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Social and Behavioral Sciences

2013

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Studying Britten: The Current Landscape Of Published Britten Scholarship, Jonathan Manton Nov 2013

Studying Britten: The Current Landscape Of Published Britten Scholarship, Jonathan Manton

Jonathan Manton

With Britten’s centenary celebrations comes the publication of a plethora of new research resources, now available to the Britten scholar. These include not only print, audio, and audiovisual publications, but also recent online initiatives, notably the Britten thematic catalogue, published this year. The past ten years have witnessed a significant advance in Britten scholarship, with many offering entirely new perspectives on Britten’s life and work. They offer a candor previously unknown to Britten publications, often discussing the more delicate side of the composer’s nature and its impact on his work, notably demonstrated by the loss-of-innocence theme that dominates many …

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Consumer Preference Of Semi-Professional Trumpet Players, Mario Yuuji Harper Dec 2012

Consumer Preference Of Semi-Professional Trumpet Players, Mario Yuuji Harper

Mario Yuuji Harper

This project has taken data on the performance and price of trumpet players in the USU Caine college of performing arts. We analyzed this to see the instrument preferences of aspiring professional trumpet players. We have chosen two primary variables to determine this from. First, we find the sound signature produced by the instrument and the player. Second, we look at the type of music that the player is interested in. This is a seemingly simple relationship, but we have found it to be fraught with complication.

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