with regard to the value it has for the student and the community in which it is located. What are the values involved and how effective is the high school music …

A Reference To The Care And Minor Repair Of Band Instruments, Loran L. Eckroth

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The instrumental music teacher must be skilled in the organization and administration of his department as well as being capable of presenting and instilling a sound musical concept in the minds of his pupils. A necessary and often neglected phase of organization and administration is the recognition and completion of any needed instrumental repairs.

A Comparison Of Musical Pitches Of Selected Compositions Over The Last Three Hundred Years, With Implications For Contemporary Performance, Deloy Davidsen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The pitch to which the present day performing musical organizations tune, and subsequently the pitch at which they play their selected compositions, has usually been accepted as being the actual pitch intended by the composer for that particular piece. This is not always true. The pitch of the note A, which is used by most orchestras for tuning, has varied greatly over the last three to four hundred year•. Therefore, the pitch used at the time a particular composition was being written may have been higher or lower than the one in use today.

The “Beatitudes” An Oratorio For Mixed Chorus And Chamber Band, Rupert Hughes Fahnestock

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary objective of this project was to increase the writer's effectiveness as a teacher of instrumental and vocal music through a better understanding of the creative process. This composition was not conceived with a specific performing organization in mind, nor does it pretend to explore any contemporary idioms. A conventional harmonic and melodic structure is used throughout the work.

Guides For The Elementary Teacher In The Playing Of Selected Simple Rhythmic, Melodic And Harmonic Instruments, Lorraine Salome Augustyn

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

"There are no first, second, third fourth, fifth or sixth graders in the elementary schools of Appleton, Wisconsin. Children are ungraded. They are neither promoted nor failed. They do not receive report cards. Under Appleton's Continuous Progress Plan, youngsters move along as fast as their individual abilities can take them. Free from the artificial limits of grade requirements they push on beyond these arbitrary boundaries. In the process they meet the toughest competitive challenge in the world--the challenge to achieve their highest capacity.'

Thus, does Arthur Morse describe the educational philosophy of the Appleton Elementary Public Schools. This philosophy is …

Introits, Hymns, Anthems, And Responses For The Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Donald L. Breshears

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The writer is a member of The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Since a knowledge of some of the history and beliefs of this denomination is essential for an understanding of the problem undertaken, it will be necessary to explain them to some extent. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded on April 6,1830, by Joseph Smith on the premise that God, being unchangeable, can and does communicate His will to men on earth now, as in former days. Because of their peculiar social and religious philosophy and the need for self-protection …

A Study Of The Effects Of The 1958 Junior High School Seminar In Science And Mathematics, Iowa State Teachers College, Upon The Pupils’ Attitudes Toward And Interest In Science And Mathematics, William Richards Babcock

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The current emphasis which the "atomic age" has placed upon the education of "gifted" or "talented" pupils in science and mathematics has provided educators with an opportunity to devise and implement new and unique programs in the elementary and secondary schools. Educators have utilized two approaches in meeting the challenge--acceleration and enrichment. Many secondary schools in all parts of the United States are offering pupils opportunity to take more advanced course work than the traditional curriculum had allowed. College courses, as well as high school subjects, are being offered at the high school level both during the regular academic year …

A Handbook For The Production Of Operettas In Small Secondary Schools, Thomas Eugene Curtis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study has been to examine the various problems attendant to the production of operettas, with recommended procedures for solutions to these problems, and with particular attention to those problems inherent in the smaller secondary schools. An attempt has been made to operate on the most practical level with theoretical explanations being confined to the minimum.

Music For Seven Poems, William Lathem, James Hearst, Norman Stageberg

James Hearst Documents

The program of the 1958 Spring Festival of the Department of Music of the Iowa State Teachers College. The music was composed by William Lathem to poems written by James Hearst. The program notes were written by Norman Stageberg.

Suite For Harp And Orchestra, Avis Evely

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study is to present a composition of music which is playable by a high school solo harpist with a high school orchestra. As is explained later, a piano reduction of the orchestral accompaniment has been provided. The "Suite tor Harp and Orchestra" includes three movements: Andantino, Lento, and Allegretto.

Madrigals Transcribed For Small Ensembles Of Brass Instruments, Robert George Ballenger

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It has been the author's experience that music of quality is recognized and enjoyed by students in the schools in which he has taught. There is no reason to believe that these schools are unique. Music of quality is easier to perform than music which has little or nothing to say. The performer's attention becomes focused on the message of the music and he has a tendency to rise above the mechanical problems of producing the sounds on his instrument. Because many of the selections available to small ensembles of brass instruments do not move either the students or the …

The Introduction Of Contemporary Dissonance To The String Program At The Secondary Level, Gene Thomas Allen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

It was the purpose of this study (1) to select and arrange contemporary compositions for string ensembles; (2) to use these materials for instructional purposes in introducing contemporary music to the string program.

Importance of the study. It is assumed that there is a need tor contemporary music in the school music program.

A Pre-Elementary Method For Cornet And Clarinet, James Croft

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Instrumental music teachers are always searching for a published instructional method that satisfies all the criteria they seek to find in the perfect method. However, no one method can satisfy everyone. Each teacher supplements, with his own ideas, the method which he has found to be the most satisfactory. The author's experience indicated that the greatest amount of supplementing had to be done with the beginning pupils in the elementary grades.

Transcriptions Of Early Instrumental Music For Brass Ensemble, With A Style Analysis And Suggestions For Modern Use, William Robert Becker

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

With the rapid expansion of instrumental music in both the secondary schools and colleges of this country, there arises a need for more good literature to serve as training material for the smaller groups of the instrumental music programs. In the past, there has been a certain amount of music transcribed for ensemble groups, but a great deal of this transcribing has been done on a commercial basis without an accompanying systematic study of style.

An Elementary String Class Method Using Old And New Technics As Adapted To The Key Of C Approach, Anthony Paul Bacich

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The proposed elementary string class method embraces the following classical instruments: the violin, viola, violoncello (cello) and double bass (string bass, contrabass or bass). An elementary class may consist of any group of grade school or junior high students, or any group of beginners. The Q approach recommended may also be called the white key (piano terminology) or natural scale approach. This system may be better understood by a study of the discussion to follow.

A Beginning Class Method For Elementary School Children Of Varied Abilities Playing Heterogeneous Instruments, Frank Peter Comella

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Since the introduction of instrumental music into the public schools there has been a noticeable lack of suitable literature for the beginner at the elementary level in class-type instruction, especially for those groups in which miscellaneous instruments are included and where the players possess a wide range of abilities. Further, the difference in rate of learning among children and the relatively small amount of time which one may justifiably devote to such group serves only to point up the need for music literature arranged and designed especially for the beginning player at the elementary level. It is the purpose of …

A Supplementary Method For The Teaching Of Expression In Music To The Large Ensemble, Hugh J. Eicke

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study is: (1) to present a supplementary method for the teaching of expression in music to the large ensemble; (2) to suggest ways of practicing the music examples presented in the method.

Tonal Balance Within The Concert Band: An Objective Approach To Augment Subjective Theories, John L. Evenson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The school band has become one of the foremost means of evaluating the program of music education in the public school. Although a school music program has many assets which cannot possibly be made articulate to the administration, school board, and public through a performing unit such as the concert band, the music educator is under pressure to produce fine results in his performing unit, and should strive to make every appearance of the group as musically perfect as possible. Good tonal balance is essential in obtaining this result.

A Method For The Instruction Of Class Piano At The College Level, Constance Ann Brooks

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A tremendous and far-reaching shift in the educational philosophy of our time is taking place. Although this reversal had its inception in the early part of this century, it is a continuing, on-going process, and not for years will all the implications inherent in the new philosophy be apparent.

The Brass Instrument Class, A Workbook-Text For The Teacher Or Student Of The Cornet, French Horn, And Trombone, F. Earl Dunn

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to prepare a workbook-text tor the instructor or student of the collage brass instrument class. The study includes sections on (1) the history of the instrument, (2) the selection of a player, (3) the care of the instrument, (4) the principles of playing, (5) the principles of fingering, (6) the choosing of a mouthpiece, (7) the purchase of an instrument, {8) teaching aids, and (9) representative literature.