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Effects Of Duration Of Selected Music As An Intervention On Postoperative Pain In Open-Heart Surgery Patients During Chair Rest On The First Postoperative Day, Tzu-Ting Shu

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of selected music on reducing postoperative pain and use of pain relief medications in open-heart surgery patients during chair rest on the first postoperative day.

This study was conducted using a pretest-posttest experimental design. A convenience sample of 13 open-heart surgery patients from a metropolitan hospital in southeastern Michigan were randomly assigned to the music group (n = 6) and the control group (n = 7). T-test analysis showed that pain scores (numeric rating scale, NRS = 0-10) were lower in the music group than the control group after 30, …

Shifting Slides: The Effect Of John Cage's "Solo For Sliding Trombone" (1957-58) On Modern Trombone Literature And Pedagogy, Andrew Michael Shelton

Theses and Dissertations

The trombone has a limited history concerning literature and technique development. A turning point for the literature of the trombone was with John Cage's Solo for Sliding Trombone. This composition brought about new techniques that would permeate throughout subsequent literature. These new techniques would also impact trombone pedagogy and accepted technique. This paper explains the impact Solo for Sliding Trombone had on the development of the instrument including literature and pedagogy.

Historically Informed Performance Practice Of The Baroque Era, Amanda Beard

Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, much debate has ensued regarding the level of consideration that should be given to the historical context of musical compositions that were written and performed during the Baroque era, which extends from 1600 to 1750 CE. The question arises as to how closely we should strive to emulate the performance conditions that would have been present during the Baroque era. Robert Donington, an English musicologist and author of two definitive texts on Baroque performance practice, suggests in his Performer's Guide to Baroque Music that we can meet the expectations of the Baroque composers to a greater degree …

A Performance Preperation Guide To Concerto For Bass Trombone And Orchestra (1964, Revised 2001) Composed By Thom Ritter George (Born 1942), Keith Robert Rose

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

A performance preparation guide for Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra (1964, Revised 2001), composed by Thom Ritter George (born 1942). This thesis provides background information, interview with the composer, and steps for preparing the work for performance. This thesis also explores the major significance of this work in the bass trombone solo repertoire.

Intonation And Compensation Of Fretted String Instruments, Gabriele U. Varieschi, Christina M. Gower

Physics Faculty Works

We discuss theoretical and physical models that are useful for analyzing the intonation of musical instruments such as guitars and mandolins and can be used to improve the tuning on these instruments. The placement of frets on the fingerboard is designed according to mathematical rules and the assumption of an ideal string. The analysis becomes more complicated when we include the effects of deformation of the string and inharmonicity due to other string characteristics. As a consequence, perfect intonation of all the notes on the instrument cannot be achieved, but complex compensation procedures can be introduced to minimize the problem. …

Character Education: The Effects Of An After-School Music Program On At-Risk Youth Student Motivation And Academic Achievement, Sharon L. Koster

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

This case study was designed to increase student motivation and improve academic achievement in at-risk students through participation in an after-school music program. The case study began in September 2007, as a part of Project Jericho's After-school Arts Program, a program that is a collaboration between the Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center and Job and Family Services of Clark County, in Springfield, Ohio. An analysis compared pre and post data that included field notes, personal observation, student journals, and SWIS data (School-wide Information System: official school behavioral tracking system for data), in order to measure changes in behavior, …

Music And National Identity: A Study Of Cello Works By Taiwanese Composers, Yu-Ting Wu

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of folkloric elements in music by Taiwanese composers and to uncover the methods they treat regional materials under the influences of Western compositional techniques, hereby creating a new fusion within classical music. This study centers in the ethnic impact on modern Taiwanese music, and also provides an opportunity to probe the significance of the subject "nation" in the field of musical creativity.

In this dissertation, the discussion includes the development of traditional and Western music in Taiwan including the historical and cultural background, how music serves as an emblem of …

The Piano Works Of Páll Ísólfsson (1893–1974): A Diverse Collection, Nina Margret Grimsdottir

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The piano works of Páll Ísólfsson (1893-1974) form a diverse collection of twenty-six pieces that consists of nineteen character pieces, one set of variations, and six liturgical pieces. They were composed during 1920-1970, and now for the first time, the collection can, in this dissertation, be appreciated in its entirety. The important steps taken along the way have included publication, recordings, research and concert performances.

The character pieces divide into four groups according to stylistic influence and maturity. Most of the earlier pieces fall into the "humorous burlesque" or "sentimental lyric" group; the other two groups belong to traditional dance …

Mátyás Seiber’S Twelve-Tone Technique, Bettina Lee

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation investigates the compositional style of Mátyás Seiber’s twelve-tone music through an analysis of three works composed between 1934 and 1960: String Quartet No. 2, Concert Piece for Violin and Piano, and Sonata for Violin and Piano. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the composer’s life and his compositional style. Chapter 2, on String Quartet No. 2 (1934-5), examines the subdivisions of the twelve-tone series into smaller pitch-class sets and introduces the concept of families. Chapter 3, on Concert Piece for Violin and Piano (1953-4), demonstrates the permutation of and within tetrachords derived from the prime series …

Right Of Publicity Licensing In A New Age: No Doubt V. Activision Publishing, Inc., Marta Baffy

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Red Flag Test For Apparent Knowledge Under The Dmca §512(C) Safe Harbor, Liliana Chang

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Analysis Of Composition Techniques In Utp_: Synthetic Composition For Electroacoustic Ensembles, Kynan Tan

Theses : Honours

This thesis attempts to analyse and describe a number of spectrally oriented composition techniques for composing music for electroacoustic ensemble. These techniques aim to achieve a synthetic approach to combining electronic and acoustic sound sources in live performance. To achieve this, an in-depth analysis of utp_ (2008) by Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Ensemble Modern is conducted. utp_ utilises a large acoustic ensemble, live electronic processing, prerecorded electronic sound and video projections in performance. The discussion also queries the possible problems of electroacoustic performance, and examines ways to resolve the most prevalent issues. This involves a discussion …

The Seventeenth-Century Battaglie For Lute In Italy, Aiden Deasy

Theses : Honours

Italy had been the theatre of war for centuries. Political fragmentation ignited dynastic rivalries, carving out powerful autonomous city-states whose leaders amassed within their courts artists, musicians and writers in order to chronicle their military, religious and political vision. The musical depictions of particular military exploits, or battaglia, became popular springboards for colourful, programmatic compositions. These works were often performed in public in order to garner support for campaigns. Originally a vocal genre whose distant relative can be traced back to the caccia, or hunting song, the battaglie were often transcribed for instruments, in particular the lute, thus …

Mixing For Parlak And Bowing For A Büyük Ses: The Aesthetics Of Arranged Traditional Music In Turkey, Eliot Bates

Publications and Research

In this paper I explore the production aesthetics that define the sound of most arranged traditional music albums produced in the early 2000s in Istanbul, Turkey. I will focus on two primary aesthetic characteristics, the achievement of which consume much of the labor put into tracking and mixing: parlak (“shine”) and büyük ses (“big sound”). Parlak, at its most basic, consists of a pronounced high frequency boost and a pattern of harmonic distortion characteristics, and is often described by studio musicians and engineers in Turkey as an exaggeration of the perceived brightness of the majority of Anatolian folk instruments. Büyük …

The Illumination Of E. E. Cummings' Poetry In J. A. C. Redford's "Love Is The Every Only God", Amy Louise Aucoin

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The choral work love is the every only god, composed by J. A. C. Redford, was published in 2001, placing it among the initial choral concert works published in the twenty-first century. love is the every only god is a song cycle for divisi mixed chorus with piano accompaniment based on six poems by E. E. Cummings. The work is organized into six movements with two interludes and lasts approximately twenty-five minutes. Beyond his regard for the art of poetry and care in choosing a text, Redford sees himself as an illuminator of the text, providing the listener with a …

A Collection Of Original Music, Kelsey Staudacher

Honors Program Theses

No abstract provided.

The Critical Reception Of Richard Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde In The English-Speaking World, Thomas Rizzuto

Dissertations and Theses

Few operas have sparked as much controversy, in as many places, as Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. History shows that during the latter half of the 19th century spirited discussion and outright debate follwed the work to every new city that dared to produce it. This paper will focus on the critical reception of the Wagner's historic music drama in two such cities: London and New York. By examining newspaper reviews, journal articles, and other musical writings of the time, we will develop an understanding of the divergent reactions to each premiere. We will examine the cultural and musical factors …

From Disco To Electronic Music: Following The Evolution Of Dance Culture Through Music Genres, Venues, Laws, And Drugs., Ambrose Colombo

CMC Senior Theses

Electronic dance music is a genre that has been long in the making. Starting with disco in the 1970s, dance culture genres evolved into house, acid house, techno, garage, 2-step, hardcore, gabba, san frandisco, electro, and many others. This paper studies the transformation of electronic sound, and the contributing/impeding factors involved. Drug use is heavily related to the creation and enjoyment of music, and features prominently in the history of dance culture. Starting with the use of acid in the 1960s and progressing to the use of acid, Quaaludes, poppers, speed in the 1970s, with MDA featured in clubs toward …

Dancecult Bibliography: Books, Articles, Theses, Lectures, And Films About Electronic Dance Music Cultures, Eliot Bates

Publications and Research

Dancecult is a forum for the electronic dance music culture (EDMC) research network, whose doors opened in April, 2005. Presently, Dancecult manifests as a mailing list and rich informational website. With around 180 members (and growing) worldwide, Dancecult-l is an interdisciplinary mailing list for graduate students, scholars, and other parties interested in the study and documentation of EDMCs from proto-disco through post-rave formations. As a critical information exchange hub, Dancecult-l enables resource sharing and collaboration between international researchers of club cultures, raves, techno, electronica, doof, digital arts and other manifestations of EDMC. Members come from various different disciplines, operating in …

“I’Ll Fly Away”: The Music And Career Of Albert E. Brumley, Kevin Donald Kehrberg

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Albert E. Brumley (1905-1977) was the most influential American gospel song composer of the twentieth century, penning such “classics” within the genre as “Jesus, Hold My Hand,” “I’ll Meet You in the Morning,” “If We Never Meet Again,” “Turn Your Radio On,” and “Rank Strangers to Me.” His “I’ll Fly Away” has become the most recorded gospel song in American history with over one thousand recordings to date, and several of his works transcend cultural boundaries of style, genre, race, denomination, and doctrine. However, the racialized historiography of American gospel music has left Brumley—from America’s lesser-known white gospel traditions of …

Concert Recording 2010-04-18b, Meisha Stewart, S. Michael Shuman, Adrian Beam

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sebben Sente / Antonio Vivaldi -- The Creation. No. 8 and God said ; No. 9 With verdure clad / Joseph Haydn -- Stanchen ; Es hing der Reif ; Meine Lieder ; Es traumte mir ; Juchne / Johannes Brahms -- Les filles de Cadix ; Chant de l'almee ; Le Rossignol / Leo Delibes -- Zdes' khorosho ; Vocalise ; Ne poj, krsavica, pri mne / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Candide. Glitter and be gay / Leonard Bernstein

Concert Recording 2010-04-11, Matthew Shipes, Lynn Francis, Kristine Mezines, Justin Stowe, Gregory Battista, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Diamond Brass Quintet

Concert Recordings & Programs

Four dialogues for euphonium and marimba (1969) / Samuel Adler -- Sonatine (1951) / Eugene Bozza -- Sonata for euphonium and piano (1997) / John Reeman -- Suite in five movements (2008) / Barbara York -- Diversive Elements (1996) / David Gillingham

Concert Recording 2010-04-21, Jacob Grewe, Jordonn Smith, Albert Miller, Gregory Battista, Matthew Shipes, Justin Stowe, Paul Smith, Gregory Battista, Daniel Jordan, Albert Miller, Marie Erickson, Brian Stackhouse

Concert Recordings & Programs

Stuff - Theme with seven variations / J. Grant -- Fantasy for tuba / M. Arnold -- Movement perpetual / Jean-Michel Defay -- Balos / Jan Bark ; Folke Rabe -- Drums corps on parade / J. Pratt -- Florentiner marsch / J. Fucik -- Due northwest / M. Culligan

Concert Recording 2010-03-16, Eddie W. Jones Sr., Sophie Kirmanidou, Madison Pennington, Beau Baldwin, Candace Davis, Heather Atwood, Amy Locke, Mary Rash, Kristin Lankford, Sherri Buckner, Corderro Baxter, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Concert Choir, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Donna Voce, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Children's Choir

Concert Recordings & Programs

Frostiana. A girl's garden / Randall Thompson -- The seal lullaby / Eric Whitacre -- Butterfly / Nancy Telfer -- A child said / James McCray -- I will be earth / Gwyneth Walker;Reuben, Reuben / [arr.] Vijay Singh -- Gloria Deo / Mary Lynn Lightfoot -- Elijah Rock! / [arr.] Roger Emerson;Crawdad hole / Mary Goetze -- Cantata 142. Alleluia / J. S. Bach ; [arr.] Kriske -- American folk rhapsody / Linda Spevacek;Keep on travelin', soldier / Rollo Dilworth -- Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred service). Part I / Ernest Bloch -- Frostiana. The Pasture / Randall Thompson -- The …

Concert Recording 2010-03-17, Mary Rash, Mary Stay, Olga Greenhut, Corderro Baxter, Allison Dean

Concert Recordings & Programs

Marriage of Figaro. Sul l'aria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Don Giovanni. La ci darem la mano / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concert Recording 2010-12-05c, Charles Rigsby, Bettyanne Gottlieb, Stevie Sandven, Diane Halliburton, John Finch, S. Michael Shuman, Phil Butin, Lisa Banks, Corderro Baxter, Amy Locke, Richard Rulli, Timothy Dailey, Lance Grigsby, Matt Beach, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Master Chorale

Concert Recordings & Programs

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248. Break forth, o beauteous light ; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208. Sheep and lambs may safely graze ; Magnificat in E♭, BWV 243a. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Christmas in the western world / William Grant Still -- Musae Sioniae, Part II ̃1607. In dulci jublio / Michael Praetorius -- Gloria / Randol A. Bass -- A musicological journey through the twelve days of Christmas / [arr.] Craig Courtney

Concert Recording 2010-10-20a, Joseph Rulli, S. Michael Shuman, Jordan Wilhelm, Kristine Mezines, Lance Grigsby, Matt Beach, Traci Petty, Joseph Pullara, Benjamin Pierce, Sarah Stout, Gretchen Renshaw, Justin Stowe, Patrick Oliverio, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Tuba/Euphonium Recital

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata (1937) / Bernhard Heiden -- Lyric Suite / Donald H. White -- Trombone Institute of Technology / Michael Davis -- Oliver's birthday / Bruce Broughton -- Sonata for trumpet and piano / Eric Ewazen -- String quartet no. 3 / Dmitri Shostakovich ; arr. Andrew Van Devender -- Intrada / Arthur Honegger

Concert Recording 2010-11-21b, Matt Beach, Kristine Mezines, Kevin Graber, Lance Grigsby, Gerald Sloan

Concert Recordings & Programs

Sonata for bass trombone and piano / Alec Wilder -- Rock (1969) / Alan Ralph -- Sonata in F Major, opus 1, no. 12 / George Frideric Handel ; arr. Douglas Yeo -- To be or not to be (Hamlet's soliloquy) / Henri Tomasi -- The magic flute. Sarastro aria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Allegro maestoso / Jan Koetsier

Concert Recording 2010-10-27, Jackson Jones, Matt Beach, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Trombone Ensemble

Concert Recordings & Programs

Suite for Trombones / Carrol M. Butts -- Panis Angelicus / Cesar Franck ; arr. Howard Stube -- Quartex / Jared Spears -- Annie Laurie / Lady John Scott ; arr. Gus Guentzel -- The Damnation of Faust. Drinking song / Hector Berlioz ; arr. Allen Ostrander -- To be or not to be (Hamlet's soliloquy) / Henri Tomasi -- Two contrasts / Gerald Sloan -- Trombone Institute of Technology / Michael Davis -- Canzona / Biagio Marini -- The magic flute. Sarastro aria / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Symphony no. 3. Adagio / Camille Saint-Saens ; arr. Ken Murley …

Concert Recording 2010-11-10, Zack Plumlee, Joel Paul, James Greeson, Jeff Payne, Corey Divine, S. Michael Shuman, Gelynda Johnson, Paige Grilliot, Evan Ballowe, Janelle Hollister

Concert Recordings & Programs

Valse a Rosenthal & Djangology / Rosenthal ; Django Reinhardt -- Sicilienne pour saxophone alto et piano / Pierre Lantier -- Rustiques / Eugene Bozza -- Sonata for saxophone in E[169] and piano / Bernhard Heiden -- Traum durch die Dammerung / Richard Strauss -- Sonata / Bernhard Heiden -- Ernani, involami / Giuseppe Verdi