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An Overview Of The Major Developments In Early American Choral Education Methods: Notation-Centered Versus Sound Before Symbol, Aubrey Mangle Nov 2022

An Overview Of The Major Developments In Early American Choral Education Methods: Notation-Centered Versus Sound Before Symbol, Aubrey Mangle

Senior Honors Theses

For the American choral music educator, knowledge of the beginnings and major developments of choral music education is valuable for both instruction and context. This project seeks to fill a gap in the resources available to choral music teachers by providing a brief yet comprehensive overview of the major developments in choral music education in the United States from the establishment of the Jamestown settlement in 1607 to the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. The discussion will focus on the major figures, pedagogues, published works, and educational philosophies for singing instruction that promoted either notation-centered or sound before …


Homage To Eleanora: A Musical Journey Through The Billie Holiday Songbook, Keith A. Dames Jun 2022

Homage To Eleanora: A Musical Journey Through The Billie Holiday Songbook, Keith A. Dames

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Billie Holiday was a singer, songwriter, vocalist, bandleader and composer in the fields of music, black culture and more specifically the genre of jazz. The primary focus of this study is Billie Holiday’s discography, music, and compositions as treated in relation to the black culture of production. This study will explore a secondary content analysis of Billie Holiday’s music, musicianship, musicality and compositional skills within the American jazz mainstream, broader jazz audience and world at large. This project will take an analytical look at the structure and form of the compositions of Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday is credited with composing …


In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin Sep 2019

In Her Own Hands: How Girls And Women Used The Piano To Chart Their Futures, Expand Women's Roles, And Shape Music In America, 1880–1920, Sarah F. Litvin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

American girls and women used the parlor piano to reshape their lives between 1880 and 1920, the years when the instrument reached the height of its commercial and cultural popularity. Newspapers, memoirs, biographies, women’s magazines, personal papers, and trade publications show that female pianists engaged in public-facing piano play and work in pursuit of artistic expression, economic gain, self-actualization, social mobility, and social change. These motivations drove many to use their piano skills to play beyond the parlor, by studying in conservatory, working as classical and popular music performers and composers, founding and teaching at schools, working as department store …


From Swing King To Swing Kids: The Jazz Era Of ‘Big Band Orchestras’ In World War Ii, Katie Victoria Burnopp Apr 2018

From Swing King To Swing Kids: The Jazz Era Of ‘Big Band Orchestras’ In World War Ii, Katie Victoria Burnopp

Student Scholar Showcase

Known as the ‘King of Swing’, clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman (1909-1986) threatened the Nazi cause during WWII. With intent of improving music pedagogy, the purpose of this research was to investigate swing music during World War II. The particular problems of this study were to: (1) identify how the swing music of Benny Goodman (1909-1986) influenced adolescents in the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Germany; (2) explore the Nazi party view on ‘swing’ music of the era; (3) examine how the music of Charlie and his Orchestra became used as a tool for Nazi propaganda; and …


Lane, Thomas Sylvester, 1858-1942 (Sc 3083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2017

Lane, Thomas Sylvester, 1858-1942 (Sc 3083), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3083. Memo book containing information about singing schools[?] established in Edmonson and Warren counties in Kentucky. Includes a photograph of Thomas Sylvester Lane and his wife Ella Zade (Houchin) Lane.


Music And Memory: A History Of Depauw University School Of Music Using Bifurcated History And Personal Interviews, Rachel Robin 15 Jan 2015

Music And Memory: A History Of Depauw University School Of Music Using Bifurcated History And Personal Interviews, Rachel Robin 15

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Hume, Archie, 1892-1963 (Sc 1599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2008

Hume, Archie, 1892-1963 (Sc 1599), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Smalll Collection 1599. Pages from the diaries of Archie Hume, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, related to singings and singing schools he was involved with in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1945-1963. Also, 1989 letter from Lynwood Montell concerning Hume's diaries.


Howard Harold Hanson, John A. Drobnicki Jan 1998

Howard Harold Hanson, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Howard Hanson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor, and music educator who was director of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester for forty years.


Butler University Jordan College Of Fine Arts: A Chronological History Of The Development Of The College, Jack L. Eaton Apr 1995

Butler University Jordan College Of Fine Arts: A Chronological History Of The Development Of The College, Jack L. Eaton

Butler University Books

This document is dedicated to all the past present and future students, faculty and staff who have made the College the strong entity it is today and will bring about the great promise it holds for the future. To all who were and are a part of the history of the Metropolitan School of Music, the College of Musical Art, the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts, the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, the Jordan College of Music and the Jordan College of Fine Arts, I salute you.


The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Annual Catalog 1984-1985, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Jan 1984

The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Annual Catalog 1984-1985, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music

Academic Catalogs

The 1984-1985 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its Board of Trustees, course descriptions, information about faculty, admissions requirements, curricula, academic regulations, and tuition and fees.


The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Annual Catalog 1983-1984, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Jan 1983

The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music Annual Catalog 1983-1984, The Sherwood Conservatory Of Music

Academic Catalogs

The 1983-1984 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its Board of Trustees, course descriptions, information about faculty, admissions requirements, curricula, academic regulations, and tuition and fees.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1978-1980, Sherwood Music School Jan 1978

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1978-1980, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1978-1980 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and a summary about its extension division.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1975-1977, Sherwood Music School Jan 1975

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1975-1977, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1975-1977 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and a summary about its extension division.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1973-1975, Sherwood Music School Jan 1973

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1973-1975, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1973-1975 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and a summary about its extension division.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1968-1969, Sherwood Music School Jan 1968

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1968-1969, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1968-1969 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1967-1968, Sherwood Music School Jan 1967

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1967-1968, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1967-1968 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1966-1967, Sherwood Music School Jan 1966

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1966-1967, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1966-1967 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1965-1966, Sherwood Music School Jan 1965

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1965-1966, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1965-1966 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1962-1963, Sherwood Music School Jan 1962

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1962-1963, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1962-1963 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1960-1961, Sherwood Music School Jan 1960

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1960-1961, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1960-1961 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


A Study Of The Uses Of Television In The Education Of Public School Teachers By Educational Institutions In The United States During 1958-1959, Frank Hayashida Jan 1960

A Study Of The Uses Of Television In The Education Of Public School Teachers By Educational Institutions In The United States During 1958-1959, Frank Hayashida

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1957-1960, Sherwood Music School Jan 1957

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1957-1960, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1957-1960 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1955-1956, Sherwood Music School Jan 1955

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1955-1956, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1955-1956 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1952-1954, Sherwood Music School Jan 1952

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1952-1954, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1952-1954 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1951-1952, Sherwood Music School Jan 1951

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1951-1952, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1950-1951 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1950-1951, Sherwood Music School Jan 1950

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1950-1951, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1950-1951 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, biographical information about and images of faculty, course and program descriptions, information about student services, and tuition information.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1948-1950, Sherwood Music School Jan 1948

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1948-1950, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1948-1950 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.


Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1946-1948, Sherwood Music School Jan 1946

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1946-1948, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1946-1948 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.


Violin Course: Grade 7, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School Jan 1946

Violin Course: Grade 7, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 7, Graduate A: Lessons and Tests, number 121 through 140


Violin Course: Grade 8, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School Jan 1946

Violin Course: Grade 8, Lessons And Tests, Sherwood Music School

Violin Courses

A Lesson Book for the Violin Courses administered by the Sherwood Music School's Extension Division.
Grade 8, Graduate B: Lessons and Tests, number 141 through 160