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Keyboard Innovation: Harry Partch's Contributions

Description: "Harry Partch's Keyboard Innovation" is a computer-assisted demonstration that introduces the tuning system used primarily by the twentieth-century American composer, Harry Partch. The multimedia product was developed in Director 6.0, and it includes sound and video clips from CDs and videocassettes of Partch's works produced by Phillip Blackburn and distributed by the American Composers Forum. The content of the demonstration involves a 43-tone microtonal tuning system and its application in … more
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Date: August 2000
Creator: Koh,Wee Lay
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Die Neue Lehre: Developing an Online Course in Schenkerian Analysis

Description: With the proliferation of Schenkerian theory in the US, Great Britain, and mainland Europe in the past quarter century, the pedagogy of Schenkerian analysis has become an important issue. Schenker himself was suspicious of textbooks with their tendency for artificial codification and over-simplification; rather, he recognized that his “New Teaching” (“Die neue Lehre”) – as he called it – required a different, more “organic” pedagogical approach that was both personal and yet accessible to a wid… more
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Date: August 2001
Creator: Sadoff, Jennifer
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D. A. Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning: Implications for the Development of Music Theory Instructional Material

Description: This research project evaluates the effectiveness of specific music theory instructional strategies in terms of D. A. Kolb’s theory of experiential learning and Kolb’s typology of individual learning style. The project provides an original methodology for the adaptation of music theory instructional material to the individual learning style types described in Kolb’s typology. The study compares the relative effectiveness of two music theory instructional sequences, one of which is adapted for a… more
Date: August 2001
Creator: Lively, Michael
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Les Hotteterre et les Chédeville: Three Biographical Sketches in Translation

Description: This paper traces the genealogy of the Hotteterre and the Chédeville families through a translation of three works by Jules Carlez, Ernest Thoinan, Nicolas Mauger. Carol Padgham Albrecht annotates these translations with biographical information and highlights the contributions of the instrument makers.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Albrecht, Carol Padgham
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Samuel Barber’s Song Cycle, Despite and Still

Description: This paper discusses the song cycle Despite and Still by Samuel Barber, created with three poems by Robert Graves, one poem by Theodore Roethke, and part of Jame Joyce's novel Ulysses. Phyllis Bush Thomas describes the feeling created by the song cycle and the compositional style of Samuel Barber.
Date: August 1985
Creator: Thomas, Phyllis Bush
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A Contrast of the Use of the Double Bass in the Chamber Works of G. Rossini and F. Schubert

Description: This paper discusses the handling of Double Bass in the chamber music written by Gioacchino Rossini and Franz Schubert. Russell Clark White provides historical background to the importance of these contributions before delving into musical analysis of the individual bass parts of these pieces.
Date: August 1982
Creator: White, Russell Clark
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Analysis for Performance of the Song Cycle Songs of Travel, by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Description: This paper analyzes Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel and asserts that the songs are a song cycle rather than just a collection of songs set to to the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. Richard Porter Cole performs a musical and poetic analysis of the songs and makes suggestions to aid performers of the piece.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Cole, Richard Porter
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A Case Study of the Character Carmen

Description: This paper discusses the portrayal of the character of Carmen in the novel written by Prosper Mérimée and in the opera written by Georges Bizet. Sharon Grahnquist provides historical background to the character and her creation, and offers and interpretation of the intended performance.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Grahnquist, Sharon
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The Baritone Title Roles in the Operas of Verdi

Description: This paper discusses the nature and significance of the baritone title roles in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. These operas include Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, and Falstaff. Jewel William Hobbins explore the evolution of vocal roles and asserts that Verdi highly prized dramatic skill in his performers.
Date: December 1977
Creator: Hobbins, Jewel William
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