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Analysis and Evaluation of the Role of Elementary School Supervisors in Selected Texas Public Schools

Description: In the analysis and evaluation of the role of the elementary school supervisor, the purpose was (1) to investigate relationships which might exist between certain personal and professional background characteristics of elementary school supervisors and the activities in which they engaged, (2) to determine the activities in which elementary school supervisors engaged, (3) to determine emphasis placed upon those activities in which elementary school supervisors engaged, and (4) to evaluate those… more
Date: June 1963
Creator: Todd, Cyrus Edwin, 1911-
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An Evaluation of the Public Relations Programs of Selected Texas Public School Systems

Description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the public relations programs in selected Texas public school systems. From this evaluation, criteria were developed which will enable the administrators, particularly those in smaller school systems, to maintain stronger public relations programs. These public relations programs were evaluated in terms of the elements of sound public relations procedures.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Kerr, Ralph Mouzon, 1911-
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The a Cappella Choral Music of Benjamin Britten

Description: The twentieth century has witnessed a renaissance in the composition of choral music. Not since the Baroque, has choral writing held the prominent position with composers that it has today. At the same time, English composers have regained a stature and influence they have not held since the time of Purcell. It was not until the time of Edward Elgar, Gustave Holst, and Ralph Vaughn-Williams that English music began to recover from the decline of the nineteenth century. Benjamin Britten has play… more
Date: August 1963
Creator: Corse, Larry B.
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The History of the Keyed Brasses

Description: This study examines what makes a keyed brass instrument, early keyed brass instruments, and keyed brass instruments of today. Focuses on the Cornett, the Serpent, the Basshorn and Russian Bassoon, the Ophicleide, the Horn, the Keyed Trumpet, and the Keyed Bugle.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Montgomery, Ralph W. (Ralph William)
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The Slide Trumpet in England From 1796 to 1900

Description: Definitions of the trumpet, although disagreeing in certain details, generally concur in a fundamental precept: that the tube of the trumpet is cylindrical for the greater part of its length while flaring into a bell at its end. This study outlines the history of the slide trumpet in England.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Royster, Lawrence Denton
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Symphonic Overture

Description: "Symphonic Overture" is constructed like a symphony in miniature with the traditional sonata-allegro form used as a vehicle to expose the three contrasting actions, and to combine them into one concise movement.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Tenore, Joseph Richard
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Quintet for Woodwinds

Description: "Quintet for Woodwinds " is in four movements. The form of each movement is basically traditional: the first movement is in Sonata form; the second movement is a Theme and Variations; the third movement is a short Chorale; and the fourth movement is a Rondo. The themes of the movements are interrelated, giving a cynical effect.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Dennis, Donald Munroe
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String Quartet

Description: The first movement of the "String Quartet" opens with a gradual unfolding of the lead motive in the first six measures of the section marked "Largo." The second theme is heard in the first two measures of the section marked "Moderato" after a false start by the first violin. The third movement utilizes the essential dance characteristics of the "Minuet" marking.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Riley, James.
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Concertino for Orchestra

Description: Concertino for Orchestra is a one-movement composition of rhapsodic character. The treatment of form and orchestration resembles that of the first movement of a concerto. The piece is in modified sonata form, containing two exposition-development sections. The orchestration employs a wide range of tonal colors, and has been used extensively in this piece to emphasize textural development. Each group of instruments is used individually in solo style, and yet the orchestral tutti never assumes th… more
Date: August 1963
Creator: Wirtel, Thomas
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A Psalm Fantasy

Description: A Psalm Fantasy is a cantata in three movements for mezzo-soprano or baritone soloist, chorus of mixed voices and orchestra. The orchestra comprises two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns in F, three trumpets in B-flat, three trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, xylophone, harp and strings.
Date: January 1963
Creator: McCain, Eula Louise
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A Historical and Musical Analysis of the Characters in the Opera the Love for Three Oranges

Description: The Commedia dell'arte was a form of Italian comedy prevalent from about 1560 to 1760. It was rooted in the comedy of ancient Greece and Rome, and it first appeared during the Middle Ages. An example of this is the comic opera The Love for Three Oranges, scored by Sergei Prokofiev.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Perez, Antonio Hipolito
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The Keyboard Ricercare in the Baroque Era: Volume 1

Description: This study seeks to examine the history of the ricercare, specifically in the baroque era. In this work, all types of keyboard compositions that utilize imitative counterpoint have been examined. Late baroque fugues have been examined to determine which characteristics of the earlier ricercare remained in general use and which specific compositions contain elements causing them to resemble strongly the parent form.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Douglass, Robert S. (Robert Satterfield), 1919-
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The Keyboard Ricercare in the Baroque Era: Volume 2

Description: This study seeks to examine the history of the ricercare, specifically in the baroque era. In this work, all types of keyboard compositions that utilize imitative counterpoint have been examined. Late baroque fugues have been examined to determine which characteristics of the earlier ricercare remained in general use and which specific compositions contain elements causing them to resemble strongly the parent form. This volume is a musical supplement to the thesis.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Douglass, Robert S. (Robert Satterfield), 1919-
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Some Relationships between Certain Aquatic Actinomycetes and Bacillus Cereus

Description: The purpose of this investigation is to determine if there was a metabolic relationship between the actinomycetes and the gram positive, spore-forming becilli in surface waters, and, if such a relationship was evident, to relate the association to the disappearances of typical actinomycete tastes and odors from waters.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Hoehn, Robert Campbell
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Involvement in Admission to Two Homes for the Aged

Description: The study reported in the thesis attempted to examine the decision-making process for the institutionalization of older people in homes for the aged. More specifically, it sought to determine who was responsible for the decisions, to discover if this responsibility was related to selected social factors, and to ascertain if it affected the adjustment of older people to the institutional setting.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Howze, Glenn Ray
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The Naturalistic Technique of John O'Hara

Description: The thesis of this paper on John O'Hara is that certain of his novels contain sufficient characteristics of literary naturalism to reward a study of them from that perspective. In part, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate O'Hara's merits and, hopefully, to enhance his reputation as a writer of literary worth by viewing his novels from the proper perspective.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Krause, Donald Paul
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Lord Byron's Interest in British Politics

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the politics of Byron as they are related to his age. Necessarily, a part of this work will deal with ideas that are somewhat conjectural, largely because of the limitations of time and space as well as the lack of accurate information--particularly that which concerns Byron and the Whig circle.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Krukowski, John D.
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A Comparative Study of the Readiness and Achievement of First Grade Students in a Culturally Disadvantaged Area

Description: It is the purpose of this study to compare the readiness and achievement of older and younger first grade students. Other purposes of the study involved a comparison of girls and boys in the first grade as to their readiness and achievement.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Lang, Harold Wendell
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